Working knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing standards.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with the audit supervisor, auditee, and team members.
Certification as a Certified Public Accountant plus one year of relevant work experience; or a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with sufficient hours to take the Certified Public Accountant examination in Louisiana, plus one year of professional-level auditing experience equivalent to Financial Staff Auditor II, while actively pursuing primary certification.
Applicants pursuing the Certified Public Accountant certification must provide evidence of active progress toward certification.
Responsibilities
Communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers, and auditee personnel.
Follow instructions and accept constructive feedback from supervisors.
Conduct interviews with clients and obtain sensitive information.
Conduct formal meetings with LLA management and clients.
Update the Audit Manager on audit status, including budget hours and staffing issues for in-charge assignments.
Prepare organized, logical, and clear audit documentation.
Analyze time budgets and recommend changes, including eliminating unnecessary procedures or using more efficient testing methods.
Organize workflow to meet time budgets and deadlines, including timely submission of completed audit documentation for supervisor review.
Obtain and evaluate relevant audit evidence to reach logical conclusions.
Work independently and make appropriate decisions on audit issues.
Obtain and document an understanding of internal controls and procedures.
Identify, assess, and document risks of material misstatement, material noncompliance, errors, irregularities, fraud, and illegal acts.
Link identified risks to key controls and design further audit procedures.
Complete and document sample selection for attribute tests.
Perform and document analytical reviews of account balances.
Adapt audit procedures in response to new information gathered during the audit.
Distinguish between essential and non-essential audit documentation from prior-year engagements.
Identify potential engagement risks and recommend additional procedures or special projects.
Identify opportunities for more efficient audit procedures and apply approved procedures.
Maintain knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing standards, the audit process, and agency-specific procedures.
Use audit computer hardware and software proficiently.
Research assignments using tools such as Checkpoint.
Prepare or review planning documentation to ensure adherence to standards and linkage of risk assessments to further audit procedures.
Ensure reports are ready for final Audit Manager review.
Plan audits to maximize efficiency.
Delegate tasks to maximize team efficiency.
Establish reasonable deadlines and budgets and work with the team to meet them.
Approve timesheets, leave requests, and professional development plans.
Maintain a positive supervisory relationship with staff.
Supervise and assist staff with assignments and provide constructive feedback.
Review audit documentation and document the review through review notes or other documentation.
Assist the auditor-in-charge with supervising staff auditors to ensure time budgets and deadlines are met.
Prepare evaluations and discuss job performance with supervised employees.
Desired Qualifications
Preference is given to applicants who have attained their Certified Public Accountant certification or made significant progress toward it, demonstrated by successfully completing two or more parts of the Certified Public Accountant examination.
Overview
For more than 50 years, the LLA has helped the state of Louisiana foster accountability and transparency within Louisiana’s government by providing the Legislature and others with audit services, fiscal advice, and other useful information.
Sr. Auditor 1 has a minimum annual salary of $76,000.
Sr. Auditor 2 has a minimum annual salary of $83,000.
The LLA is seeking individuals in our Financial Audit Section. This individual should have a working knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing standards. In addition, a Financial Auditor should possess effective verbal and written communication skills and work effectively with the audit supervisor, auditee and team members.
As part of our career progression framework, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Staff or Senior Auditor depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.
Responsibilities
Examples listed below include brief samples of common duties associated with financial audits. Please note that not all tasks are included.
Communication (written and verbal)
Demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate with supervisors, co-workers, and auditee personnel.
Demonstrates the ability to follow instructions and accept constructive feedback from supervisors.
Exhibits self-confidence in interviews with clients.
Shows persistence in obtaining sensitive information.
Effectively conducts formal meetings with LLA management and with clients.
For in charge assignments, consistently updates Audit Manager on the status of the audit(s), including budget hours and/or staffing issues.
Job Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrates appropriate attention to detail.
Prepares well-organized, logical, and clear audit documentation that can be easily followed by supervisors and other members of the audit team.
Analyzes time budgets and makes recommendations for changes to the supervisor, as applicable, to include potential elimination of unnecessary procedures or more efficient methods of testing.
Organizes work flow to ensure meeting established time budgets and required deadlines, including the timely submission of completed audit documentation for supervisor review.
Obtains relevant audit evidence and makes an evaluation of that evidence to reach logical conclusions.
Works independently, making appropriate decisions on audit issues.
Obtains and documents an understanding of internal controls and procedures.
Identifies, assesses, and documents risks – demonstrates the ability to identify risks of material misstatement and risks of material noncompliance and/or indications of errors and irregularities or fraud and illegal acts during the conduct of the audit.
Links identified risks of material misstatement and risks of material noncompliance to established key controls and design further audit procedures.
Completes and documents sample selection process for attribute tests.
Performs and documents analytical review of account balances.
Adapts audit procedures in response to new information gathered during the audit.
Distinguishes between essential and non-essential audit documentation from the previous year’s engagement.
Identifies areas of potential risk during engagements and makes recommendations for possible additional procedures and/or special projects.
Identifies the potential for more efficient audit procedures, and with supervisory approval, applies the procedures.
Maintains knowledge of governmental accounting and auditing standards, commensurate with experience.
Maintains knowledge and understanding of the audit process commensurate with experience.
Maintains knowledge of agency-specific procedures.
Uses audit computer hardware and software proficiently.
Performs research related to assignments and uses research assist tools, such as Checkpoint, proficiently.
Prepares and/or reviews planning documentation to ensure adherence to standards, including linkage of risk assessments to further audit procedures.
Ensures that reports are ready for final Audit Manager review
Project Management and Administration
Plans the audit to maximize efficiency.
Delegates tasks to maximize team efficiency.
Establishes reasonable deadlines and budgets and actively works with the team to ensure they are met.
Properly handles supervisory administrative tasks, such as approving timesheets, leave requests, and professional development plans.
Supervision
Maintains a positive supervisory relationship with staff.
Supervises and assists staff with assignments and provides constructive feedback to staff.
Reviews audit documentation proficiently and evidences that review through the use of review notes or other documentation.
Assists the auditor-in-charge with supervising staff auditors in efforts to ensure that time budgets are not exceeded and established deadlines are met.
Prepares evaluations and discusses job performance with supervised employees.
Qualifications
Possess certification as a Certified Public Accountant, plus one year of relevant work experience, OR
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with sufficient hours to take the Certified Public Accountant examination in Louisiana, plus one year of professional level experience in auditing at a level equivalent to a Financial Staff Auditor II, and is actively pursuing primary certification (Certified Public Accountant).
NOTE: Preference will be shown for those applicants that have attained their CPA or are making significant progress toward attaining their CPA, as evidenced by successful completion of two or more parts of the CPA exam.
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