Audit Specialist

Audit Specialist 3 (Multiple Vacancies)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

We are seeking a professional auditor with experience to conduct financial and performance audits, attestation engagements, and professional non‑audit services of organizations with the Bureau of Audits, Special Audit Services Division. As an Audit Specialist 3, you will serve the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent as intended, and help uphold accountability across the Commonwealth. Apply now to provide value-added services and ensure accountability across the Commonwealth with our team!

In this position, you will plan and perform a variety of audit engagements and work directly with auditees to obtain the information needed to satisfy audit objectives. You will lead audits, engagements, and reviews in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing risk assessments based on audit objectives;
• Interpreting agreements, contracts, policies, legislation, rules and regulations;
• Developing audit programs and objectives;
• Conducting audit testing in accordance with the audit program;
• Preparing and reviewing audit findings and recommendations;
• Conducting interviews and entrance and exit conferences with auditees;
• Adhering to all office policies, Commonwealth directives, the Code of Conduct, and working toward the achievement of Office of Comptroller Operations and Bureau of Audits strategic plan objectives;
• Developing testing procedures in accordance with the audit program;
• Preparing professional audit work papers;
• Developing questions to gain understanding of auditee’s policies and procedures;
• Preparing professional final reports, including audit findings and recommendations.

Your audit experience will be essential for exercising professional judgment regarding risk assessment, audit sample selections, materiality, and the disposition of exceptions noted during assignments. Find a home for your talents and advance your career with us!

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60‑minute lunch.
• Alternate Work Schedules (AWS) available upon completion of probationary period.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full‑time with occasional in‑office days when work dictates such requirements. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg.
  
  The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• Communication regarding this position will be conducted via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
  One year as an Audit Specialist 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or Three years of professional auditing experience and a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by eighteen [18] credits in accounting and auditing; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which included the required eighteen [18] credits in accounting and auditing.
• Must possess two years of demonstrated experience in any one of the following areas:
  Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS/Yellow Book);
  Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) Standards;
  Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Standards;
  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Standards;
  Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book)/COSO;
  
  Note:
  
  Any combination of experience equaling two years in the above areas is acceptable.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

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