What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inspector General position at Polk County Clerk of Courts?
Join a team of dedicated professionals in the Polk County Clerk of Courts office. The Clerk’s office has been recognized as a Best Places to Work—an award given by CareerSource Polk that is based on employee surveys and an evaluation by judges. The Clerk of Courts provides a very rich benefit plan which includes membership in the Florida Retirement System, health insurance, an employee wellness center, and an employee gym. There’s also a paid time off plan in which one can accrue twenty-two days of leave time in the first year of employment.:
Essential Attributes::
Essential Tasks::
Minimum Skills / Qualifications::
Physical Requirements:
Hiring rate: $64,376.83- $109,107.55
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm:
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Essential Attributes::
- The Mission of the Clerk of Courts has a high degree of public accountability, regular attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
- Support and comply with the Mission Statement and Code of Conduct of the Clerk of Courts.
- Maintain a high standard relating to professional conduct and behavior.
- Work cooperatively with other employees of the work unit and embrace a teamwork approach to completing tasks.
Essential Tasks::
- Manage daily operations of the department, including quality and quantity of work, planning, scheduling, goal setting, and issuing written and oral instructions.
- Perform quality review of work done by senior IG staff (auditors and investigators).
- Work with senior IG staff to develop audit programs and procedures to be performed, including risk assessment, process analysis, and control evaluation.
- Work with senior IG staff to develop investigative plans and procedures to be performed for investigative assignments.
- Coordinate with the manager to establish departmental goals, targets, activities and schedules.
- Assist senior IG staff in performing audits and investigations, as needed
- Review working papers prepared by senior IG staff and provide feedback as to corrections or addditional work needed in order for work to meet professional standards.
- Review audit and investigative reports prepared by senior IG staff, including those of a complex nature, and provide feedback as to corrections or additional work needed for reports to meet professional standards.
- Assist external auditors with year-end financial audit.
- Work independently, or with a team in a manner conducive to full performance and high morale.
- Analyze and interpret accounting and technical data, to devize audit procedures and techniques.
- Exercise good judgment and discretion in making sound auditing decisions, identify sensitive issues and facilitate communications in a proactive manner.
- Multi-task as needed to achieve the audit objectives within projected time budget and budget constraints while ensuring quality and exceeding client expectations.
- Must independently visit other locations in the county. No company transportation is provided, so must have own method of transportation.
- Perform related work and assist in training other team members as assigned.
Minimum Skills / Qualifications::
- Years of direct audit experience. Other degrees may be considered based on candidate's experience.
- Preferred current credentials (or commit to obtaining within 2 years): Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), or Certified Government Finance Officer (CGFO).
- Minimum of 2 years auditing or governmental accounting experience is preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in supervising audit staff.
- Knowledge of auditing theory, principles, practices and methods of governmental accounting.
- Knowledge of investigative theory, principles, practices, and techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with people and exercise good judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions.
- Proficiency with sophisticated computer application software, including development of customized spreadsheets, use of electronic audit workpapers, data bases and word processing.
- Ability to research and understand statutes, policies and manuals to ensure compliance in governmental accounting.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and changing priorities while meeting critical deadlines.
Physical Requirements:
- Applicant must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated above. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust to focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
Hiring rate: $64,376.83- $109,107.55
Monday - Friday; 8am - 5pm:
Click here for Veteran Preference
Salary : $64,377 - $109,108
