Director Risk Assessment Accountability

Note: This position is open only to City of New York employees serving in the permanent civil service title of Administrative Management Auditor.

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the worlds busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Departments main goal is to provide fire protection emergency medical care and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire life safety and disaster preparedness along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865 FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Departments core values.

The Fire Department City of New York (FDNY) seeks a fulltime Director Risk Assessment & Accountability in the Office of Internal Audit & Control (IA). Reporting directly to the Executive Director of IA the successful candidate will:

Manage and oversee a staff of supervisory and professional auditors engaged in performing complex financial operational and performancebased audits in accordance with professional auditing standards.
Manage the preparation of enterprise risk assessments in compliance with federal state and local rules and regulations.
Manage and coordinate enterprise risk management strategies.
Manage and coordinate the development of enterprise risk management policies in accordance with federal state and local rules regulations policies and practices and in collaboration with various internal stakeholders.
Recommend and facilitate development of effective internal control environments including recommending policies procedures and actions to assess manage and mitigate risks.
Manage the development and implementation of the annual audit plan and ensure preparation of written audit programs for each audit assignment detailing the audit steps procedures and methodology to be followed by the assigned staff.
Manage the annual internal review (Comptrollers Directive 1) risk assessment.
Develop and/or coordinate written responses to external audits.
Manage and coordinate risk assessment and audit consultant services to augment the internal audit staff (e.g. annual ambulance Medicare billing)
Liaison with external auditors.
Prepare and/or review written reports detailing audit findings and recommendations.
Oversee the timely compliance of recommendations.
Manage special projects.

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 fulltime 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 fulltime 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.

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime