Director of Contract Agency Audits

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) supports youth and community services through contracts with a broad network of Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) throughout New York City.

Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal funds to a wide range of programs that positively impact youth and communities.

DYCD’s Office of the Auditor General (OAG) consists of two offices : Office of Accountability and Compliance (OAC) and Office of Contract Agency Audit (OCA).

The mission of OCA is to perform fiscal monitoring of DYCD's contracted CBOs to ensure they comply with DYCD's contract, the City of New York Health and Human Services Cost Policies and Procedures Manual, DYCD’s Fiscal Manual, and other applicable City, State, and Federal regulations.

The Director of Contract Agency Audits will report directly to OAG’s Office of Contract Agency Audits (OCA) Senior Director and will oversee two Deputy Directors.

Deputy Directors oversee 4 Senior Auditors. The Director will be required to work independently to supervise the day-to-day tasks of the Deputy Directors and Senior Auditors.

In coordination with the OCA Senior Director, the Director will be responsible for :

• Creating and maintaining OCA protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Training Deputy Directors and Senior Auditors on OCA protocols and standard operating procedures.
• Developing annual training and professional development plans for Deputy Directors and Senior

Auditors.

Training CBOs on contract provisions, fiscal manual requirements, and the general process of DYCD’s

audits.

• Selecting the CBOs for DYCD’s contracted CPA Firms to audit on an annual basis.
• Reviewing monthly status reports from DYCD’s contracted CPA firms and following up to resolve

bottlenecks.

Directly communicating with CBOs regarding : o CBO compliance with CPA Firm audit requests

DYCD’s acceptance or rejection of CBO responses to draft audit findings and corrective action plans

Processing, tracking, and reporting to DYCD Senior Management on CBO recoupments stemming

from audits with disallowed costs.

Responding to CBO questions regarding allowable costs, appropriate cost allocation methodologies

and calculations, and general document retention requirements.

Overseeing DYCD’s Certificate of Compliance process, which documents all CBOs that are required to

submit Federal Uniform Guidance Reports, as well as collecting and reviewing CBO’s Uniform Guidance

Reports and following up with CBOs on any findings.

• Collecting, reviewing, and explaining documentation required to meet DYCD’s oversight entities’ requests.
• Overseeing special project audits performed by CPA Firms and OCA Senior Auditors to address various

referrals to the OAG regarding potential fraud, waste, and abuse of City funds at CBOs.

• Overseeing the CPA Firm audit of DYCD’s contracted Fiscal Agent
• Determining whether questioned costs from CPA firm audits should be disallowed and recouped from

CBOs by DYCD.

Providing support as needed to the OAG’s Office of Accountability and Compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing and cost accounting and five years of full-time experience in management auditing, EDP auditing, financial accounting and / or financial auditing, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors; or

2. A valid Certified Public Accountant License or a certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor and four years of full-time experience as indicated in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors.

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in accounting, auditing, or finance - Knowledge of nonprofit business operations and organization management - Experience performing audits in accordance with Government Audit Standards and analyzing non-profit financial statements for compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Prior auditing experience with a focus on caseload / portfolio management - Strong written and oral communication skills - Advanced Microsoft Excel skills - Knowledge of NYC Operating Systems

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County.

To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.