Municipal Auditor/Comptroller

1745 - Auditor 1 (Municipal)
Assist in providing a variety of services to counties, towns, villages, schools, and various districts of the State. These services include financial and performance audits that are conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, technical assistance, budget reviews, regional training, and other consulting services. Examiners in the central office assist in the review of annual financial information submitted by local government entities and other functions analyzing and evaluating local government fiscal health.
Performs local government financial analysis. Collects, reviews and analyzes government information including required filings and other related data and reports. Provides technical assistance and training to local officials, staff and others related to the preparation of real property tax cap forms, constitutional tax limit forms, tax data verification forms and other data collected, managed and maintained by the unit.
This position is open statewide and can be assigned to one of our regional offices across the state or the central office.
Bargaining Unit: PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Local Government & School Accountability
Bureau: Information, Research & Training
Appointment Type: Contingent-Permanent
Employment Type: FULL TIME
Financial, Accounting, Auditing
NY HELPS: Yes
Travel Percentage: 10%
Work Week: Monday - Friday
Shift: First Shift Day
Mandatory Overtime: No
Telecommuting Allowed: Yes
Documents must be sent as unlocked and accessible attachments.
Civil Service examinations are not required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program.

Non-Competitive Qualifications for appointment under the NY HELPS Program:

For appointment to an Auditor Trainee 1 (Municipal), you must have:

~ A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing*.

For appointment to an Auditor Trainee 2 (Municipal), you must have:
~ A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting and/or auditing* and one year of professional accounting and/or auditing experience.

A master's or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, criminal justice, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting and/or auditing*

For appointment to an Auditor 1 (Municipal), you must have:
~ A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting and/or auditing* and two years of professional accounting.

A master's or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, criminal justice, economics, engineering, finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting and/or auditing* and one year of professional accounting and/or auditing experience.

*Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.

For 70.1 transfer to an Auditor 1 (Municipal), salary grade (SG)-18, you must have one year of permanent competitive, or 55-b/55-c service in an approved title for transfer allocated to an SG-16 or above. SG-12 or above for a Trainee 1, SG-14 or above for a Trainee 2, depending on qualifications.

A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.

To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website: Career Mobility Office » GOT-IT (ny.Depending on qualifications, you may be required to serve a 1 or 2-year traineeship that leads to the full level SG-18 position.

Strong knowledge of local government operations and municipal finance
For more information on this program, please visit the NYS Department of Civil Service website,55b/c Recruitment Resources Center (ny.Traineeship Salary Information:
The position may be filled at the Auditor Trainee 2 Municipal equated to SG-14 ($53,764), Auditor Trainee 2 Municipal equated to SG-16 ($59,994), or full performance Auditor 1 Municipal SG-18 ($66,951) based on the candidate's education, experience, and previous state service. Candidates hired at the trainee level will be advanced to the full performance Auditor 1 Municipal SG-18 following successful completion of the traineeship.

The Office of the State Comptroller does not participate in E-Verify or sponsor visa applications.
Telecommuting

The Office of the New York State Comptroller (OSC) supports telecommuting where it is reasonable to do so based upon the agency's mission and operational needs. Generally, employees new to OSC will be restricted from telecommuting for at least 8 calendar weeks. After the initial 8 calendar week restriction, if an employee's primary residence location, duties and work performance are aligned with telecommuting they may be allowed to do so. Upon approval to telecommute, OSC employees may telecommute up to 5 days per pay period.
The NYS Office of the State Comptroller provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Division of Human Resources at View phone number on click.appcast.io.
The Office of the NYS Comptroller values a workforce with a broad, diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives.