Tax Auditing Associate

Job Information

• Opening Date/Time: 02/11/2026 12:00AM Central Time
• Closing Date/Time: 02/17/2026 11:59PM Central Time
• Salary (Monthly): $3,631.00
• Salary (Annually): $43,572.00
• Job Type: Full-Time
• City, State
  
  Location:
  
  Knoxville, TN
• Department:
  Revenue

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AUDIT DIVISION, KNOX COUNTY

This position is designed as 80% Remote and going into the office one day a week.

Education and Experience

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree; qualifying full-time professional experience in accounting or auditing may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.

OR

Six semester (nine quarter) hours of college coursework in accounting and three years of experience as an Accounting Technician or Tax Compliance Technician with the Tennessee Department of Revenue; additional college coursework in accounting may be substituted for the required experience at the rate of six semester (nine quarter) hours for one year of experience with a maximum substitution of twelve semester (eighteen quarter) hours for two years of experience.

Necessary Special Qualifications

Applicants for this class may be required to possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator's license and personal vehicle insurance.

Examination Method

Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Under immediate supervision, is responsible for learning to perform professional auditing work of routine difficulty. This is the entry-level class in the Tax Auditor series. Under close supervision, a member of this class learns procedures and practices of performing professional tax auditing work. This class differs from a Tax Auditor Intermediate
* in that a Tax Auditor Intermediate
* functions at the intermediate level under general supervision.

** An applicant appointed to this career path class will be eligible for a salary increase to the Tax Auditor Intermediate
* class after meeting expectations in a mandatory one-year training period; an applicant appointed to this flexible staffed class will be eligible for a salary increase and reclassified to the Tax Auditor Advanced class after exceeding expectations in a subsequent training period. Inadequate or marginal performance during the training period will result in automatic demotion or termination.

• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Business Insight
• Instills Trust
• Manages Conflict

• Computer
• Telephone/headset
• Other standard office equipment
• Motor vehicle