Auditor , SG-, Trainee - Trainee ; NY-HELPS

Duties Description

The Auditor 1 duties in Cemeteries will include but are not limited to the following:

• Schedule and conduct field examinations (which we sometimes refer to, somewhat imprecisely, as audits) of incorporated cemeteries and prepare written reports and worksheets. We expect auditors to perform between 10 and 20 high priority audits, with an additional 15-25 lower priority audit, for a total of 15 to 40 audits annually.
• Review applications concerning cemetery service charges for compliance with Article 15 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and draft board orders.
• Provide financial review of applications to the New York State Cemetery Board for approval of major alterations, mausoleums, columbaria, land sales, land purchase, and other transactions, including submission of a memorandum and worksheet for the Cemetery Board's review and consideration.
• Examine annual reports submitted by incorporated cemeteries and enter key data in the Division's database. Contact cemetery officials for missing or inconsistent information.
• Identify risk factors, cemeteries at risk of abandonment, and cemeteries that may need a priority audit.
• Investigate and document instances of fraud or misappropriation of funds.
• Assist in preventing cemetery abandonment.
• Communicate with cemetery officers, directors, and employees, local officials, and the general public concerning cemetery laws, regulations, and operations.
• Participate in Division outreach activities, including Cemetery 101 training, other webinars, one-on-one training with cemetery boards, and attend cemetery-related meetings and conferences.

The Auditor 1 duties in Cemeteries will include but are not limited to the following:

• Schedule and conduct field examinations (which we sometimes refer to, somewhat imprecisely, as audits) of incorporated cemeteries and prepare written reports and worksheets. We expect auditors to perform between 10 and 20 high priority audits, with an additional 15-25 lower priority audit, for a total of 15 to 40 audits annually.
• Review applications concerning cemetery service charges for compliance with Article 15 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law and draft board orders.
• Provide financial review of applications to the New York State Cemetery Board for approval of major alterations, mausoleums, columbaria, land sales, land purchase, and other transactions, including submission of a memorandum and worksheet for the Cemetery Board's review and consideration.
• Examine annual reports submitted by incorporated cemeteries and enter key data in the Division's database. Contact cemetery officials for missing or inconsistent information.
• Identify risk factors, cemeteries at risk of abandonment, and cemeteries that may need a priority audit.
• Investigate and document instances of fraud or misappropriation of funds.
• Assist in preventing cemetery abandonment.
• Communicate with cemetery officers, directors, and employees, local officials, and the general public concerning cemetery laws, regulations, and operations.
• Participate in Division outreach activities, including Cemetery 101 training, other webinars, one-on-one training with cemetery boards, and attend cemetery-related meetings and conferences.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).

For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.

At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.

Auditor Trainee 1 - A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses.

Auditor Trainee 2 - A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and one…