Auditor - Underfill

This position is located within the Director's Office of the Department of Motor Vehicles in Carson City. This recruitment will be used to underfill the Auditor 3 position. The incumbent functions as the internal auditor for DMV. Responsibilities include to plan, organize, and conduct examination of accounts, records, and other supporting documentation to ensure compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, agreements, and contracts in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards.

Incumbents must document and summarize audit findings, and make recommendations to improve control processes and/or to standardize systems and/or practices.

Under the authority of NRS 239B.010.1(b), the DMV utilizes NRS 205., NRS 293.504, NRS 293.5045, 6 CFR 37.45, 49 CFR , and 49 CFR 384.228 as criteria to obtain a FBI fingerprint clearance check on current and prospective employees. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Auditors conduct audits on financial and/or tax accounts, records, activities, operations and/or internal controls of individuals, business organizations, state agencies or other government jurisdictions subject to State taxation or regulation to ensure compliance with State and Federal rules and regulations and legal requirements and/or proper safeguarding of agency funds.

• Research the past audit history of individuals, organizations or agencies and develop and/or perform audit steps as defined in an approved audit program.
• Review financial and/or tax accounts and records, examine narrative and flowchart documentation and interview personnel involved to determine compliance with a specific set of governing laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, agreements and contracts; investigate past activities and practices of the individual or organization by examining business records which may have to be obtained from a variety of sources.
• Conduct audits in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, generally accepted auditing standard, and/or standards for the professional practice of internal auditing as adopted by the work unit.
• Document all findings and prepare work papers and reports that summarize audit findings and recommendations regarding adequacy of controls, operational procedures and/or determination of financial adjustments/deficiencies; improve and modify controls and procedures in order to standardize systems and/or practices, to strengthen the integrity of the system and to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and policies.
• Conduct entrance and exit interviews with individuals, organization representatives or agency division heads to explain the purpose and scope of the audit, to discuss findings, verify facts and answer questions regarding the audit.
• Monitor the progress of implementation and the ongoing adherence to procedures and policies established as a result of audit findings.
• Conduct special investigations and specific audits in areas determined to be "at risk" by the supervisor; investigate suspected instances of fraudulent activity conducted by either employees, contractors and/or vendors as necessary.
• Prepare reports, conduct research, and develop case files for maintaining evidence in each case; develop final departmental administrative determinations; preserve evidence for future litigation.
• May represent evidence before state governing bodies and/or provide testimony in a court of law in defense of the departmental administrative determinations.
• Effect the collection of delinquent contributions including recommending possible legal action against delinquent entities; prepare and serve legal documents on tax assessments to organizations and individuals; may serve legal documents to execute on judgment liens and may instruct law enforcement to seize assets.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Under general supervision, incumbents perform the full range of duties described in the series concept and perform audits of both a routine and complex nature. Work is assigned through adherence to an approved annual audit plan coordinated with agency goals and objectives and is reviewed and evaluated for technical accuracy to existing audit standards. Incumbents assist in training less experienced or lower level auditors.

This is the journey level in the series.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which included 6 college credits in beginning accounting and/or auditing; OR graduation from high school or equivalent education, supplemented by 6 college credits in beginning accounting and/or auditing, and two years of professional or technical level auditing or accounting experience involving analyzing financial information and making recommendations based upon that analysis; OR two years of experience as an Accountant Technician I in Nevada State service;

OR an equivalent…