Job Description

ASSISTANT CITY AUDITOR

JOB CODE 03730

Effective Date:	12/92A

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The fundamental reason this classification exists is to supervise several functions, including audits of municipal departments and accounting books and records of business firms to determine service fees. Responsibilities include improving operational accounting and internal control procedures of the City. The incumbent assigns tasks to employees and reviews their reports for completeness and accuracy, directly supervises and leads the more complex assignments, and serves as Task Leader on Citywide studies. Work is performed under the general supervision of the City Auditor in accordance with departmental policies and with considerable latitude for independent judgment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises Hearing Officers and Internal Auditors in conducting internal financial and performance audits and establishing financial systems and controls of municipal departments;
• Attends meetings and confers with superiors, department heads, and City officials as official representative of the Auditor Department in areas within its responsibility and for the City Auditor in his absence;
• Assigns duties to the auditing staff and evaluates their performance and efficiency;
• Interviews new employees and makes recommendations on personnel actions;
• Supervises the preparation of auditing procedures;
• Coordinates department work with independent auditors engaged in audits of City transactions and affairs;
• Supervises and coordinates the tax hearing function for the City;
• References federal, state, and city laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances governing City funds;
• Prepares, interprets, and explains complex financial and administrative reports;
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Theory, principles, and practices of auditing, general accounting, and internal control and systems.
• Modern office management procedures, practices, and equipment.
• Business practices relating to keeping of accounts and other financial records.
• Principles and practices of personnel management and supervision.

Ability to:

• Perform a broad range of supervisory responsibilities over others.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Communicate orally in the English language with customers, clients, and the public using a telephone and in group and face-to-face, one-to-one settings.
• Comprehend and make inferences from materials written in the English language.
• Produce documents written in the English language using proper sentence construction, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
• Review or check the work products of others to ensure conformance to standards.
• Meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Supervise audits of computer systems.
• Ascertain facts by supervising and participating in checking accounting records, books, and reports through observation.
• Understand, interpret, and explain legal requirements, rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Observe, compare, or monitor data to determine compliance with prescribed operating standards.
• Perform basic mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Additional Requirements:

• Some positions will require the performance of other essential and marginal functions.

ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
Five years of experience in auditing, accounting, and systems work, including two years of administrative experience and a master's degree in accounting or a related field. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.