Auditor 1/State Program Examiner 1(Fiscal)(NY HELPS),SG 18Auditor 1/State Program Examiner TR2(Fiscal)(NY HELPS),(SG-16), Auditor1/State Program Examiner TR1(Fiscal) (NY HELPS), (SG-14), Item #150341

Minimum Qualifications Do you want a career with a purpose that provides work / life balance? Apply today to join the Office of the New York State Comptroller.

No exam required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program :

Non-Competitive Qualifications for appointment under NY HELPS Program :

For appointment to the TRAINEE 1 you must have :

You must have a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.

For appointment to the TRAINEE 2 you must have :

A bachelor's degree and 24 undergraduate and / or graduate semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation AND One year of qualifying professional accounting and / or auditing experience gained after meeting the educational qualifications.

A master's degree or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field;

criminal justice, economics, engineering; finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics.

For appointment to the AUDITOR 1 / STATE PROGRAM EXAMINER 1 FISCAL you must have :

A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24 undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation AND Two years of qualifying professional accounting and / or auditing experience gained after meeting the educational qualifications.

• A master's degree or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field;
• criminal justice, economics, engineering; finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics;

AND One year of qualifying professional accounting and / or auditing experience gained after meeting the educational qualifications.

• Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.
• Experience limited to teaching courses, bookkeeping, maintaining payroll records, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or preparing tax returns is not considered professional accounting / auditing experience.

Competitive Minimum Qualifications :

You must be currently reachable on the appropriate eligible list for this title, eligible under the 55 b / c

program (see below), or eligible to transfer to this title under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

To determine if you your current Civil Service titles is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website : Career Mobility Office GOT-IT (

Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade.

Depending on qualifications, you may be required to serve a 1 or 2-year traineeship that leads to the full level grade 18 position.

Duties Description Auditors / Examiners could work on a variety of audits of State expenditures, State agencies, public authorities, not-for-profit organizations that receive State funding, school districts and local governments such as towns and villages and Entities with the probability of substantial return of abandoned property to the State.

You will provide on-site services to local and state governments, and you can expect to travel to localities within your assigned region.

Your work will help to ensure that tax dollars are spent prudently and productively. You will perform financial and performance audits that help to ensure that taxpayers are getting their value for their tax dollars.

Some audit work may also include a focus on information technology and the security around the systems that support operations in the local and state government organizations.

By stressing opportunities to improve accountability, reduce waste and enhance productivity, our Auditors / Examiners fulfill the Comptroller’s responsibility to oversee the fiscal concerns of State and local governments.