Job Abstract

Arlington County is seeking a County Auditor to support both the County Manager's and the County Board's commitment to strengthening County government operations, ensuring that public funds are utilized in a responsible, and transparent manner. This position reports directly to the Arlington County Board, which is Arlington's governing body, comprised of five-members elected at large to serve on staggered four-year terms.

This experienced professional will exercise considerable authority in developing recommendations which can be used to increase county revenues, reduce County expenditures, and otherwise improve the efficiency and effectiveness of County resources. The County Auditor's interaction will serve as expert counsel to the Board, County Attorney, County Manager, and Senior County Leadership on a wide variety of internal operational issues and external public-facing challenges and concerns.

The person in this role performs daily functions without direct supervisory responsibility and designs an annual audit work-plan and timeline with input from the Audit Committee consisting of:

• Two County Board members who serve as committee co-chairs.
• County Manager and DMF Director.
• Four members of the public, including a representative from the Fiscal Affairs Advisory Commission (FAAC).

• Developing short- and long-range audit work plans for conducting independent program and operational audits and reviews County departments, operations and/or County-funded programs;
• Performing audits outlined in the annual work plan or in response to a County Board request, reporting on findings, and formulating recommendations for remediation which includes conducting follow-up audits;
• Collaborating with the Internal Audit function within the Department of Management and Finance (DMF) to ensure complementary functions in both core financial and internal control audits/reviews and program/operational audits;
• Determines audit strategies, programs and procedures with timelines for each review and directs all phases of the review in accordance with appropriate industry standards;
• Conducting interviews, surveys, evaluations and investigations of County agencies, coordinating and interacting with County staff/management or non-profit management as well as Advisory Commission members;
• Developing and preparing interim and final review report findings and recommending measures to improve controls and enhance operations;
• Supervision of staff auditors within this office; and
• Staff liaison to the Audit Committee.

• A commitment to public service, fiscal responsibility, and innovation in government;
• Strong business and political acumen and interpersonal skills to facilitate working effectively with others in a collaborative manner;
• Experience analyzing and interpreting fiscal and program data, presenting findings and making recommendations;
• Knowledge of risk assessment, internal controls and internal auditing standards; and
• Experience developing, implementing and conducting complex annual and multi-year audits and investigations.

Minimum: Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, public administration, management information systems, or business administration.
Substantial experience in leading independent complex audits, operations evaluation and analysis, or related functions.

Desirable: Preference will be given to candidates with one or more of the following:

• Certified in one or more of the following: CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), Certified Governmental Auditing Professional (CGAP);
• Strong knowledge of methods for evaluating the risk of fraud;
• In-depth knowledge of professional auditing standards that meet established Institute of Internal Auditors and Government Auditing Standards;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to develop and give public presentations;
• Demonstrated understanding of government/accounting/finance/economic processes and the application of such understanding to assigned projects;
• Experience supervising and reviewing workpapers of other audit staff; and/or
• Strong information technology skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

A complete application will include the following documents;

A cover letter and resume that include a description of the organization(s) where you have worked, services provided and significant accomplishments. Your cover letter should describe your training and/ or experience in the following areas:

1. Designing an annual and muti-year audit work plan including audit strategies and timelines;
2. Working with governmental, non-profit or public sector auditing;
3. Establishing internal controls, internal auditing standards and risk assessment;
4. Developing, implementing and conducting complex public audits and investigations including performance audits; and
5. Working with multiple stakeholders and all levels of an organization's staff including executive level management to improve effectiveness and efficiencies of the organization's business processes.

Applicants who have questions or need assistance with the application may telephone (703) 228-3500 or visit the Human Resources Department. Our staff will be happy to work with you to enter your application into the system. Public access computers are available at all County Libraries, and in the Human Resources Department.

The examination process for this position may include: (1) training and experience evaluation; (2) written and oral examination; (3) personal interview; (4) performance test/work sample; and/or (5) physical examination.

Applicants with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process. Please call the ADA Coordinator at 703-228-3559 (voice) or email pers@arlingtonva.us.