Senior Auditor
Our Vision: To make New York City the global model for inclusive innovation and economic growth, fueled by the City’s diverse people and businesses.
Our Mission: Creating a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers.
Position Overview: The Senior Auditor plays a key role in assisting with key oversight activities between the organization and its external audit consultant, ensuring the seamless execution of audits and the maintenance of high audit quality and compliance standards. The Senior Auditor will also lead and/or participate in select audits and be responsible to monitor audit remediation activities and work with business stakeholders until remediation is complete. This position will offer an excellent opportunity to forge relationships with stakeholders throughout the organization. This role will also be a key contributor to organizing and documenting Audit Committee activities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist in the oversight of the external audit consultant, including scheduling, planning, executing and reporting of audit activities
- Follow-up on audit observations, recommendations, and action items with key stakeholders. Ensure follow-up activities related to remediation validation occur.
- Assist in facilitating communication between external audit consultants and internal stakeholders, including the CFO, Senior Staff, and Audit Committee
- Coordinate Audit Committee activities, including scheduling the meetings and drafting meeting minutes
- Assist in monitoring the progress of external audit projects, ensuring they are conducted in accordance with established timeframes.
- Prepare audit programs encompassing planning, fieldwork and reporting of findings
- Document Audit work-papers, which provide details of procedural flow charts, audit sampling techniques, descriptions of audit testing, findings, and conclusions, including observations of sound processes and weaknesses, and recommended corrective action.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with business partners across the organization, professionally representing the Internal Audit team in every interaction.
- Actively engage with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a business-related field
- 3-5 years of experience conducting financial, operational, compliance, or contract audits
- Proven analytical skills with strong attention to detail
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio)
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of accounting or auditing standards as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Professional Practices Framework, Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), and Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
- CPA, CIA, CGAP, CFE or CISA a plus
- Knowledge of New York City guidelines, directives and processes for areas such as accounting, budgeting, contracting, and procurement helpful.
- Knowledge of AuditBoard a plus
- New York City residency is required within 180 days of hire.
Salary Range
$80,000 - $82,000 USD
About Us: New York City Economic Development Corporation is a mission-driven, nonprofit organization that works for a vibrant, inclusive, and globally competitive economy for all New Yorkers. We take a comprehensive approach, through four main strategies: strengthen confidence in NYC as a great place to do business; grow innovative sectors, with a focus on equity; build neighborhoods as places to live, learn, work, and play; and deliver sustainable infrastructure for communities and the city’s future economy.
NYCEDC is committed to offering competitive benefits to support employee health, happiness, and work-life balance. We offer comprehensive benefits and unique perks to ensure NYCEDC employees flourish in their professional and personal lives:
- Generous employer subsidized health insurance
- Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans
- Vision and hearing benefits
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
- Short term and long-term disability coverage
- 100% employer covered life insurance and supplemental life insurance coverage
- Up to 25 vacation days
- Floating Holidays and Summer Fridays
- Parental leave - up to 20 paid weeks
- Retirement savings programs
- Company-paid 401(a) defined contribution plan
- 457(b) tax-advantaged retirement savings plan
- Tuition Reimbursement program
- Continuing education and professional development
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
- College savings plan
- Backup childcare
- Gym membership discounts
- A Calm.com membership for mindfulness and mental health support
- Employee discounts through Plum Benefits and much more
Benefits listed above may vary based on the length and nature of your employment with New York City Economic Development Corporation. These benefits are subject to be modified at any time, at the discretion of the organization.
The New York City Economic Development Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Social Responsibility Mission is to create a People First strategy by attracting, retaining, and engaging a diverse and talented workforce. Like the city of New York, NYCEDC knows our strength comes from each of our connected parts, making the fabric of our organization better and stronger because of our unique employees' talents.
For more information, visit our website at edc.nyc.
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