Duties Description
Audit of State Agencies, Programs and Authorities
oDeveloping audit ideas and objectives.
oDeveloping program steps to support objectives (., audit filters, audit programs, team processes).
oSelecting high-risk transactions for audit (., creating filters in various systems to identify high risk transactions for audit).
oResearching criteria (., contracts, laws, rules and regulations, guidelines) and testing transactions to determine if the agency complied with the applicable criteria.
oObtaining and reviewing supporting evidence to determine if transactions are appropriate and free from fraud, waste and other abuse.
oObtaining and reviewing evidence to determine if agency received supplies and materials purchased and paid a reasonable price.
oInterviewing agency representatives to obtain testimonial evidence, which may include determining how the agency deemed transactions to be appropriate and gaining an understanding of the agency’s internal controls.
oEvaluating agency processes to identify why inappropriate transactions were approved.
oCommunicating information to team, SPEII and management.
oUsing computer-assisted auditing tools and techniques across various platforms to meet audit objectives. This includes developing user story ideas to identify inappropriate transactions in an efficient and effective manner and identifying new data sets that can be used to identify inappropriate transactions.
oPreparing audit working papers, which includes documenting meeting minutes, analysis and methodologies.
oDocumenting audit results to share with the auditee (., writing preliminary audit findings, letters, and audit reports).
oDiscussing findings with auditee representatives and participating in entrance and exit conferences.
oAuditing Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Payments and other pandemic related programs.
oConducting the accounting portion of an audit such as analyzing general ledger transactions.
Special Projects
oAssessing program risks for planning potential audits.
oWorking on special projects or audit research efforts.
oAssisting in a variety of other areas supporting the audit work.