Internal Auditor IV

## Internal Auditor IVApply:
Auditor's Office:
Full time:
Posted 3 Days Ago
** Position Summary
** The County is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical General Ledger Accountant to support the County's financial operations, internal controls, and accounting compliance. This position is responsible for maintaining and reconciling general ledger accounts, assisting with financial reporting, supervising internal audit activities, and providing backup support for payroll functions.

A key responsibility of this position will be reviewing and auditing user access and security roles within the County's accounting system. The successful candidate will help ensure that system access is appropriately assigned based on job responsibilities, that incompatible duties are identified and addressed, and that user access is periodically reviewed and documented in accordance with County policies and internal control standards.

This position requires sound accounting judgment, strong attention to detail, discretion with confidential financial information, and the ability to work effectively with departments throughout County government.
** Essential Duties and Responsibilities
** General Ledger & Financial Accounting
• Maintain and review general ledger accounts and related accounting records.
• Prepare and post journal entries, adjustments, accruals, and other accounting transactions.
• Perform monthly and year-end account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Assist with the preparation of financial statements, schedules, and management reports.
• Review transactions for accuracy, completeness, proper coding, and compliance with County policies.
• Assist with year-end close procedures and the preparation of supporting documentation for the annual financial audit.
• Research accounting issues and recommend appropriate corrections or process improvements.
• Assist with monitoring and maintaining the County's chart of accounts and accounting procedures.

Internal Audit & Internal Controls
• Supervise and coordinate internal audit activities designed to evaluate financial processes, internal controls, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Develop and maintain internal audit procedures, work programs, and documentation.
• Conduct or oversee reviews of County departments, financial processes, cash handling, purchasing, accounts payable, revenue collection, and other areas of financial risk.
• Identify control weaknesses, recommend corrective actions, and monitor implementation of audit recommendations.
• Prepare audit findings, reports, and management recommendations for review by County leadership.
• Assist with evaluating County policies and procedures to ensure appropriate segregation of duties and effective internal controls.
• Maintain organized and confidential audit work papers and supporting documentation.

Accounting System User Access & Security Audits
• Perform periodic audits of user accounts, security roles, and access permissions within the County's financial/accounting system.
• Review user access to ensure permissions are appropriate for each employee's job responsibilities.
• Identify excessive, outdated, inappropriate, or conflicting system permissions.
• Evaluate system access for appropriate segregation of duties, including potential conflicts between functions such as creating vendors, processing invoices, issuing payments, posting journal entries, and approving transactions.
• Review employee transfers, promotions, terminations, and other personnel changes to ensure accounting-system access is promptly modified or removed.
• Maintain documentation of periodic user-access reviews, findings, approvals, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate with department managers, Human Resources, Information…