State of Tennessee

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Work Activities Executive Service AUDITOR 3 - INTERNAL AUDIT - DAVIDSON Department of Children's Services Internal Audit Nashville, TN Salary: $4,562.00 - $5,694.00 per month Closing Date: 12/30/2025 Background Check This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position. Job Overview This position is to lead/in-charge internal audit engagements performed under the Global Internal Audit Standards. This is the first supervisory class of auditors. The position will lead a small team of professional auditors in performing financial, compliance, operational and/or program audits. The position requires experience in conducting internal audit engagements, knowledge of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) compliance requirements, and general accounting and internal controls. Key Responsibilities • Leads assigned subordinates in conducting financial, compliance, or operational audits for the Department of Children's Services. • Examines policies and procedures and records to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. • Examines documentation including but not limited to, financial statements, bank statements, purchase invoices, general ledger, and payroll records to ensure compliance with internal Policies and procedures, and federal and state regulations. • Prioritizes daily task list to ensure timely responses. • Analyzes internal controls processes and documentation to determine adequacy of controls. • Conducts research on federal, state, and department policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. Prepares audit procedures for the assigned audit, including risk assessment of the audit engagement. • Determines sampling population, methodology, and attributes to be tested based on assigned audit program. • Prepares and reviews work papers and supporting documentation from a review of records and other auditing resources identify legal, financial, compliance, and/or administrative problems or discrepancies under general supervision. • Reviews the work of assigned auditors to ensure accuracy and completion. • Documents communications with auditees related to the audit. • Prepares draft audit narrative reports from work paper summaries under general supervision, to document audit results, clearly communicate results, and make recommendations for corrective actions. • Conducts performance evaluations of assigned subordinates. • Attends department specific in-service training as required to enhance personal development and attends professional development and continuing education courses as required. Minimum Qualifications Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting or a Public Accountant and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work. OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work. OR A Certified Public Accountant with the State of Tennessee and experience equivalent to two years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work. Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework in business administration with a major in accounting may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of one year. Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.