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Overview

The Office of the Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Senior Auditor-Appraiser
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Under general direction, Senior Auditor-Appraisers:

• Make site visits to businesses to audit their books, records, and financial reports, and to make appraisals to determine assessment valuations.
• Provide direction to Auditor-Appraiser I/II staff including assigning, directing, and reviewing their work.
• Perform the most difficult audits and appraisals of the largest and most complex properties for assessment purposes.

Largest audit and appraisal projects will include those businesses with higher assessed values, such as airlines, biopharmaceutical, or manufacturing concerns. Complex audit and appraisal projects will include those businesses with accounting systems that contain subsidiary ledgers and journals, abnormal obsolescence, such as high technology concerns or specialized manufacturing equipment, and major accounts with multiple locations.

In addition to the ability to perform large and complex audits and appraisal projects, the ideal candidate for this position will have:

• Successfully present appraisal reports at the Assessment Appeals Board.
• Appear as an expert witness before the Assessment Appeals Board as to property values.
• Review other assessment issues, in compliance with the Revenue and Taxation Code.
• Perform out-of-state audit assignments in a variety of geographic locations, as necessary.
• Lead a team on an out-of-state airline audit, or major biopharmaceutical audits, as necessary.
• Possess excellent computer skills, including advanced working knowledge of MS Office, specifically Excel and Word.
• Demonstrate outstanding interpersonal relations and customer service skills.

• Two or more years of experience as an Auditor II performing a full range of audits and appraisals and will have experience performing more advanced level audits and appraisals of tangible and taxable property for tax assessment purposes.
• A four-year degree with a specialization in accounting from a recognized institution of higher education (accredited); or 18 semester units (or quarter equivalents) of accounting and/or auditing courses from a recognized institution of higher education. Business law and economic classes may not contribute toward the 18 units; or 19 semester units (or quarter equivalents), 16 units of which must be accounting and/or auditing courses from a recognized institution of higher education, and 3 semester units may be either business law or economic classes.
• In addition, the ideal candidate will be working toward an Advanced Appraisal Certification. Information about the California State Board of Equalization can be found at:

• Acquisition within one year of appointment of a permanent Property Tax Appraiser Certificate issued by the California State Board of Equalization.

• At least two years of experience as an Auditor II performing a full range of audits and appraisals or has experience performing more advanced level audits and appraisals of tangible and taxable property for tax assessment purposes.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with upper division coursework in accounting, auditing, appraising or cost estimating.

• Technical and professional knowledge of methods used in the auditing of records and the valuation of property for tax assessment purposes.
• Accounting and auditing principles and practices.
• Training methods, procedures, and requirements.
• Basic supervisory principles and practices.
• California Property Tax laws.
• State Board of Equalization guidelines.
• Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
• Court decisions affecting assessment procedures.
• Policies and procedures related to the department.
• Business arithmetic and statistical measures.
• Correct English usage, including spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Record keeping principles and procedures.
• Narrative report writing.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during work.
• Audit complex…