Internal Auditor - Financial Specialist, Senior

DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND INDEPENDENCE OF IDAHOANS

Join our team of accounting professionals! The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is recruiting for an accounting professional with strong auditing skills. This position is located in our Boise office but currently offers telecommuting and has flexible hours.

Primary responsibilities include developing audit plans, writing audit programs and reports, interacting with managers and staff to plan a variety of audits, and assist with developing policies and procedures for internal audit. Excellent analytical skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to develop good working relationships are essential. This position requires a creative, solution-focused, customer service driven, and energetic business professional.

• excellent medical, dental and vision insurance- (full-time) employee only coverage for PPO $65/month for medical and vision & $11.00/month for dental
• generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start
• 11 paid holidays a year
• paid parental leave
• multiple savings plans, optional 401K, and optional 457
• basic life insurance for employee and family
  • employee covered at one times annual salary
  • spouse covered at $10,000
  • child covered at $5,000
• wellness programs
• ongoing training opportunities
• an opportunity for student loan forgiveness
• and more!

If you have previously applied for Financial Specialist, Senior and wish to be considered for the current vacancy, you must reapply under this announcement. Previous scores will not be used. This announcement may be used to fill future vacancies.

• Develop audit plan, write audit programs, document working papers, write audit reports, explain findings and recommendations, maintain time budget, track and record audit progress.
• Interact with managers and staff to plan audits, conduct audit tests, obtain answers for audit questions, and develop corrective action plans.
• Conduct a variety of different audits:
  • Conduct audits of financial data to determine completeness, rights and obligations, valuation or allocation, existence or occurrence, and statement presentation and disclosure.
  • Conduct audits to determine compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policy, and procedures.
  • Conduct audits to determine compliance with grants, contracts, and agreements.
  • Conduct audits of procedures, transactions, and systems to determine if internal controls are effective and processes are efficient.
  • Review and evaluate management control systems including Control Environment, Risk Assessment, Control Activities, Information and Communication, and Monitoring.
• Communicate complex issues, systems, and recommendations on findings in an understandable way and with all levels of management.
• Assist department programs in identifying obstacles through standardized risk assessments that can help mitigate potential challenges in the achievement of goals.
• Review SOC reports, Single Audit Reports, and Indirect rates.
• Participate in developing policies and procedures for internal audit.
• Extract, organize, analyze, and document financial and other data from various data sources using a variety of computer aided tools and methods.
• Analyze technical financial problems and provide professional assistance and advice concerning their solutions.
• Facilitate process improvement and other professional accounting sessions to improve department procedures.
• Travel up to 15% for training or to conduct audits outside of the local area.

• Good knowledge of accounting principles and practices.
• Experience developing and preparing financial documents.
• Experience using a personal computer to develop, analyze, and report on financial data.
• Experience analyzing financial activities and recommending management action.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXTRA CREDIT:

Below are additional qualifications. They are not required, however, having the minimum qualifications and the education and/or experience below will increase your score.

1. Good knowledge and experience conducting internal financial, operational, or systems audits in accordance with professional audit standards. Gained by two years of full-time work experience where planning and conducting audits was the primary focus of the job duties.
2. Good knowledge and experience using data extraction tools for analysis, sampling, and reporting. Gained by at least one year of full-time work experience where extracting data from a data warehouse for analysis and sampling purposes was a regular task.
3. Experience presenting technical findings and recommendations to executive leadership and being able to articulate challenges and solutions in simple terms. Gained by at least one year of full-time work experience where presenting to executive leadership was a regular task.