AUDITOR-3 - 67629

Executive Service

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/correction/documents/PositionAnnouncementAuditor3InternalAudit.pdf

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Department of Correction operates and oversees 14 adult prisons across the state, housing some 21,000 offenders. In the community, TDOC supervises 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community corrections. The department operates 44 probation/parole offices in 13 districts across the state.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Tennessee Department of Correction operates safe and secure facilities and provides effective community supervision in support of successful reentry.

Job Overview:

The Auditor 3 position is responsible for analyzing and updating audit work programs, reviewing policies, performing audits of all facilities, TDOC Central Office, and Tennessee Correctional Academy. Additionally, the Auditor 3 completes audits of regional evidence storage areas in the three (3) major regions of the state. This position reports directly to the Auditor Director 1Risk Mitigation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform audits of all facilities, TDOC Central Office, and the Tennessee Correctional Academy.
• Prepare draft audit reports from work paper summaries under director supervisions, to document audit results, clearly communicate results, and make recommendations for corrective action.
• Prepare electronic work papers and supporting documentation from a review or records and other auditing resources to identify legal, financial, compliance, and/or administrative problems or discrepancies under direct supervision.
• Assist in reviewing audit work papers to ensure accuracy and completion. Assist management with developing objectives and strategies to meet goals. Assist with interviews and selection of candidates to fill vacant positions, as needed.
• Communicate with internal and external customers. Assist with coaching and development of team members.
• Analyze and update audit work programs annually, as assigned.
• Perform audits of regional evidence storage areas in all three (3) regions (East, Middle, and West); Review policies, as assigned. Attend required Departmental and CPE training courses annually; and Assist in the coordination of daily administrative services, as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree in accounting or a Public Accountant and experience equivalent to three (3) years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

OR

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree including thirty-six (36) quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three (3) years of full-time professional accounting or auditing work.

Substitution of Graduate Education for Experience: Graduate coursework credit received from an accredited college or university in accounting may substitute for the required experience on a month for month basis to a maximum of one (1) year (e.g., 36 graduate quarter hours in the above listed field may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience). OR Designated as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and experience equivalent to two (2) year of full-time professional accounting or auditing work. Note: A transcript is required for a proper evaluation for this class.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.