About the Department
Do you have professional auditing experience? Are you interested in leading high risk audit engagements and want to use your skills to help serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? The Bureau of Audits is seeking a dedicated Audit Manager to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent as intended. This position gives you the opportunity to perform a broad scope of assignments. These assignments are the result of a risk assessment of all agencies under the Governor's jurisdiction. Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Duties
As an Audit Manager, you will be communicating the progress of assignments or specified issues related to audit work to the Chief of the Special Audit Services Division as well as assigning audit related work to various team members. Work includes leading a variety of audit engagements in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. Responsibilities include evaluating risk assessments developed by staff based on audit objectives, reviewing the audit program and objectives, and interpreting agreements, contracts, policies, legislation, rules and regulations.
You will be expected to adhere to all office policies, Commonwealth directives, the code of conduct, and work toward achievement of Office of Comptroller Operations and Bureau of Audits strategic plan objectives. You will have the opportunity to review: audit testing, questions developed in order to gain an understanding of auditee's policies and procedures, documents prepared by staff in TeamMate, audit findings, recommendations and final reports developed by staff.
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with 60-minute lunch.
- Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time, with occasional in-office days when work dictates such requirements. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Minimum Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- One year experience as an Audit Specialist Supervisor, Auditor Supervisor, or Audit Specialist 3 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
- Three years of auditing experience and four years of accounting and/or additional auditing work including or supplemented by one year of supervisory accounting or account auditing experience; and fifteen (15) college level credits in accounting; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes fifteen (15) college level credits in accounting, and three years of auditing experience including or supplemented by one year supervisory accounting or accounting auditing experience.
Other Requirements:
- This particular position also requires three or more years of combined full-time experience within the following areas:
- Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS/Yellow Book)
- Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards
- Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Standards
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Standards
- Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book)/COSO
- NOTE: Any combination of experience equaling three years in the above areas is acceptable.
- You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Other Qualifications
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.