UNEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS AUDITOR 2 - 07282026- 79618

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time 07/28/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time 08/03/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly) $3,631.00

Salary (Annually) $43,572.00

Job Type Full-Time

City, State Location Nashville, TN

Department Labor and Workforce Development

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For More Information, Visit The Link Below

https://www.tn.gov/workforce/careers.html

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, including eighteen (18) semester hours of accounting.

Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying full-time professional experience in accounting or auditing may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of four years.

Successfully complete the probationary period of Unemployment Accounts Auditor 1.

Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class will be required to possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license and personal vehicle insurance.

Overview

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional auditing and investigative work involving the audit of employer personnel and payroll records and the collection of unemployment premiums due: and performs related work on various assignments as required. This is the working level class in the Unemployment Accounts Auditor sub-series. An employee in this class conducts unemployment tax audits and other tax enforcement activities such as collections. This class is flexibly staffed with Unemployment Accounts Auditor 1, and differs in that incumbents of the latter learn to perform the duties of an Unemployment Accounts Auditor 2. This class differs from that of Unemployment Accounts Auditor 3 in that the incumbent of the latter is responsible for either assisting the tax office supervisor in overseeing tax audits for unemployment insurance premiums, auditing large employment accounts, or performing central office duties associated with quality control.

Responsibilities

• Gathers evidence through the examination of employer financial records and unemployment insurance claims documents and personal interviews or telephone contact with employers, claimants, attorneys, auditors, and other members of the public essential to the case development.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of routine complex records and reports from an audit, internal sources and legal documentation using internal programs.
• Conduct audits and examine financial records of business to determine liability for state unemployment taxes and to ensure compliance with accepted accounting principles and practices and adherence to pertinent state laws, rules and regulations.
• Investigate Wage Protest Assignments to determine if a worker is an employee or independent contractor and/or if the employer is liable to report their wages for state unemployment taxes and ensure compliance to pertinent state laws, rules and regulations.
• Collect Delinquent Wage and Premium reports to bring the employer into compliance to pertinent state laws, rules and regulations.
• Conduct non-filer investigations, determine the liability of a business for state unemployment taxes and ensure compliance to pertinent state laws, rules and regulations.
• Prepare documented evidence on various assignments including suspected fraud cases for criminal prosecution; represents the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and presents evidence at administrative appeals hearings, state and federal criminal courts.
  
  

Interpreting Information For Others

• Explains, interprets and enforces departmental policies and procedures and pertinent federal and state laws, rules and regulations.
• Keeps up to date with current employment security laws, policies and procedures.
  
  

Communicating With Persons Outside Organization

• Communicates effectively with employers regarding collection of delinquent reports and premiums or establish dates and amounts of payment in accordance with state laws and agency policies.
• Communicates to employers, supervisors, or legal staff the procedures followed, major findings collected, and positions taken as a result of tax investigations.
• Establish and maintain personal contacts with various individuals and represented institutions; request additional information necessary to complete an audit or examination, to advise and inform on adjustments made to tax returns, and to suggest solutions and resolve problems uncovered in examinations or audits..
• Operates a motor vehicle in accomplishing work.
• Other duties as required.
  
  

Competencies (KSA's)

Competencies

• Manages Complexity
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Communicates Effectively
• Instills Trust
• Manages Ambiguity
  
  

Knowledges

• Economics and Accounting
• Law and Government
• Customer and Personal Service
• Clerical
• English Language
  
  

Skills

• Speaking
• Mathematics
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Time Management
  
  

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning
• Written Comprehension
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Perceptual Speed
• Selective Attention
  
  

Tools & Equipment

• Computer/Webex Telephone
• 2nd Monitor
• Printer
• Fax Machine/Scanner/Copier
• Motor Vehicle