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Job Description:

Our office provides a collaborative and supportive workplace culture to grow your career and help positively impact the lives of Texans. Our success is truly based on our people. This is why we commit to supporting our people not only in professional growth, but also in our commitment to work life balance. Audit team members enjoy meaningful, challenging and diverse audit work, a supportive and innovative work environment, coaching and mentor programs, and many more benefits.

The OIG Audit & Inspections Division is filling multiple positions. We are looking for associate auditors to join our team. The minimum qualification for this position is listed in the initial selection criteria section of the job posting and the salary range details are:
Associate Auditor, Auditor II, B21, $54,278 - $87,046.

Associate auditors perform junior level auditing work for the Health and Human Services (HHS) system as a part of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Audit and Inspections Division (OIG Audit). OIG is responsible for preventing, detecting, auditing, inspecting, reviewing, and investigating fraud, waste, and abuse in the provision of Medicaid and other HHS programs. Work is conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and OIG Audit policies and procedures.

Generally, auditors participate in and complete Generally Accepted Governmental audit activities related to:

• Developing audit objectives, scope, programs, and testing procedures.
• Identifying and documenting relevant criteria; business and program operations; processes and controls; and information technology systems.
• Assessing risk and identifying key controls relevant to the audit objective(s).
• Evaluating agency, contractor, and provider compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, generally accepted accounting principles, and other relevant criteria.
• Evaluating whether HHS agency and contractor resources are being used efficiently and effectively.
• Developing audit issues and recommendations for improvement.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

EJF 1:
Audit Execution/Technical (55%)

• Assists in the planning and completion of significant aspects of an audit, including the preparation of key deliverables in the planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases of a project.
• Prepares audit documentation with direct guidance and supervision.
• Completes audit assignments in compliance with professional standards and OIG Audit policies and procedures.
• Works with direct guidance and supervision from audit project management.
• May assess IT systems and controls (general and application).

EJF 2:
Communication (25%)

• Prepares and presents oral and written information concisely and accurately to auditees and internal management.
• May assist in the report‑writing process to clearly communicate the results and recommendations arising from the audit.

EJF 3:
Time Management (15%)

• Completes assigned tasks within established time frames.

EJF 4:
Other (5%)

• Performs other work as assigned, such as serving on work groups.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge, skills, and abilities critical to develop in order to successfully perform in this position:

• Knowledge of generally accepted government auditing standards.
• Knowledge of information technology/system controls.
• Knowledge of HHS and DFPS agency programs.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, methods, and systems.
• Skill in critical thinking.
• Skill in identifying and assessing risk and internal control structures.
• Skill in sampling and interpreting results.
• Skill in identifying and applying audit criteria.
• Skill in developing audit procedure steps.
• Skill in data analysis techniques.
• Skill in gathering, analyzing, and drawing accurate and logical conclusions about information.
• Skill in applying time management concepts to plan and monitor one’s own work to…