Senior Auditor

Job Description

Hours: Full-Time – 35 Hours
Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101

Only candidates who are permanent in the Construction Project Manager title, or those who are reachable on the
Open-Competitive list (#0169 or #3042) may apply. Please include a copy of your Notice of Results card or indicate if
you are already permanent in the title. If you do not meet the previously mentioned civil service criteria, you will not
be considered for an interview.

The Department of Design and Construction, Engineering Audit Office seeks a Senior Auditor. With latitude to exercise
independent judgement and action, The selected candidate will be responsible for auditing partial, substantial, final, and
retainage payment requisitions for construction, equipment, and related consultant services contracts, in accordance with
Comptroller Directive No. 2, 6 and 7. The selected candidate will perform field visits to physically verify quantity and quality of
work performed and to ensure that payment requisitions represent an appropriate value of the work performed. Assist and
provide consultation to auditors when required, on key audit principles and issues on projects. The Senior Auditor will write
comprehensive audit reports to justify approval, adjustment, or rejection of payment requisitions.

The selected candidate will also be responsible to review change orders greater than 25K and 50K for validity and cost
reasonableness, respectively; verifying cost estimates, original contract agreements, and the applicable City regulations and
recommend approval or rejection of change orders with appropriate reasons stating conditions for recommendation. The
candidate will become familiar with various contracts being audited as well as all applicable comptroller's Directives (e.g., No.
6 & 7), OMB CS-29D, PPB rules Secs. 2.06, 6.02, and 6.07, in addition to performing all payment audits in a time frame
consistent with prompt payment objectives, Section 6.07 of the PPB rules, ODC Directive No. 67, and as mandated by DDC
standard processing time for contractor payments. The Senior Auditor will, assist other Auditors by providing assistance and
guidance on key auditing principles and other issues.

Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position. NYC Department of Design and Construction does not
provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions or status changes, including STEM/OPT
visas. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position, at the time of
application.

All applicants, including City Employees:
Please go to NYC Government Jobs | Explore Careers | City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job
ID # listed above. Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self-Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax
your resume to DDC directly.

Qualifications

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and five years of full-time satisfactory experience managing and/or inspecting one or more construction projects which must have a total cost of at least $300,000 for each of the five years of the required experience; or
2. One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), in engineering, engineering technology, architecture, architectural technology, landscape architecture, construction, construction technology, or construction management; or
3. One year of the experience as described in “1” above and a valid license as a professional engineer, registered architect, or registered landscape architect, issued by a board of examining engineers, architects, or landscape architects duly established and qualified pursuant to the laws of any state or territory of the United States; or
4. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization, and a combination of at least two years of experience as described in “1” above and the education as described in “2” above to equal a total of five years of education and experience. Matriculation in an undergraduate college degree program as described in “2” above may be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits for one year of satisfactory full-time experience up to a maximum of three years of experience.

Note: Candidates must specify for each construct