Financial Auditor

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required: Not Applicable

Apply by: Until filled

Location: Detroit - Downtown Headquarter - Walker Cisler Building

Bidding Restriction: 1 Year

Hybrid Role: Must be able to come on-site periodically and reside a commutable distance from the assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

• Performs independent financial controls audits to ensure that controls are in place and working as intended and that business objectives are being met. Also performs independent substantive audits to ensure that financial statements are fairly stated and consistent with GAAP. Span of control: 0 Individual Contributor
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• Assists in planning, developing, conducting, and occasionally leads non-complex financial and control audits and assesses associated risks of those company systems, operations, processes, functions and activities.
• Partners with clients to assess client business, and financial risks on non-complex subjects.
• Accumulates pertinent data, organizes material, uses sampling techniques and software analysis tools, makes detailed analysis of existing conditions and appropriate recommendations on non- complex audits. Assists the Auditor-In-Charge on more complex audits or in providing consulting expertise.
• Writes and presents audit reports describing scope, objectives, conclusions, findings and recommendations to both internal and external stakeholders. Identifiers and quantifies adjustments to financial statements. Conducts supervised draft review meetings. Ensures workpapers fully support conclusions and conform to departmental and professional standards and meet standards of external auditors.
• Performs non-complex special investigations as well as functions requiring the application of specialized auditing principles and practices with limited supervision.
• Provides input to audit management in developing the Annual Audit Plan.
• Protects confidential client information.
• Ensures compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirement. Performs internal controls testing to assess the design and operating effectiveness of controls.
• Keeps up to date with relevant professional literature regarding technical accounting and financial reporting standards.
• May occasionally perform non-complex operational audits.
• Performs all duties in accordance with the enterprise’s safety rules, operating regulations and practices, reports unsafe conditions and practices, and promotes a clean, safe workplace.
  
  

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration, or Engineering from an accredited college or university
• Bachelor's Degree in another discipline acceptable with additional relevant professional experience.
• Certifications/Licenses: CPA or meet education and experience requirements for CPA, and complete CPA certification in Michigan within two years.
• Must have 2 years of relevant professional experience
  
  

Other Qualifications

• Must possess a valid driver's license, meet company driving standards and provide own transportation within the service area.
• Must have availability to travel outside the service area.
• Working knowledge of Finance, Accounting, Customer Billing, Payroll, etc.; a working knowledge of similar processes from other companies is acceptable.
• Working knowledge of relevant software.
• Communicates effectively, verbally and in writing with individuals at all levels, inside and outside the corporation
  
  

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

PRIVACY NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA JOB APPLICANTS

At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.