Lead Auditor / Supervisor

Job Description

Only permanent Administrative Management Auditor and Incumbent employees are eligible to apply.

DCAS's mission is to make city government work for all New Yorkers. From managing New York City’s most iconic courthouses and municipal buildings, to purchasing over $1 billion annually in goods and services for more than 80 City agencies what we do ensures that all agencies can deliver on their mission. Our reach touches every facet of city government and is instrumental to the successful day-to-day operations of the City of New York.

Our commitment to equity, effectiveness, and sustainability guides our work providing City agencies with the critical resources and support needed to succeed, including:

- Recruiting, hiring, and training City employees.
- Managing 55 public buildings.
- Acquiring, selling, and leasing City property.
- Purchasing over $1 billion in goods and services for City agencies.
- Overseeing the greenest municipal vehicle fleet in the country.
- Leading the City's efforts to reduce carbon emissions from government operations.

When you work at DCAS, you're not just working for one agency, but in service of them all. It's an opportunity to provide impactful support, quality customer service, and help protect the future of New York City for generations to come. Visit our website at nyc.gov/dcas to learn more about the work we do.

DCAS’ Audit & Compliance Services unit (ACS) resides within the Commissioner’s Office. ACS assists management with identifying and prioritizing areas or processes that require attention and audit/review focus by gaining an understanding of the processes and procedures as they currently exist for the Agency’s thirteen (13) lines of service; performing tests of controls to verify whether controls are working as designed; and providing observations and recommendations to improve processes and controls. ACS is also tasked with the coordination of all external audit activities and Agency responses to those audits; the review of required Federal grant reporting; the coordination of the City's Financial and Single Audits; the preparation and review of NYC Comptroller’s Directive 1, the DOI Agency Anti-Corruption Report, and the Agency Internal Control Statement; preparation and reporting of quarterly metrics identified by DOI; and developing and assisting in managing corrective action plans. ACS is also tasked with auditing DCAS program to reimburse Non-Public schools (Local Law 2 of 2016) for allowable costs associated with security guard services to help provide assurance that this program is operating within the stated parameters. In addition to this, ACS conducts in-house audits of DCAS contracted vendors and Requirement Vendor Citywide contracts.

DCAS’s Audit & Compliance Services (ACS) consists of the following:
- Engineering Audit;
- Vendor Contract Audits & Risk Management,
- Internal Audit/Risk Management,
- Non-Public Schools Audit & Special Projects, and
- External Audit Coordination & Compliance.

ACS’ overall consulting services and audit work adds value to DCAS’s operations and its thirteen (13) lines of service by, controlling risk management, improving quality of performance, efficiency, and cost recovery; decrementing errors and costs, developing policy and procedures, increasing regulatory compliance, bettering management communications and clarity in the form of guidance.

Responsibilities:

DCAS/Audit and Compliance Services seeks to hire a Lead Audit/Supervisor who will work in the Non-Public Schools Audit/Special Projects units within ACS’ Vendor Contract Audit/Risk Management unit. The selected candidate should possess some level of operational and auditing experience, be able to handle a large volume of projects and multiple external engagements, as well as be able to communicate verbally and in writing including being able to assess issues at a high level to ACS’ Senior leadership, auditees and stakeholders. Responsibilities for the Lead Auditor/Supervisor will include but may not be limited to:

- Plan, coordinate and conduct detailed financial, operational, and management audits, reviews of DCAS’ vendor contracts, and Non-Public Schools Reimbursement Program.
- Conducting difficult in-house audits/reviews; monitoring contract compliance of vendors, consultants, and providers of technical and professional services, including the purchase of labor, material and equipment and making recommendations, while supervising internal staff auditors.
- Establish audit plans and testing designed to assess compliance with contract terms and conditions and to determine whether amounts claimed by the vendors and paid by NYC agencies were fully supported by documentation and all underlying conditions of payment.
- Reviewing CPA a