Executive Director

Job Description

Job Description
**Note: This position is open only to City of New York employees serving in the permanent civil service title of Management Auditor or those who are permanent in a comparable civil service title.

The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Department's core values.

The Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), seeks a full-time Executive Director, Internal Audit & Control (IA) in the Bureau of Support Operations. Reporting directly to the Deputy Commissioner for Support Operations, the successful candidate will:
- Manage and oversee a staff of supervisory and professional auditors and administrative staff engaged in performing complex financial, operational, and performance-based audits in accordance with professional auditing standards.
- Set goals, schedules, procedures and methodology of all audits conducted at the FDNY. Collaborate with FDNY business units in conducting an enterprise-wide risk assessments to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local rules and regulations.
- Maintain a strong connection with FDNY business unit heads and conduct internal reviews and risk assessments for Department business units as needed to establish sound practice, develop remediation plan and recommend internal controls.
- Manage the development and implementation of the annual internal audit plan as well as periodic audit plans on demand taking into account risks, constraints, resources, management priorities, and other concerns.
- Oversee the development of effective internal control environments, including recommending policies, procedures, and actions to assess, manage, and mitigate risks throughout all areas of the FDNY.
- Develop innovative approaches leveraging technology and data to enhance internal audit capacity. Manage the annual internal review (Comptroller's Directive 1) risk assessment.
- Manage and coordinate consultant audit services as needed to augment internal audit staff and liaison with outside entities regarding the Department’s corruption prevention efforts and/or external audit programs.
- Manage external audits from federal, state and local oversight agencies by serving as the liaison for FDNY. Oversee the development and/or coordination of written responses to external audits.
- Manage and coordinate risk assessment and audit consultant services to augment the internal audit staff (e.g., annual ambulance Medicare billing)
- Liaison with external auditors.
- Prepare and/or review written reports detailing audit findings and recommendations.
- Oversee the timely compliance of recommendations.
- Manage special projects

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AUDI - 10010

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing and cost accounting and five years of full-time experience in management auditing, EDP auditing, financial accounting and/or financial auditing, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors; or
2. A valid Certified Public Accountant License or a certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor and four years of full-time experience as indicated in "1" above, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or in the supervision of several teams of auditors.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.