Food & Nutrition Review Team Lead

Food & Nutrition Review Team Lead

The Texas Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Division administers 12 federal child and special nutrition programs and more than $2.5 billion in federal money annually. These programs aim to reduce hunger, encourage strong nutrition, and support local economies across Texas.

The Review Team Lead will perform advanced complex compliance analysis work. You will lead a team of reviewers conducting Administrative Reviews and Procurement Reviews (AR/PRs) across the state of Texas for Contracting Entities (CEs) participating in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition Program(s) (CNP) administered by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Food and Nutrition (F&N) Division to ensure program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Serve as a subject matter expert leading, guiding, and training other compliance review monitors, as needed. You will work under minimal supervision with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Ensure the evaluation of the CEs programmatic and financial performance for compliance with applicable program, financial and procurement management standards, including (but not limited to) the review of management operations, internal control systems and accounting records/systems, utilizing standard compliance audit/review standards, tools, procedures, and processes. This may include coordinating and/or leading the activities for follow-up reviews of CEs approved for participation in one or more of the TDA F&N administered CNPs ensuring all AR team members complete assigned tasks accurately and thoroughly and all reviews are conducted in adherence to all applicable federal and state rules and regulations.

Ensure timely, accurate and thorough completion and review of all pre-review work including document gathering, file organization, historical assessment, and team coordination for the ARs/PRs.

Ensure all corrective action plans (CAP) and all corrective action documentation (CAD) and close out processes are performed timely, completely, and accurately following established guidelines and policies.

Prepare correspondence to inform CEs of findings/concerns based on the compliance AR results.

Provide technical assistance for complying with program rules and regulations and recommendations for corrective action and all areas of the AR/PR, as appropriate.

Foster collaboration between AR/PR team members by highlighting collaboration opportunities and consistently demonstrating collaborative behaviors.

Keep the management chain informed of AR results, noting significant trends, problem areas, or potentially controversial circumstances.

Evaluate and assess compliance AR results and make recommendations to hold CEs' reimbursement, place reimbursement claims into the validation process, and/or terminate CEs' contracts.

Support and justify, in written and via verbal testimony, all appeals and hearings resulting from individual work performed on compliance AR/PRs.

Follow all TDA policies and procedures.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Bachelor's degree. (One year work experience related to the essential duties may substitute for one year of college).

Meeting requirements and performing assigned duties as specified on the Compliance Review Monitor job description for a minimum of three (3) years with a current evaluation meeting or exceeding expectations on all performance categories (score of 3.25) OR a minimum (4) years' experience conducting regulatory program compliance or financial compliance reviews including serving in a senior or lead role.

Work experience in analyzing and preparing detailed technical reports and interpreting rules and regulations.

Valid Texas driver's license and an…