STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: AUDIT SUPERVISOR I
Class Code: 0728-14 Date Established: 11-02-92
Occupational Code: 1-3-2 Date of Last Revision: 11-16-09
BASIC PURPOSE: To supervise auditing staff in verifying the
accuracy of financial transactions, including expenditures, personnel actions,
and contracts.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Assigns and
reviews work of subordinate auditing personnel, including responsibility for
solution of work problems and methods of operations.
·
Audits time
records of employees, performs payroll exits and makes needed corrections.
·
Audits
purchase orders, invoices and statements made under contract for compliance
with regulations and contract specifications.
·
Trains and
supervises subordinate auditing staff in specific duties and resolves auditing
problems.
·
Insures
purchases do not exceed approved authorizations and that purchases are not
duplicated.
·
Updates
changes to payroll records for the computer and corrects error runs.
·
Maintains and
applies agency cost codes in performing payroll activities.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires knowledge of business practices and
procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including working from
detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires responsibility for contributing to
immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct provision of
services to the public or other state agencies.
Errors at this level result in inaccurate reports or invalid test
results and require a significant investment of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions
under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical Demands: Requires sedentary work, including continuous
sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions to
establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical
problems. This level also requires
providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization
exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying a
number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Associate’s degree from a recognized
college or technical institute with major study in accounting or business. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years’ experience required in
accounting, bookkeeping or auditing work, including some supervisory
experience. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Certification:
None required.
Special
Requirements: For appointment consideration, Audit Supervisor I applicants
must successfully participate in a structured interview measuring possession of
knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job
performance by this class specification.
The structured interview is developed and administered, according to
Division of Personnel guidelines, by representatives of the state agency in
which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of the principles and
practices of auditing. Considerable
knowledge of bookkeeping. Knowledge of
supervision techniques. Knowledge of
contracts. Some knowledge of
workers’ compensation. Ability to
perform detail work involving numerical data.
Ability to operate arithmetical calculators efficiently. Ability to establish and maintain effective
working relationships with subordinates, agency and other state personnel and
vendors. Must be willing to maintain
appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by
the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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