AUDITOR 2 - 67368

Executive Service

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Job Overview:

Under general supervision, employees in the class are responsible for professional auditing work of average difficulty; and perform related work as required.

This is the working class in the Auditor sub-series, the entry class being subsumed by Auditor 1. An employee in this class is responsible for performing specialized or general auditing tasks and is expected to exercise judgment and initiative in handling work assignments. Work may include training of less experienced professional auditors. This class is flexibly staffed with Auditor 1 and Accountant 1 and differs in that incumbents of the latter are responsible for auditing duties at the entry level under immediate supervision. This class differs from that of Auditor 3 in that an incumbent of the latter performs more difficult and complex auditing duties and may lead or supervise other professional auditors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in conducting compliance audits of State departments, agencies, institutions or schools or private agencies receiving state or federal funds to determine statutory compliance.
• Assists in conducting operational audits of state or private agencies to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of various programs.
• Examines documentation including but not limited to, financial statements, bank statements, balance sheets, purchase invoices and payroll records to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Assists in conducting financial audits of private sector companies and trusts to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Examines organizational structure, managerial practices, policies and procedures and record-keeping procedures to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting or a Public Accountant in good standing and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional auditing work. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to one year of full-time professional auditing work. Additional graduate coursework in business administration with a major in accounting may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.