What are the responsibilities and job description for the Audit Specialist 3 position at Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
THE POSITION
If you have professional auditing experience, are interested in working on high-risk engagements, and want to use your skills to help ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent as intended, we want to hear from you! The Bureau of Audits/Special Audit Services Division is seeking an Audit Specialist 3 to join our Regional Audit Unit and External Audit Unit. You will take on leadership, planning, and analytical tasks as well as support staff through training and feedback. Step into a role where your expertise will serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by ensuring responsibility and accountability.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
This position plans and performs a variety of audit engagements and works directly with auditees to obtain information needed to satisfy audit objectives. As an Audit Specialist 3, you will perform the following duties:
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
If you have professional auditing experience, are interested in working on high-risk engagements, and want to use your skills to help ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent as intended, we want to hear from you! The Bureau of Audits/Special Audit Services Division is seeking an Audit Specialist 3 to join our Regional Audit Unit and External Audit Unit. You will take on leadership, planning, and analytical tasks as well as support staff through training and feedback. Step into a role where your expertise will serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by ensuring responsibility and accountability.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
This position plans and performs a variety of audit engagements and works directly with auditees to obtain information needed to satisfy audit objectives. As an Audit Specialist 3, you will perform the following duties:
- Audit Planning: Lead a variety of audits, engagements, and reviews in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards; assign work and provide constructive feedback to staff
- Program Development: Determine audit programs and objectives; create risk assessments and testing procedures; conduct audit testing in accordance with these goals
- Auditee Contact: Develop questions in order to gain an understanding of the auditee's policies and procedures; conduct interviews and entrance and exit conferences with auditees
- Analytical Review: Interpret agreements, contracts, policies, legislation, rules, and regulations; review and analyze audit findings and documents prepared by staff
- Report Preparation: Complete professional audit workpapers and final reports within our integrated audit management platform, including audit findings and recommendations
- Team Collaboration: Participate in team processes, activities, and career development and training opportunities; adhere to all policies, directives, and codes of conduct requirements while working towards overall strategic plan objectives
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. Alternate Work Schedules (AWS) available upon completion of probationary period.
- Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time, with occasional in-office days when work dictates such requirements. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
- Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- One year as an Audit Specialist 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
- Three years of professional auditing experience and a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by eighteen [18] credits in accounting and auditing; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which included the required eighteen [18] credits in accounting and auditing.
- This particular position also requires you to possess two or more years of combined full-time experience within the following areas:
- Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS/Yellow Book)
- Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Standards
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Standards
- Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book)/COSO
- Note: Any combination of experience equaling two years in the above areas is acceptable.
- You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date . Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
- 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.