DSHS OOS Internal Auditor

Description
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) and the Office of the Secretary (OOS) is seeking an Internal Auditor who will assist the Chief Audit Executive to support IAC’s Fiscal Year Annual Audit Plan. As part of the Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) Global Internal Audit Standards, you must remain independent and objective when conducting an audit or a consultation.

Behavioral expectations outlined by the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards are also followed by the Internal Auditor.

Description
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Service (DSHS) and the Office of the Secretary (OOS) is seeking an Internal Auditor who will assist the Chief Audit Executive to support IAC’s Fiscal Year Annual Audit Plan. As part of the Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA) Global Internal Audit Standards, you must remain independent and objective when conducting an audit or a consultation.

Behavioral expectations outlined by the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards are also followed by the Internal Auditor. As the Internal Auditor, you will independently conduct audits and advisory services at every level of the Agency. This includes audits and advisory services of departmental programs that receive federal dollars, fiscal, business operations, background checks, client/resident/patient health and safety, institutions, compliance with RCWs, SAAM, DSHS Administrative Policies and departmental standard operating procedures.

You will work with all levels of management in the Agency. This includes the DSHS Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Office Chiefs, Directors, Program Managers, Operational Managers and all staff throughout the Agency. Competence is required in a profession-based body of knowledge for advising and consulting with administrators and policy makers on application and development of regulations and statutes for effective Agency operation.

You ll provide expert support to the mission of the Agency. You ll also provide advisory services in such areas as interpretation of laws, statutes and regulations applied to the Agency’s services and operations; effective and appropriate treatment and care of Agency clients or patients; development of long-term strategies for sustainable resource management and state-wide infrastructure; and strategic financial management initiatives.

You have the ability to analyze practical situations and applications of the profession-based disciplines to the specialized needs of the Agency and to provide useful advice and guidance to Agency administrators at an advanced level of expertise. When completing audits and advisory services, you will review past data and information to be used to project into the future. The findings are used by the Agency, Administrations and Operating Departments to strategize and align with policy and business approaches for use in the future.

Development of business practice performance by the Department will help the Agency in the near term but also will help strategically anywhere from two to 10 years in the future. This position is primarily remote with occasional days in the office for meetings with senior leadership and for staff meetings.

Some Of What You ll Do

• Independently conduct audits and advisory services, following and conforming with the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards. All work that is being completed by the Internal Auditor must follow the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards.
• Follow the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards behavioral expectations, which includes:
  Integrity, Objectivity, Confidentiality and Competency.
• Maintain the highest standards of personal/professional and ethical conduct and support the State s goals for a diverse workforce and equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Independently conduct audits (including client funds, background checks, client health and safety, contracts, personnel, purchasing, purchase cards and emergency operations) advisory services, and technical assistance of DSHS mental hospitals, RHC s, Child Study and Treatment Center, Special Commitment Center, State Operated Living Alternatives (SOLAs), Economic Services Administration field offices,…