Overview

Position Title: Sr Internal Auditor

Company: City Of Las Vegas

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Job Description:

The City of Las Vegas invites applications for Sr Internal Auditor. This position leads, oversee, and participate in the more complex and difficult work of staff responsible for working collaboratively with the City Council, City Manager’s office, all levels of management and staff throughout the city to encourage improvement by performing independent appraisals of all programs; to perform various types of audits, including operational, automated data processing, financial and integrity audits; to assist management with special projects, including reengineering of functions and departments.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, plan and participate in developing and conducting a variety of audit programs such as financial, operational (also known as performance or value for money), information systems (including computer, personal computer and network systems), compliance and investigatory; provide functional and technical oversight and training to assigned staff; assign, plan, direct, coordinate and schedule assignments; monitor work progress and review work results.
  • Lead and participate in planning each audit, including writing an audit plan with objectives, obtaining an understanding of the program to be audited, determining the criteria to be used and the staff and resources needed to conduct the audit.
  • Lead and participate in determining the scope,or boundary, of the audit; determine the methodology, or how to gather and analyze the data to achieve the objectives.
  • Serve as a lead on the larger and more complex audits, providing functional and technical oversight and training to assigned staff; assign, plan, direct, coordinate and schedule assignments; ensure assigned staff uses proper work methods and techniques and complies with appplicable standards and specifications; monitor work progress and review results.
  • Use a common sense business approach and logical audit techniques with a management perspective and apply them to activities, systems and operations in conducting and overseeing audits, and in working with management and staff throughout the process.
  • Oversee work progress to ensure that audit objectives are accomplished.
  • Perform the audit to gain reasonable assurance that: the auditee is in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; applicable management controls are effective and appropriate; sufficient, competent and relevant evidence is obtained to support conclusions.
  • Maintain audit records in the form of work papers.
  • Lead and participate in preparing audit reports to communicate the results; reports may be written, oral or on other media; review draft reports prepared by lower level audit staff.
  • Present the more complex or difficult audit findings to management, the City Manager’s Office, the Mayor and City Council or the Audit Committee; participate in training lower level staff in presentation methods and techniques.
  • Lead and participate in ensuring that recommendations for improvement or correction are communicated and that audit staff works with management to make the necessary changes; follow up on implementation of corrective actions; ensure that the annual follow-up report includes the status of uncorrected findings and recommendations.
  • Provide in-house consultation service to departments and staff for self-assessment and improvement, streamlining processes, reengineering and training.
  • Ensure that all applicable professional standards and regulations are adhered to.
  • Respond to inquiries in a courteous manner, providing information within the area of assignment.
  • Supervise the use of and operate a variety of office equipment, including computers.
  • Estimate time required for jobs assigned.
  • Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Requirements:

  • Lead, organize and review the work of staff in the area of work assigned.
  • Independently perform the most difficult audits.
  • Lead, and perform as a member of, multiple teams.
  • Function independently with minimal direction.
  • Negotiate and sell audit conclusions.
  • Offer unbiased counsel and advice.
  • Provide training on internal control and ethics issues and fraud.
  • Apply knowledge and skills to conduct complex, thorough analyses and make sound recommendations.
  • Develop and persuasively present value-added recommendations to management.
  • Interpret, explain, and enforce department policies and procedures.
  • Evaluate and apply management principles.
  • Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
  • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.