Senior Auditor

Company Description

Campaign Finance Board is a nonpartisan, independent city agency that empowers New Yorkers to have a greater impact on their elections. Our mission is to make local democracy more open, transparent, and equitable by removing barriers to participation.

We make it easier for New Yorkers to vote, meaningfully support candidates for city office, and run for office themselves. NYC Votes, our voter engagement initiative, meets people where they are to share trustworthy election information and help New Yorkers make a plan to vote. We publish the citywide Voter Guide, which delivers information about candidates directly to voters' doors. Our public matching funds program ensures small contributions can make a big difference, allowing regular people to run for office by relying on the support of other regular people, not just wealthy donors and special interests.

And we lift the veil on how candidates raise and spend money, increasing transparency and accountability in local government.

We believe that when every New Yorker is empowered to participate meaningfully in elections, candidates will better reflect the communities they serve, elected leaders will be more accountable to the public, and New Yorkers will have a democracy they can truly trust.

The CFB's Auditing & Accounting Unit is a team of auditing professionals who ensure compliance with the Campaign Finance Act and Board Rules. The work performed by each team member supports the city’s matching funds program and upholds transparency and accountability in local government.

• Perform complex compliance, investigative, and financial audits of political campaigns.
• Overtime will be required to complete work, as needed.
• Analyze financial records and disclosure statements for desk and field financial, compliance, and investigative audits of political campaigns. Overtime will be required to complete work as needed.
• Perform audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and following internally developed specialized programs.
• Manage a team of auditors and their assigned audit caseload in team structure in adherence with internal and external deadlines, coordinating with other CFB units as necessary.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate auditors.
• Participate in planning activities of the audit team during the post-election period and coordinate the team's activities with other CFB units.
• Prepare and review written reports and correspondence that are clear, concise, accurate, and timely.
• Communicate with campaigns in a professional manner and assist in providing guidance on various audit and compliance issues.
• Communicate with management and other CFB units on various audit and compliance issues, compliance, investigation and enforcement actions.
• Represent the Auditing and Accounting Unit as required on special projects.
• Assist in hiring audit staff.

ANALYST CFB AL 2&3 ONLY - 0660A

• Campaign finance laws and regulations
• Election and ethics laws and regulations
• Familiarity with government auditing standards and practices (plus)

• Supervisory/managerial skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong research and analytic skills
• Strong organization skills
• Strong work ethic and meticulous attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software including Excel or equivalent

• Manage a team and work independently
• Organize and manage own caseload
• Analyze data and financial records
• Meet internal and external deadlines
• Collaborate with other internal units
• Work overtime, as needed

• Experience working in a campaign finance agency, investigative agency, political oversight organization or legal/regulatory environment
• Fluency in multiple languages (plus)

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college and three years of experience in one or a combination of financial administration, accounting, compliance or investigative auditing, fraud reviews, working with large public or private concerns in budget administration, economics, finance, fiscal or economic research, fiscal management, personnel or public administration, program evaluation, or a…