Legislative Auditor: Mid-East Tennessee

Legislative Auditor:
Mid-East Tennessee — Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury

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Mid-East Tennessee role at Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.

This position will be located in the Mid-East region of Tennessee, including Putnam, Cumberland, White, Van Buren, Bledsoe, and Rhea counties.

The Office of the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury is responsible for the audit of state and local governmental entities and participates in the general financial and administrative management and oversight of state government. The Office is led by Comptroller Jason

E. Mumpower, a constitutional officer who is elected by the Tennessee General Assembly. In the Comptroller’s Office, we strive to deliver on our mission to make government work better. We believe our success as an office depends on finding opportunities for employees to accomplish our office’s goals and answer challenges to make things better. We want every member of our team to be excited to come to work every day and be challenged.

Through dedicated hard work and commitment, every Comptroller’s Office employee accepts personal responsibility to accomplish our mission and uphold it.

The Comptroller of the Treasury is recruiting to fill a position within our Division of Local Government Audit. This position will be responsible for conducting audits in the Mid-East region of Tennessee. Legislative Auditors are responsible for external audit work in accordance with professional auditing standards. Responsibilities may include examining and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices for state and local government entities and other organizations receiving public funds.

Legislative Auditors may assist in evaluating:

• The fairness of financial statement presentation
• The adequacy of internal controls
• Compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements
• The efficiency and effectiveness of an entity’s operations

This position also performs other related duties as assigned.

• Produce high quality work and take ownership of the various audit tasks or projects to which assigned. Work well individually and in a team environment.
• Produce neat, concise, logical, and well-supported working papers that comply with auditing standards and best practices.
• Perform quality data analyses that accurately support the audit opinion and findings with proper perspective.
• Contribute to a results-oriented culture through active participation in meetings and collaboration with coworkers.
• Ensure that written and verbal communications are clear and easily understood by all stakeholders, such as the General Assembly, local governing bodies, elected officials, the media, citizens of the State of Tennessee, and the federal government.
• Show initiative by being responsive to feedback and new assignments. Seek opportunities for innovation and increased efficiency to improve and support the office’s mission to make government work better.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement and seek challenging work.
• Make effective use of the auditee’s time, professionally represent the Comptroller’s Office, and communicate clearly to the auditee, coworkers, members of the General Assembly, and other customers.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in Accounting or Business Administration with a minimum of 21 semester hours in accounting.
• Candidates should note that while a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license (requiring 30 semester hours in accounting) is not required for employment, the CPA license is strongly encouraged for further advancement as an auditor in our office.

A successful employee in this role possesses the competencies to learn quickly, be open to change, pay attention to detail, ensure accuracy, think critically and problem solve, apply logic, and produce high-quality results. Candidates should also possess the ability to deal tactfully with the auditee, coworkers, and others. Auditors must be able to exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions, and to express ideas clearly,…