Assistant State Auditor , or - Spokane

Assistant State Auditor 1, 2, or 3 - Spokane

This recruitment is to fill a vacancy in our Spokane office.

At the State Auditor’s Office, we work together to make a difference in how our state government operates. With 15 offices statewide, we are looking for innovative, talented people to join our team to help us continue our important work. Get to know us! We take pride in serving various governments and the people of Washington State. Learn more about who we are and what we do on social media, using the hashtag #WeAreSAO and on our website at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

We are committed to building and maintaining a workplace environment that is collaborative and supports all employees as we effectively carry out the agency’s mission. This includes ensuring inclusion and equity throughout the agency, while embracing the individual differences of our employees and clients. We believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds are fundamental to doing our best work.

The Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) prides itself in offering flexible schedules and a hybrid work environment that helps our staff balance work and life.

Auditing is an excellent opportunity for innovators. It's your chance to join us in the search for new ideas to ensure our audits are relevant and provide value to the governments we audit. It's a career in which you can take pride in the work you do and the services we perform for the citizens of Washington State.

We are currently looking to fill an Assistant State Auditor position in Spokane, WA.

Team Spokane is one of 17 local audit teams within the Office of the Washington State Auditor and is responsible for conducting the audits of more than 100 governments in Spokane, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, and Adams Counties. These audits do require occasional daily and overnight travel to audit client locations. We perform accountability, financial, and federal grant compliance audits for a wide variety of agencies both large and small.

We perform audits of cities, counties, fire districts, school districts, Universities, and more. Team Spokane’s largest audit client is Spokane County.

We strive to establish and facilitate positive working relationships with our audit clients and to provide them with valuable recommendations for improvement. At the same time, we promote team camaraderie and an encouraging atmosphere dedicated to supporting each other’s growth and development of our team colleagues.

The team values goal driven employees who are personally accountable for their work and invested in their own learning, growth and development. To aid in employees’ success, we provide access to numerous internal resources and one-on-one training to assist in developing important audit skills.

• Written and verbal communication
• Time/Project Management
• Understanding of Accounting concepts/principles as they relate to Auditing.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skill
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Ability to build effective working relationships.

This is the first level of our in-training program for staff with little audit experience. The Office provides classes, on-the-job training time, and work product review and feedback to assist new auditors in gaining skills to move to the next level. Most work is completed in the field at the governmental entity, with employees working in teams.

In this second level of our in-training program, auditors continue to build upon the experience they gained through…