Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing
Bargaining UnitM/C - Managerial/Confidential (Unrepresented)
Salary RangeFrom $141581 to $178874 Annually
Duties Description The Director of Audit Services is a member of the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities' (OPWDD) Leadership Team and reports directly to the Commissioner. The incumbent provides executive management and oversight to the Office of Audit Services (OAS). OAS is comprised of the Bureau of Fiscal Audit, the Bureau of Internal Audit, Bureau of Internal Controls and the Bureau of Personal Allowance Audit. OAS has staff assigned to regional offices throughout New York State, including Albany, Schenectady, Rochester, Syracuse and New York City.
Responsibilities of each of the four OAS bureaus are as follows:
The Bureau of Fiscal Audit conducts audits and reviews of not-for-profit corporations that provide OPWDD services. The engagements include Medicaid billing audits, focused financial reviews, allegation and investigative work, monitoring fiscal viability of agencies, and evaluations of internal controls and corporate governance. These activities are driven by federal government mandates, risk-prioritization, and referrals from internal and external entities, and results in providing direction and guidance to providers to ensure that fiduciary responsibilities are met, and that deficiencies are addressed, and that risks are properly mitigated so as to protect assets, ensure appropriate use of federal and State provided resources, and provide a solid and stable operational foundation to serve individuals. Information obtained through these activities enables executive management to make informed decisions regarding the fiscal affairs of the providers in the OPWDD service system.
The Bureau of Internal Audit conducts audits and reviews of OPWDD state operations that address issues identified by quantitative risk assessments and in response to issues raised by executive management, external control organizations, and complaints received from outside stakeholders. Internal audits are conducted in accordance with the International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF).
The Bureau of Internal Controls provides internal control and risk management coverage and consulting services for state-operated functions. It also provides statewide supervision of all audits, investigations, or any other reviews of OPWDD performed by state and federal agencies (e.g., NYS AG, OSC, OMIG, and DOH; the US HHS, FBI, CMS).
The Bureau of Personal Allowance Audit is responsible for maintaining regulatory compliance overseeing the integrity of personal funds belonging to individuals residing in state-operated OPWDD programs.
The Director of Audit Services provides leadership and direction to the OAS with duties and responsibilities including the following:
• Direct strategic planning for OAS activities, including development of annual audit plans, allocation of resources necessary to meet both planned activities and ad hoc requests for auditing services, and monitoring of corrective action plans.
• Managing and overseeing all activities of OAS staff and audits conducted on behalf of OAS by contracted auditing firms. This includes approval of audit protocols and programs, providing direction and guidance on audit priorities and technical issues, ensuring projects are completed within budgetary and time constraints, and the review and approval of draft and final reports.
• Providing technical and policy direction on critical projects involving complex fieldwork, fiscal mismanagement or governance concerns.
• Providing regular and ongoing communication with OPWDD management regarding OAS activities, significant findings, and corrective action plans.
• Coordinate efforts with other OPWDD divisions to monitor not-for-profit agencies with elevated risk ratings, questionable fiscal viability, or other governance concerns.
• Lead design, development, and implementation of new audit products as needed.
• Review agency programs, functions, and systems for adequacy and effectiveness.
• Ensuring all required internal control certifications are completed timely and properly supported.
• Coordinating activities for external audits, such as OSC audits of OPWDD, including assisting with requests for interviews or documentation, and taking the lead on preparing responses to any external audit findings and recommendations.
• Directing and overseeing the development of follow-up activities to determine whether audit recommendations have been implemented or appropriately addressed.
• Directing and overseeing the development and tracking of reporting metrics for executive management and CMS.
• Directing and overseeing the coordination of audit-related referrals to external oversight entities including the New York State Office of the Attorney General and OMIG.
• Ensuring ongoing communication, coordination and planning of OPWDD's audit activities with appropriate external entities, as well as OPWDD's Internal Control Officer and the Director of the Office of Investigations and Internal Affairs.
• Ensuring that OAS managers are familiar with and aware of legislative issues; new regulations, polices and emerging issues affecting the OPWDD service system; audit trends and changes to audit standards; and internal control guidelines.
• Overseeing OAS activities designed to attract, develop, and retain staff. This includes developing and fostering a plan to encourage professional development (i.e. professional certifications and annual continuing professional education hours).
• Providing support to the development of systems and procedures to ensure accountability for State assets and property including procedures, protocols, policies, and best practices regarding the issuance, receipt, return, inventorying, tracking, and usage monitoring of State assets and property.
• Overseeing the audit and review of internal control practices to ensure that employees, supervisors, and responsible program managers follow established protocols, procedures, policies, and best practices and to ensure that issues arising from the implementation and application of these requirements appropriately mitigate risks and may be reasonably and effectively implemented to protect State assets and property.
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Minimum Qualifications Preferred Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree and five years of experience conducting or managing audits, examinations, or program reviews, including three years at a managerial level.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Extensive knowledge of auditing standards and experience in their application.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting standards and experience in their application.
• Extensive knowledge of not-for-profit corporations and government operations.
• Extensive knowledge of OPWDD services.
• Experience with the Consolidated Fiscal Reporting System.
• Experience with Medicaid billings and the Medicaid Data Warehouse.
• Experience with the Statewide Financial System.
• Experience with NY State annual internal control certifications.
• Experience conducting financial investigations.
• Professional certifications, such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
Additional Comments •The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and its Division of Executive Office is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
•Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
•In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
•This position has been designated as "Policy Influencing" by the New York State Civil Service Commission. As such, the incumbent of the position would serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
•OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
•If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or email accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.
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