Lead Auditor Supervisor

DCASs mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York Citys most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful daytoday operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity effectiveness and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed including:

Recruiting hiring and training City employees.
Managing 55 public buildings.
Acquiring selling and leasing City property.
Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
Leading the Citys efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS youre not just working for one agency but in service of them all. Its an opportunity to provide impactful support quality customer service and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

DCAS Audit & Compliance Services unit (ACS) resides within the Commissioners Office. ACS assists management with identifying and prioritizing areas or processes that require attention and audit/review focus by gaining an understanding of the processes and procedures as they currently exist for the Agencys thirteen (13) lines of service; performing tests of controls to verify whether controls are working as designed; and providing observations and recommendations to improve processes and controls. ACS is also tasked with the coordination of all external audit activities and Agency responses to those audits; the review of required Federal grant reporting; the coordination of the Citys Financial and Single Audits; the preparation and review of NYC Comptrollers Directive 1 the DOI Agency AntiCorruption Report and the Agency Internal Control Statement; preparation and reporting of quarterly metrics identified by DOI; and developing and assisting in managing corrective action plans. ACS is also tasked with auditing DCAS program to reimburse NonPublic schools (Local Law 2 of 2016) for allowable costs associated with security guard services to help provide assurance that this program is operating within the stated parameters. In addition to this ACS conducts inhouse audits of DCAS contracted vendors and Requirement Vendor Citywide contracts.

DCASs Audit & Compliance Services (ACS) consists of the following:
Engineering Audit;
Vendor Contract Audits & Risk Management
Internal Audit/Risk Management
NonPublic Schools Audit & Special Projects and
External Audit Coordination & Compliance.

ACS overall consulting services and audit work adds value to DCASs operations and its thirteen (13) lines of service by controlling risk management improving quality of performance efficiency and cost recovery; decrementing errors and costs developing policy and procedures increasing regulatory compliance bettering management communications and clarity in the form of guidance.

Responsibilities:

DCAS/Audit and Compliance Services seeks to hire a Lead Audit/Supervisor who will work in the NonPublic Schools Audit/Special Projects units within ACS Vendor Contract Audit/Risk Management unit. The selected candidate should possess some level of operational and auditing experience be able to handle a large volume of projects and multiple external engagements as well as be able to communicate verbally and in writing including being able to assess issues at a high level to ACS Senior leadership auditees and stakeholders. Responsibilities for the Lead Auditor/Supervisor will include but may not be limited to:

Plan coordinate and conduct detailed financial operational and management audits reviews of DCAS vendor contracts and NonPublic Schools Reimbursement Program.
Conducting difficult inhouse audits/reviews; monitoring contract compliance of vendors consultants and providers of technical and professional services including the purchase of labor material and equipment and making recommendations while supervising internal staff auditors.
Establish audit plans and testing designed to assess compliance with contract terms and conditions and to determine whether amounts claimed by the vendors and paid by NYC agencies were fully supported by documentation and all underlying conditions of payment.
Reviewing CPA audit reports and recommendations to ensure compliance and conformity with DCAS/ACS Agreed Upon Procedures as well as contract terms and conditions .
Ensuring work performed by the CPA/MWBE are consistent with contract terms and conditions and all other forms of applicable rules and guidance and that they meet the evidentiary and documentation requirements of GAGAS/AICPA etc.
Performing more difficult detailed complex and comprehensive costbenefit and work simplification analyses and making recommendations report observations and findings that are fully supported by documentary evidence and appropriate work papers to the Audit Manager/Director of ACS. Prepare and issue audit reports detailing audit testing methodology finding and recommendations to improve agency operations
Assist with developing tracking and following up on corrective actions related to nonmonetary and monetary recoupments/adjustments identified in the audit.
Provide senior management with detail comprehensive costbenefit and work simplification analyses reporting draft Memos with audit findings and corrective action recommendations.
Facilitate and conduct entrance and exit conferences and other audit related meetings with agency managers other City Agency representatives and vendors to facilitate the audit and audit goals.
Conduct site visits assess the adequacy of internal controls and measure compliance with applicable laws regulations mandates and policies.
Perform special projects assignments and initiatives on an as needed basis
Maintaining audit files in accordance with GAGAS and ACS policy and City Directives
Performing related duties.

The Audit & Compliance Services Unit requires someone with significant experience with vendor contract and/or financial auditing and auditing of claims for payment to assess their validity on a pre or post payment basis in order to perform this work effectively; while supporting the agencys continued efforts to manage contracted vendors mitigate risk on a strategic and effective level.

To Apply:

Please go to and search for Job ID #. 700642

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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