Senior Auditor

** Job Posting

Title:

** Senior Auditor**---
- **** Hiring Department:
** Audit and Advisory Services**---
- **** Position Open To:
** All Applicants**---
- **** Weekly Scheduled

Hours:

** 40**---
- **** FLSA Status:
** To Be Determined at Offer**---
- **** Earliest

Start Date:

** Ongoing**---
- **** Position Duration:
** Expected to Continue**---
- ***
* Location:

** AUSTIN, TX**---
- **** Job Details:**##
** General Notes
** You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of university faculty and staff, thereby enhancing the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin.

UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:
* Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
* Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
* Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
* Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
* Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs:
Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
* Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
* Robust free training access through Linked In Learning plus professional conference opportunities
* Tuition assistance
* Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
* Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff
* Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin Cap Metro buses with staff
* For more details, please see:  and  .Must be eligible to work in the US on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.## Purpose

Purpose:

To perform advanced professional auditing of all University operations and lead teams performing audits of University of operations.

Summary:

Autonomously conducts assigned audits, consulting engagements, investigations, and other projects that provide objective and independent evaluations to reduce the university’s risk and improve its operations. Serves as the in-charge of projects with additional professional staff or joins with project teams to perform duties as assigned by the project’s in-charge or engagement director.

Supervision:
General or direct supervision of auditors as assigned to projects. Responsible for project management to include supervising audit staff assigned and evaluating their performance regarding the assignment. Performs audit work with limited supervision from a member of the leadership team.## Responsibilities
* Conducting Engagements:
Conducts engagement level risk analysis to define a project’s objectives, scope, and methodologies. Develops audit programs and/or project plans to achieve objective(s). Collects and analyzes appropriate types of information, data, and evidence to achieve the objectives of project steps by:
Compiling data from the university’s financial and human resources information system and other sources internal and external to the university;
Applying appropriate sampling techniques;
Collecting documents;
Observing assets and processes;
Preparing for and conducting interviews;
Using questionnaires and surveys;
Utilizing other methodologies as needed.
* Engagement Documentation:
Prepares thorough, well-organized, and self-explanatory work papers to support conclusions reached;
Identifies issues and practicable recommendations;
Drafts findings and recommendations resulting from work performed.
* Project Management and Quality Assurance:
Coordinates the work of other team members;
Provides needed guidance and instruction to other team members;
Provides first review of work papers generated by other team members;
Monitors time budgets and target dates for assigned projects;
Evaluates the effectiveness of the audit process at the conclusion of each engagement;
Coordinates audit steps to follow up on outstanding audit issues.
* Client Relations:
Identifies and develops issues and negotiates with audit clients to arrive at sound/effective recommendations;
Apprises client…