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Short Description:

An Auditor is responsible for examining and evaluating financial records, statements, and accounting procedures to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulations. Their duties include conducting audits, identifying financial discrepancies, and providing recommendations for process improvements. Auditors also assess internal controls, verify financial transactions, and communicate findings to management and stakeholders. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a comprehensive understanding of accounting principles and regulations are essential for success in this role, as Auditors play a critical role in maintaining financial integrity and transparency within an organization.

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
  • Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
  • Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine the scope of investigation required.
  • Report asset utilization and audit results to management, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.
  • Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
  • Examine records and interview workers to ensure the recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.
  • Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
  • Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.
  • Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.
  • Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in management's activities and whether employees understand the goals.

 

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of accounting principles, practices, financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
  • Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Accounting Software: Accurate NXG; Blackbaud The Financial Edge; FlexiLedger software; Intuit Quicken software.
  • Compliance Software: Corporate Responsibility System Technologies Limited CRSTL Compliance Positioning System; FLS eDP.Payroll tax; Intrax ProcedureNet; Paisley Cardmap.
  • Document Management Software: Accutrac software; Document management system software; OmniRIM software; Records management software.
  • Financial Analysis Software: AuditWare software; MethodWare ProAudit Advisor; Paisley AutoAudit; RSM McGladrey Auditor Assistant.
  • Project Management Software: HCSS HeavyBid; HCSS HeavyJob; Sage Master Builder.

Job Zones

 

  • Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. 
  • Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and special agents.
  • Specific Vocational Preparation in years: (7.0 to < 8.0)

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