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About the Position:
Montgomery County Government seeks a highly organized and detail-oriented individual to serve as Manager II of the Internal Audit Office in the Office of the County Executive for Montgomery County, Maryland.
What you will be doing:
The Internal Audit Manager provides independent internal audit services for all County government executive branch departments and offices, developing and executing a multi-year risk-based audit plan, and providing technical and consultative assistance to County officials to address complex program management issues. This role is integral in ensuring enterprise-wide and department-specific operations have designed and implemented effective risk controls and processes to minimize opportunities for fraud, abuse, or waste. This position works with senior County and program officials to ensure that corrective actions to address audit findings and recommendations have been timely implemented. The Internal Audit function is organizationally part of the Office of the County Executive in recognition of the financial management obligations that are an integral responsibility of County government; and in recognition of the central role the Internal Audit function performs, consistent with best practice recommendations advanced by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), in risk assessment, evaluation of internal controls and processes, and monitoring of corrective action plan implementation for all audits, including those conducted by the Office of Inspector General.
A Manager II (Internal Audit Manager) candidate should be able to:
About the Ideal Candidate:
The Internal Audit Manager will possess a comprehensive understanding, or the ability to rapidly acquire and understand, County, State and Federal rules and regulations and laws pertinent to the activities of the organization. The ideal candidate will be adept at establishing strong working relationships with high-ranking executive officials within local government, in order to identify existing internal control gaps and weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement; and to implement necessary enhancements or corrective actions in response to audit findings and recommendations.
The candidate must be able to present complex and technical information in appropriate forms for a wide range of executive and legislative branch audiences, and must also possess demonstrated executive level management experience or acumen, knowledge of compliance and enterprise risk management and mitigation, responsible professional experience in auditing or audit management, and be skillful at decision-making, best practices in governance and management practices, and relationship building. Excellent communication skills are required to effectively represent, justify, and defend controversial findings and recommendations, and negotiate suitable solutions with program and executive-level officials.
As a County leader, the incumbent will continually promote effective management and implementation of the County’s mission, vision, policies, objectives, values, and priorities. The work of promoting effective risk management and control practices is essential to the mission of the County Government and affects all residents in the County.
A criminal background check and financial disclosure will be conducted on the selected candidate prior to appointment. As a manager/supervisor working in a union environment, this position has a responsibility for fostering a positive labor relations environment based on mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.
Effective June 16, 2024, the salary range for this position will be $105,649.00 to $186,584.00, depending upon the background and qualifications of the successful candidate.
Additional Employment Information
OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.
Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in auditing, financial accounting, or a related field, three (3) years of which were in a supervisory or executive capacity. The term "executive" is further defined as a high echelon or high-level position in an organization that is assigned technical research, management advisory services responsibilities, or policy-making duties and responsibilities that exerts considerable influence on organizational policy, plans, and operations through technical research, management advisory services, and/or policy-making duties and responsibilities (e.g., County positions at Grade 30 or above).
Education: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Preferred Criteria
Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be selected for interviews based on the following preferred criteria. Taking the time to address these areas in your resume is advised.
Minimum Salary
102572
Maximum Salary
181149
Currency
USD
Full Time
$138k-172k (estimate)
05/23/2024
07/21/2024
montgomery.il.us
Rockville, MD
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