Supervising Accounts Examiner

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• Schedules assigns oversees and reviews the work of staff;
• Provides staff training and assistance;
• Conducts performance evaluations;
• Determines priorities and plans unit work;
• Establishes and maintains unit procedures;
• Develops or make recommendations on the development of policies and standards;
• Acts as liaison with other operating units agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
• Prepares reports and correspondence;
• Reviews audit reports for conformance with policies and regulations;
• May conduct hearings or conferences with those audited;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
• and ability to apply relevant state and federal laws statutes and regulations;
• and ability to apply relevant agency policies and procedures;
• professional accounting and auditing principles and practices;
• governmental and commercial accounting;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• Considerable ability to
• analyze and evaluate accounting procedures;
• analyze financial records documents and reports;
• Supervisory ability.

• College training in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelors degree
• A Masters degree in accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience
• Certification as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

• Experience with financial and compliance auditing in a regulated industry
• Experience with administering state statutes regulations and technical standards
• Experience in supervising or leading an audit team in a regulated industry
• Experience with Generally Accepted Account Principles (GAAP)
• Experience analyzing and interpreting financial reports to ensure compliance with internal control procedures
• Experience preparing written reports and memoranda