What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior TANF Program Integrity / Compliance and Audit Specialist position at VPD Government Solutions?
The Senior TANF Program Integrity Specialist leads complex contractor support for OFA compliance monitoring, audit support, program integrity reviews, and risk-based oversight of state TANF programs. The specialist applies advanced knowledge of TANF requirements, federal grants oversight, audit practices, and data analysis to identify systemic issues and support high-quality review products for federal decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Lead contractor support for TANF compliance reviews, desk audits, monitoring activities, and targeted program integrity assessments.
- Analyze complex TANF statutory and regulatory requirements and apply them to state program operations, reporting, fiscal documentation, and policy materials.
- Review TANF financial data, expenditure records, work participation information, quarterly reports, ACF-202 submissions, and other relevant information to identify compliance risks or data quality concerns.
- Develop audit protocols, monitoring methodologies, evidence collection tools, workpaper templates, risk assessment frameworks, and quality assurance procedures.
- Assess documentation related to TANF reporting requirements, work participation rules, penalty-related provisions, EBT restrictions, child support cooperation, immigrant eligibility, and other program integrity areas.
- Prepare draft audit reports, monitoring findings summaries, issue papers, senior briefing materials, corrective action summaries, and technical assistance recommendations for federal review.
- Identify cross-state trends, systemic weaknesses, recurring documentation gaps, and opportunities to improve oversight processes.
- Manage multiple concurrent reviews, coordinate assignments, track deadlines, and ensure deliverables are accurate, well-supported, and timely.
- Review and provide quality control for work products prepared by junior or mid-level analysts.
- Support federal staff in preparing for state meetings, briefings, technical assistance sessions, and follow-up reviews.