Auditor ; Tax​/Auditor Trainee ; Tax​/Auditor Trainee ; Tax; Audit Division; NY HELPS

Minimum Qualifications

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 of 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.

• Bachelor’s degree including 24 credits in accounting/auditing/taxation
• Bachelor’s degree including 18 credit hours in accounting/auditing/taxation AND 6 credits in finance, money and banking, economics, or business.

• Meet the Trainee 1 minimum qualifications AND 1 year
  * of experience; OR
• Meet the Trainee 1 minimum qualifications AND a Masters, including 15 credits in accounting/auditing/taxation.

• Meet the Trainee 1 minimum qualifications AND 2 years
  * of experience; OR
• Meet the Trainee 1 minimum qualifications AND CPA license in NYS; OR
• Meet the Trainee 1 minimum qualifications AND a Masters, including 15 credits in accounting/auditing/taxation AND 1 year
  * of experience.

• As an accountant/auditor with responsibility for the full range of professional activities involved in the review, analysis, and management of accounting systems, resulting in the rendering of opinions or recommendations on financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Activities restricted to bookkeeping or preparing tax returns are not considered qualifying.
• As an internal accountant/auditor with responsibility for conducting a full range of financial accounting/auditing activities for an entity. Activities limited to such duties as maintaining and/or auditing payroll records, accounts receivable or accounts payable are not considered qualifying.
• As an accountant with ongoing responsibility for the design, implementation, and review of accounting systems.
• As a professional staff member of a private accounting practice with broad experience in maintaining accounting books and records, completing financial statements, and preparing business and personal tax returns.
• As field auditor with a federal, state, or municipal agency, with the responsibility for performing comprehensive field audits to determine the compliance of individuals or businesses with the taxing jurisdictions laws, rules, and regulations.
• As an accountant/auditor principally engaged in the analysis and/or interpretation of tax law.

• The selected candidate must be reachable on the eligible list for this title and location under Civil Service Law, Rules and Regulations; OR
• The selected candidate must be eligible for a 70.1 transfer under Civil Service Law, Rules and Regulations.

• A bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation; or a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 18 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation and six credit hours in finance, money and banking, economics, or business; OR
• If eligible via 55 b/c please provide a copy of your active letter of eligibility with your response.

Auditor 1 (Tax) performs on-site field audits and examinations of taxpayers' books, records, and substantiating data to determine compliance with various articles of the New York State Tax Law.

• Conduct audits and examinations of taxpayers’ books and records to determine compliance with the various articles of the NYS Tax Law.
• Develop and maintain…