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AgencyState Comptroller, Office of the

TitleSenior Examiner Municipal Affairs - Item #03928

Occupational CategoryFinancial, Accounting, Auditing

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $45455 to $71980 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 25%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 110 State Street

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12236

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must be reachable on the Decentralized list for Senior Examiner of Municipal Affairs, exam #20-777 or reachable on the Examiner of Municipal Affairs Trainee 1 list, exam #20-724 or be a current NYS employee eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 or 70.4 of the Civil Service Law.

To be eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 to the Senior Examiner of Municipal Affairs, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service in a title allocated to grade 16 or higher and have 24 credit hours in accounting and/or auditing.
To be eligible for transfer under Section 70.4 to the Senior Examiner of Municipal Affairs, a candidate must:
1. Have one year of permanent competitive service allocated to grade 16 or higher.
2. Meet the open competitive minimum qualifications of the position, and
3. Have standing on the open competitive decentralized exam list #20-777

To be eligible to transfer under Section 70.4 to Examiner of Municipal Affairs Trainee 1, a candidate must:
1. Have one year of permanent, competitive service allocated to grade 12 or higher,
2. Meet the open competitive minimum qualifications of the position, and
3. Have standing on the open competitive decentralized exam list #20-724.

Duties Description • Communicate regularly with field examiners to understand the financial and operational data available and determine their analysis needs related to the risk assessment or audit objectives planned.
• Use computer assisted audit tools to perform analysis of financial and other operational data to help identify areas of weakness or identify issues during the risk assessment phase of an audit or as part of detailed audit testing.
• Conduct research on various audit topics such as new automated tools and analysis techniques.
• Answer questions and obtain feedback from examiners and others using the analytic data provided to constantly enhance and improve the results and expand the types of analytics being conducted.
• Prepare written guidance for field examiners on the use of analytical data and possibly provide examples of relevant audit uses from previous audits.
• Assist in supporting the Division’s use of TeamMate by providing technical support to field examiners, researching TeamMate issues, drafting or presenting training materials, and participating in the rollout of software upgrades.
• Assist with expanding the Division’s capacity to use computer assisted audit tools. This will require a proactive role, researching and suggesting potential uses for technology and helping apply the audit techniques that are available with this technology. Participate in training related to technology audit and computer assisted audit tools.

Additional Comments Desired Competencies
• Effectively demonstrates a working knowledge of ACL or Arbutus, Monarch, Excel, Access and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software
• Data analysis experience
• Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Possess effective oral and written communication skills, including excellent interpersonal skills with staff and customers, both over the telephone and in-person
• Performs tasks accurately, within specific time frames and/or under time constraints
• Capable of working independently and in a team environment

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Sara Burt

Telephone (518) 474-1924

Fax (518) 486-6723

Email Address Recruit@osc.ny.gov

Address

Street 110 State Street

12th Floor

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12236

Notes on ApplyingInterested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to recruit@osc.ny.gov no later than August 3, 2018. Please reference Item #03928 – GOER-SAB when responding.
When responding, please include the reference number and letters listed in this section. The GOER ID # should not be included.