AUDITOR 2*

Department of Environment and Conservation

Nashville, TN

Annual Salary Range: $47,496 - $71,400

Closing Date 05/31/2023

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/job-announcements-/executive-service/00007356_auditor_2_dia_tdec-job-opp_es.pdf

Who we are and what we do:

The Department of Environment and Conservation exists to enhance the quality of life for citizens of Tennessee and to be stewards of our natural environment.

We foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective are valued so that our culture reflects the people we serve.

Our Department is committed to providing a cleaner, safer environment that goes hand-in-hand with economic prosperity and increased quality of life in Tennessee. We deliver on our mission through managing regulatory programs that maintain standards for air, water and soil quality while providing assistance to businesses and communities in areas ranging from recreation to waste management. We manage the state park system and programs to inventory, interpret and protect Tennessee's rich natural, historical, and archaeological heritage.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Division of Internal Audit mission is to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective assurance, advice, and insight. The Internal Audit Division assists the Department in accomplishing its strategic objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control processes.

Job Overview:

This position requires a specific knowledge base and understanding to perform reviews for completeness and transparency in order to obtain a reasonable assessment of the entity's operations. This position requires an individual with comprehension prudent of an intermediate level auditor and great attention to detail and skills commensurate to handle its degree of difficulty.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with Subrecipient Grant Monitoring performed to provide reasonable assurance that non-federal entity's that receive awards, in the form of grants or loans, to carry out part of a federal or state program according to federal and state rules and regulations, policies and procedures, and contract specifications.
• Properly complete, plan, and schedule monitoring assignments.
• Complete monitoring fieldwork by analyzing financial and technical data through electronic applications.
• Draft monitoring reports to management and external stakeholders.
• Work cooperatively and effectively with internal and external customers.
• Work Grant Title VI Compliance Audit Investigations.

Required Experience:

• Candidates will require minimal audit procedural training.

Minimum Qualifications:

• We are seeking someone who thinks critically, communicates effectively and efficiently, and displays the confidence and ability to identify and act in situations indicative of fraud, waste, and abuse.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.