Legislative Performance Auditor​/Analyst

This recruitment may be used for multiple vacancies

BECOME PART OF AN ENTHUSIASTIC, ENERGETIC TEAM THAT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT GOOD GOVERNMENT

If your career goal is to make a difference, and you are looking for a rewarding career that supports work/life balance consider joining the dedicated professionals at the State of Colorado, Office of the State Auditor (OSA). Our professional staff strives to support state government and the citizens of Colorado while providing a healthy and opportunity-based work environment for our staff.

If you are the successful candidate for this exciting opportunity you can expect to benefit from:

• Hybrid work location, with some work time at home and some work time at our central downtown location by the Capitol Building
• Outstanding opportunities for professional development and continued skills training
• Excellent work-life programs including flexible work schedule opportunities
• Engaged and dedicated leadership
• Eco-Pass for public transportation, as well as transportation reimbursements for parking, and bicycle commuters.
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life insurance options
• Limited travel required
• 11 paid holidays per year plus paid vacation and sick leave
• Automatic Short and optional long - term disability coverage

The Colorado Office of the State Auditor (OSA) serves as the government accountability arm for the citizens of Colorado auditing state agencies, colleges, universities, and other recipients of state funds. Overseen by the State Auditor, the OSA is an independent, nonpartisan staff agency within Colorado’s Legislative Branch. The OSA’s mission is to improve government for the people of Colorado. We are committed to promoting economical, effective, ethical, and equitable government.

Our audits focus on reducing costs, improving the quality of services, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of information. We help the General Assembly fulfill its legislative oversight responsibilities by providing independent, objective, and thorough information about whether state agencies use their authority and public resources properly and in compliance with laws and regulations; whether government programs are achieving their objectives and desired outcomes;

and whether state government services are provided effectively, efficiently, equitably, and ethically. The OSA employs approximately 80 professional staff organized into five divisions:
Financial Audits, Performance Audits, IT Audits, Tax Expenditure Evaluations, and Local Government Audits. We are winners of National NLPES and NSAA awards for Excellence in Auditing, and winner of the Denver Business Journal’s Healthiest Employer Award.

• Primarily work hours 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
• Hybrid - staff are required to work in office at least one day a week.

Salary pay range $59,208 - $70,000 annually

The OSA is looking for a full-time Legislative Performance Auditor/Analyst. In this role, you will be expected to:
Work as a member of a team to gather information about how an agency or government program operates to identify potential issue areas that a performance audit could assess. Analyze information to conduct objective, nonpartisan evaluations of government performance, stewardship, and operations to identify ways in which programs and agencies can better protect the State's assets, ensure the responsible use of taxpayer monies, and provide quality services to Colorado citizens.

This includes:

• Conducting detailed data analysis of large volumes of information using tools such as MS Excel and Access, and IDEA.
• Examining and analyzing agency practices, internal controls, policies, and procedures.
• Evaluating agencies and programs for efficient and effective operations, compliance with laws and regulations, and the accomplishment of the agencies' and programs' purposes.
• Identify audit issues and provide recommendations to improve agency operations, in accordance with OSA guidelines and government auditing…