THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR JOB DESCRIPTION
IS AUDIT MANAGER
Salary Grade: 82
Description of Work
Instructions are very general. The supervisor loosely follows an
audit guide developed by the U. S. General Accounting Office and utilizes a number
of publications including publications of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the
IS Auditors Foundation, and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.
The reports and management letters issued are sometimes reviewed
by the Director of Audits and possibly also by the Chief Deputy State Auditor.
The duties require the supervisor to deal with data processing professionals,
data processing managers, internal auditors, systems accountants, financial and
operational auditors, department controllers, and department heads.
Examples of Duties
- Conducts audits, reviews, or studies of broad and complex programs/functions
in which electronic data processing is an integral part for the purpose of determining
the adequacy of the network of internal controls to prevent fraud and significant
errors.
- Performs all aspects of the evaluations including interviewing,
gathering facts and other data, reviewing a wide variety of records and reports
and analyzing findings.
- Prepares reports which present the findings of the review in
the most effective manner.
- Represents the State Auditor in presentations and discussions
of audit findings.
- Works to accomplish changes which are needed on a state-wide
basis through communications with the Governor's Office and department heads and
through cooperative efforts with the Office of State Management Systems and the
Information Technology Managers Council.
- Assists the financial and operational auditors in developing
audit plans which involve utilizing the computer as an audit tool to accomplish
more efficient and effective audits.
- Supervises the data retrieval function which involves the development
of computer programs for the purpose of generating computer produced reports to
aid in financial, operational, and IS audits.
- Conduct training programs to increase the financial and operational
auditors' knowledge of electronic data processing and techniques for auditing automated
systems.
Recruitment Standards
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Physical Requirements, Age, Sex, or
Other Factors
- Knowledge of principles, theories, techniques, and practices
of auditing and accounting.
- Ability to direct the work of IS auditors and analyst programmers.
- Ability to communicate with department managers, D.P. managers,
and accounting managers.
- Ability to develop and execute audit plans for assessing the
reliability of automated systems.
- Detailed knowledge of techniques used to control automated applications.
- Detailed knowledge of techniques used to provide internal controls
over information processing facilities.
- General knowledge of computer programming, job control language,
computer center operations.
- Detailed knowledge of at least one computer programming language.
Minimum Education and Experience
BS/BA degree in accounting plus a minimum of 12 semester hours of
computer science, or BS/BA degree in computer science or a related subject plus
a minimum of 12 semester hours of accounting. Five years of experience in auditing
and/or computer programming/systems analysis, including at least two years experience
in IS auditing. Experience may be substituted for the education required in addition
to the degree provided it IS directly related.
Revised 08/2004
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