County Auditor

County Auditor Position

Anne Arundel County Government, located on the scenic Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, MD is searching for a County Auditor. With more than 500 miles of coastline, Anne Arundel County is attractive to the more than 500,000 residents and 14,000 businesses. The County Auditor is an officer of the Legislative Branch, appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the County Council.

The role of the County Auditor is to monitor the affairs of the Executive Branch, ensuring public funds are spent in accordance with budgets adopted by the County Council and other provisions of the County Charter and County Code. The duties of the County Auditor include, but are not limited to, providing the County Council and County Executive with the County's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, and conducting performance audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards (GAGAS) to evaluate internal controls, verify compliance with laws and regulations, and assess the effectiveness and efficiency of County programs and operations.

The County Auditor also assists the County Council in its annual evaluation of the County Executive's proposed operating and capital budgets, as well as provides fiscal impact analyses of proposed Executive Branch legislation. The County Auditor is required to alert the County Council and the County Executive any irregularity or improper procedure that they discover and is responsible for investigating allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse.

Administrative and supervisory duties include providing leadership and the overall strategic vision for the Office of the County Auditor, directing County Auditor staff and executing supervisory duties and responsibilities in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and County policies and procedures, overseeing and implementing all personnel-related matters, researching and responding to Council requests for data, records, and other pertinent information, and performing other related duties as enacted by the County Council via County Charter amendments and legislation.

Audit responsibilities include preparing and submitting a complete financial audit for the preceding fiscal year of all offices, departments, institutions, boards, commissions, corporations, courts, and other agencies of the County government, coordinating with the County Council to retain an external auditor to complete the financial audit and providing assistance on the audit, as appropriate, reviewing financial reports or audit reports of Special Community Benefit Districts to verify compliance with the financial reporting requirements, conducting other financial or performance audits, and making relevant and impactful recommendations to minimize operational risk and strengthen internal controls.

Investigations and irregularities responsibilities include conducting investigations of an act or allegation of fraud, waste, or abuse in the obligation, expenditure, receipt, or use of County resources, calling promptly to the attention of the County Council and the County Executive any irregularity or improper procedure discovered and causing appropriate corrective action, receiving a copy of any allegation or investigation related to employee fraud, waste, or abuse in the County and inspecting the records relating to the allegation or investigation, and forwarding any exception to the findings of the fraud, waste, or abuse allegation or investigation to the County Council and the County Executive.

Fiscal analysis responsibilities include submitting a fiscal analysis to the County Council of each Executive Branch bill under consideration by the Council, consulting with and providing technical assistance to the County Council on financial matters, reviewing the reliability, integrity, and usefulness of financial and operating information, and collaborating with the Executive Branch to ensure timely and thorough analysis of the operating and capital budgets.

Minimum required education and experience include a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in accounting or finance, Certified Public Accountant, actively licensed in the State of Maryland, and seven (7) years of progressive experience pertaining to the duties of the Office of the County Auditor to include governmental accounting and auditing.