City of New York
Staff Auditor
City of New York, New York, New York, us, 10261
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. YOU MUST STATE THE TITLE THAT YOU ARE PERMANENT IN OR THE LIST THAT YOU ARE REACHABLE ON, IN YOUR APPLICATION..
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish. 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 throughout New York City. Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal funds to a wide range of innovative, practical, and quality programs that positively impact youth and communities.
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 Contract Agency Audits' (OCA) mission 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 laws.
Reporting to an OCA Deputy Director, the Staff Auditor will be responsible for the following:
- Reviewing draft audit reports of CBOs prepared by DYCD's contracted independent audit firms (CPA firms) in preparation for audit exit conferences attended by CBO officials and CPA firm auditors.
- Conducting audit exit conferences for CBOs associated with audits performed by DYCD's CPA firms.
- Evaluating CBO's proposed corrective action plans prepared to address audit findings. - Following up on corrective action plans accepted by DYCD to ensure implementation by CBOs.
- Evaluating the results of corrective action plans implemented by CBOs to determine their effectiveness and making further recommendations or site-visits as needed.
- Recommending whether questioned costs resulting from CPA firm audits should be disallowed and recouped from CBOs by DYCD. - Performing data entry of CPA firm audit reports into DYCDand City databases.
- Reviewing DYCD's contracted CPA Firm audit workpapers.
- Reviewing CBO's Federal Uniform Guidance Reports (i.e., Single Audits) and following up on any findings therein.
- Reviewing CBO's independently audited financial statements
- Performing site visits to CBOs to ensure equipment purchased with DYCD funding is appropriately documented and recorded on equipment inventory lists.
- Performing fiscal analysis of CBO Financial Statements as part of DYCD's pre-qualification justification process - Completing fiscal performance evaluations of CBO contracts
- Preparing written summaries that document the staff auditor's analysis and monitoring of CBOs and any associated suggested next steps identified for DYCD follow-up.
- Providing technical assistance and presenting training material to CBOs covering internal controls, DYCD's Fiscal Manual, and industry standards and best practices based on identified areas of need.
Qualifications
1. A master's degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employeebenefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Job Description
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE ASSOCIATE STAFF ANALYST CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. YOU MUST STATE THE TITLE THAT YOU ARE PERMANENT IN OR THE LIST THAT YOU ARE REACHABLE ON, IN YOUR APPLICATION..
The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) invests in a network of community-based organizations and programs to alleviate the effects of poverty and to provide opportunities for New Yorkers and communities to flourish. 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 throughout New York City. Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal funds to a wide range of innovative, practical, and quality programs that positively impact youth and communities.
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 Contract Agency Audits' (OCA) mission 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 laws.
Reporting to an OCA Deputy Director, the Staff Auditor will be responsible for the following:
- Reviewing draft audit reports of CBOs prepared by DYCD's contracted independent audit firms (CPA firms) in preparation for audit exit conferences attended by CBO officials and CPA firm auditors.
- Conducting audit exit conferences for CBOs associated with audits performed by DYCD's CPA firms.
- Evaluating CBO's proposed corrective action plans prepared to address audit findings. - Following up on corrective action plans accepted by DYCD to ensure implementation by CBOs.
- Evaluating the results of corrective action plans implemented by CBOs to determine their effectiveness and making further recommendations or site-visits as needed.
- Recommending whether questioned costs resulting from CPA firm audits should be disallowed and recouped from CBOs by DYCD. - Performing data entry of CPA firm audit reports into DYCDand City databases.
- Reviewing DYCD's contracted CPA Firm audit workpapers.
- Reviewing CBO's Federal Uniform Guidance Reports (i.e., Single Audits) and following up on any findings therein.
- Reviewing CBO's independently audited financial statements
- Performing site visits to CBOs to ensure equipment purchased with DYCD funding is appropriately documented and recorded on equipment inventory lists.
- Performing fiscal analysis of CBO Financial Statements as part of DYCD's pre-qualification justification process - Completing fiscal performance evaluations of CBO contracts
- Preparing written summaries that document the staff auditor's analysis and monitoring of CBOs and any associated suggested next steps identified for DYCD follow-up.
- Providing technical assistance and presenting training material to CBOs covering internal controls, DYCD's Fiscal Manual, and industry standards and best practices based on identified areas of need.
Qualifications
1. A master's degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; or in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; or in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, labor relations, employeebenefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area; or2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and three years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.