Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $84156 to $106454 Annually
Duties Description The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides essential goods and services to individuals with developmental disabilities. OPWDD does so in part through a network of not-for-profit agencies located across the state.
The Office of Audit Services (OAS) and specifically, the Bureau of Fiscal Audit (BFA) is responsible for the audit services over these agencies. BFA plays a vital role in adding value through activities related to risk assessment, monitoring, and internal controls. The Auditor 2 is a field position, performing work as the Auditor-In-Charge (AIC) and supervising staff (up to 4) in the field.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The incumbent of this position will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following activities under the general direction of the Auditor 3:
• Planning, organizing, performing and supervising audits of voluntary providers (agencies) within OPWDD's service delivery system.
• Serving as a liaison between OPWDD staff and the staff of an entity being audited.
• Advising the audit supervisor and senior management of audit progress with particular attention to possible audit scope modification.
• Designing and developing work papers and analysis to document and support work performed.
• Conducting analysis using computer-assisted audit techniques.
• Interviewing agency personnel, including management level staff.
• Evaluating and making judgements about the significance of factual and evidentiary material examined.
• Developing findings and presenting results and recommendations to agency senior management and staff.
• Preparing audit reports.
• Keeping the audit supervisor informed of significant developments in the process of an audit or review.
• Conducting follow up reviews independently to determine whether recommendations have been implemented timely.
• Providing supervision and direction to subordinate staff.
• Participating in development of OPWDD audit manuals and/or training programs
• Assisting in developing short-term audit plans consistent with the overall goals and objectives of the OAS.
• Entering audit findings and audit information into audit databases.
• Acting as liaison with OPWDD contractors on questions and information.
• Conducting ad hoc projects as needed.
Additional Information
Schedule is 7:30am to 5:30pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday; 7:30am to 5pm Thursday; Friday pass day.
Telecommuting to be discussed at interview - OPWDD's telecommuting policy allows telecommuting up to 50%.
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Minimum Qualifications Eligible List: Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the current NYS Civil Service eligible list for this title.
Transfer: Candidates must have permanent competitive status in the Auditor 2 title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law. The transfer cannot be a second consecutive transfer resulting in an advancement of more than two salary grades.
Provisional (Promotion Title)
In the event that there is not a valid eligible list for this title in this location, candidates who meet the following promotion qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment. To qualify, candidates must have one year as an Auditor 1.
If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title, and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list, before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.
Non-Competitive Promotion (NCP)
NOTE: If three or fewer qualified and interested promotional candidates respond to this notice, the agency may, at is discretion, nominate a qualified employee for non-competitive promotion under the provisions of Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law. To qualify, you must be a current OPWDD employee and have one year of service as an Auditor 1.
Additional Comments • The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Executive Office is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
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