Staff Auditor (Public Accounting)

Tasks

• Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.

• Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.

• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.

• Supervise auditing of establishments, and determine scope of investigation required.

• Inspect account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.

• Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.

• Review data about material assets, net worth, liabilities, capital stock, surplus, income, and expenditures.

• Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.

• Confer with company officials about financial and regulatory matters.

• Inspect cash on hand, notes receivable and payable, negotiable securities, and canceled checks to confirm records are accurate.

• Examine records and interview workers to ensure recording of transactions and compliance with laws and regulations.

• Examine inventory to verify journal and ledger entries.

• Evaluate taxpayer finances to determine tax liability, using knowledge of interest and discount rates, annuities, valuation of stocks and bonds, and amortization valuation of depletable assets.

• Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives.

• Audit payroll and personnel records to determine unemployment insurance premiums, workers' compensation coverage, liabilities, and compliance with tax laws.

• Review taxpayer accounts, and conduct audits on-site, by correspondence, or by summoning taxpayer to office.

• Examine records, tax returns, and related documents pertaining to settlement of decedent's estate.

• Produce up-to-the-minute information, using internal computer systems, to allow management to base decisions on actual, not historical, data.

• Direct activities of personnel engaged in filing, recording, compiling, and transmitting financial records.

• Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.