Senior Auditor

Senior Auditor – Department of Design and Construction

Hours:

Full-time – 35 Hours

Work Location:

30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 1110

Only candidates who are permanent in the Construction Project Manager title or those who are reachable on the Open-Competitive List (Exam#3042 or Exam#5058) may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results, Proof of Filing, or indicate if you are permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not be considered for an interview.

• Audit partial, substantial, final and retainage payments requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7.
• Perform field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of work performed and to ensure that payments requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed satisfactorily.
• Write comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment or rejection of payment requisitions.
• Review change orders greater than 25k and 50k for validity and cost reasonableness, respectively; verify cost estimates, original contract agreements and applicable City regulations, and recommend approval or rejection of change orders with appropriate reasons and conditions.
• Become familiar with various contracts being audited as well as all applicable Comptroller's Directives, OMB CS-29D, PPB rules Sections 2.06, 6.02 and 6.07.
• Perform all payment audits in a timeframe consistent with prompt payment objectives, Section 6.07 of the PPB rules, ODC directive No. 67 and as mandated by DDC standard processing time for contractor payments.
• Perform a final review and examination of prices, reimbursable costs, technical trade labor rates, multipliers, overhead factors and other related documents to certify the validity and reasonableness of contract changes, and performing field inspections to verify that work is of good quality and has progressed sufficiently to warrant payment requested.
• Assist auditors by providing assistance and guidance on key auditing principles and other issues that arise.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. NYC Department of Design and Construction does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including STEM/OPT visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position at the time of application.

Minimum Qualifications

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience; or
• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management;
  
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• One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in “1” above and the education as described in “2” above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an…