Revenue Examiner 3

Position Highlights

• Shift: First shift
• Schedule:
  
  8:00 AM – 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (40 hours per week)
• Location:
  
  Waterbury, CT

• Select employers for audit; audit employer records; issue assessments for unpaid taxes
• Determine proper worker classification
• Handle appeals in contested determinations
• Investigate tax rate manipulation, such as SUTA dumping
• Handle block Unemployment Insurance claims

• Perform most complex duties in field examinations and audits, including computer‑assisted or statistical sampling audits or audits of self‑employed or individual filers
• Audit business establishments with large and complex operations
• Audit individual filers having large and complex financial portfolios
• Analyze and evaluate information systems, operational practices and business processes of large businesses
• Consistently conduct audits dealing with a variety of special problems or issues
• Assist lower‑grade examiners in resolving problems encountered in assignments
• Assist in preparing and recommending changes in regulations, policy or operating procedures
• Respond to letters or telephone calls for interpretations of statutory provisions concerning taxes
• Provide technical assistance to the public and other divisions regarding interpretation of tax statutes
• Act as liaison with other tax jurisdictions exchanging tax information
• Provide technical assistance in drafting and revising tax forms
• Propose legislation, regulations and administrative rulings
• Utilize EDP systems for financial records, reports and analysis
• Supervise several audits performed simultaneously by other examiners in a common geographic area
• Assist other examiners in conducting computer‑assisted audits of taxpayers’ electronic accounting records
• Train examiners on the job as necessary
• Assist in supervision of a tax unit
• Provide technical assistance to technology staff supporting agency audit and accounting functions
• Perform related duties as required

• Considerable knowledge of auditing methods, procedures and practices; accounting procedures and systems of complex business corporations, partnerships and proprietorships; tax accounting methods; and tax statutes and regulations
• Considerable interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to analyze complex accounts, tax reports, financial statements and records
• Ability to deal effectively with taxpayers, corporate officers, tax accountants, tax attorneys and co‑workers
• Ability to understand, interpret and apply tax statutes
• Ability to utilize EDP systems for financial analysis
• Supervisory ability

• Eight (8) years of experience in accounting or auditing

• Two (2) years of the general experience at a full professional working level involving the interpretation and application of tax law and fiscal principles
• For current state employees: the experience must be at the level of a Revenue Examiner 2
• Current DOL employee with at least two (2) years as a Revenue Examiner 2
• Employee of the State of Connecticut for at least six (6) months of full‑time service

• College training in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for a portion of the general experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one‑half (½) year of experience, up to a maximum of four (4) years for a bachelor’s degree
• A master’s degree in accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the general experience
• Examining professional certifications (Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor or Certificate in Management Accounting) may be substituted for one (1) year of the general experience

• Experience independently managing time to meet prescribed deadlines while adhering to quantity and quality standards
• Experience interpreting and applying federal and state Unemployment Insurance statutes to distinguish employees from independent contractors
• Experience independently preparing written audit finding reports for diverse populations
• Experience independently presenting verbal audit finding reports to diverse populations
• Experience in accounting or auditing within the CTDOL UI program
• Experience training staff on ReEmployCT as well as Tax Division policies or procedures

• May be required to travel
• Must possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license

The State of Connecticut is an equal‑opportunity and affirmative‑action employer and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities and persons with disabilities.