Tax Auditor IV - 41500158 1

Requisition No: 822521 

Agency: Florida Gaming Control Commission

Working Title: Tax Auditor IV - 41500158 1

Position Number: 41500158 

Salary:  $46,978.00 

Posting Closing Date: 02/12/2024 

FLORIDA GAMING CONTROL COMMISSION

DIVISION OF PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING

TAX AUDITOR IV

Position Number: 41500158

 

Hiring Salary:  $3,914.84 Monthly ($46,978.00 Annually)

 

*OPEN COMPETITIVE* 

 

 

Our Organization, Mission and Vision:

The newly created Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) is a five-member commission appointed by the Governor. The FGCC is charged with investigating and enforcing Florida pari-mutuel and gaming statutes and rules. The commission is charged with the regulation of Florida’s pari-mutuel, cardroom, and slot gaming industries, as authorized by Chapter 550, 551 and 849, Florida Statutes, as well as collecting and safeguarding associated revenues due to the state. The commission is also the State Compliance Agency (SCA) under the provisions of the Gaming Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State of Florida.

 

In Florida, pari-mutuel wagering is authorized for horse racing, harness horse racing, jai alai games and cardroom poker games. Additionally, slot machine gaming at pari-mutuel facilities is authorized in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties.

 

Our mission is efficient, effective and fair regulation of authorized gaming at pari-mutuel facilities, with a vision to enhance and increase the utilization of state-of-the-art technological capabilities to better serve the public, simplify and expedite the licensure process, and ensure compliance with the pari-mutuel laws and rules pursuant to Chapters 550, 551, and Section 849.086, Florida Statutes.

 

To learn more about the Florida Gaming Control Commission, please visit https://flgaming.gov/.

 

Position Overview:

You will be part of a professional audit team who performs compliance audits of pari-mutuel wagering activities, licensed cardrooms, and slot operations occurring at the facilities of pari-mutuel permitholders licensed in the State of Florida, in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). 

 

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Plans and performs slot/cardroom/pari-mutuel compliance audits of pari-mutuel permitholders in accordance with the Florida Administrative Code, Florida Statutes, Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS), and the Division's auditing procedures and guidelines. Prepares detailed workpapers and formal audit reports to be presented to permitholders. Assists with the development, monitoring, and updating of risk assessments and with the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) internal controls framework.
• Monitors and analyzes the cybersecurity readiness of permitholder facilities. Assists the COA and AA with the development of cybersecurity risk assessments and cybersecurity audit plans of permitholder facilities. Conducts annual cybersecurity audits on a bi-yearly rotational basis of parimutuel facilities based on risk assessments.
• Coordinates assigned audit staff on audit engagements for which the Tax Auditor IV is the audit team leader. Updates Audit Administrator and Chief Auditing Officer regarding status on an ongoing basis for the audit assignments and obtains direction from audit managers on issues encountered when performing the audit procedures. Prepares audit workpapers for OnBase when project is closed out. Ensures confidential information is protected.
• Plans, directs, coordinates and performs other audits, as assigned. Such as tax credit audits, breeders’ audits, etc., of pari-mutuel permitholders or horse associations in accordance with the Florida Administrative Code, Florida Statues, GAGAS and Division auditing procedures and guidelines. Prepares detailed workpapers and formal audit reports to be turned in to audit managers for review and approval prior to the release of the audit report being presented to the permitholder or associations.
• Performs level 2 reviews of audit workpapers and audits files of compliance audits assigned and completed by other tax auditors to ensure quality control that the audit work comports with yellow book auditing standards and the Division auditing procedures and guidelines, findings and documentation is properly vetted, complete, and adequately supports the conclusions noted.
• Assists Auditor Administrator and/or Chief of Auditing as requested on projects.  Such requests may include revision of audit programs to