What are the responsibilities and job description for the Auditor II position at State of Colorado?
Department Information
This position is only open to Colorado state residents.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .
Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado residents. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch
Description Of Job
The Work Unit
The Prevention Services Division works with public and private partners across Colorado to improve the health of all Coloradans. Division professionals develop, review, implement and evaluate public health interventions proven to promote healthy living, prevent chronic disease, protect against injury and ensure access to health care and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle. The Division is committed to the professional development, collaborative effort and sustained wellness of its workforce.
The Prevention Services Division is actively building a workforce reflective of the diverse communities we serve. The Division strives to understand the needs of Colorado’s communities and encourages contributions of stakeholders in identifying and solving public health problems. We are committed to providing a respectful, supportive and inclusive work environment that demonstrates our commitment to accept and respect individuals from all communities.
The Fiscal, Contracting, Compliance, and Operations Branch (FCCO) is found within PSD. This branch provides support to all programs within the Division, offering services that include fiscal management and oversight, procurement, and contracting development and oversight, compliance monitoring, and operations support. The branch provides division-wide training, forms, policies, and procedures for all of the Division's business operations including all fiscal, compliance, and contracting workflow. The branch maintains access to all department systems and houses super-users for department systems including Kronos, Info Advantage, OnBase, FDW, CORE, Service Hub, Cornerstone, and more. The branch is responsible for producing financial records, tracking internal and external expenditures for over two hundred-seventy million dollars ($270,000,000) in State, Federal, and Private funds, and for providing financial expertise for over seventy-five (75) funding sources. The branch is also responsible for the preparation of over one thousand nine hundred (1,900) contracts and purchase orders per year. The division passes through, or grants, over two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) a year. The branch is also responsible for the compliance management of external funding.
This position is housed within the Fiscal Compliance Unit (FCU). The purpose of the FCU is to establish financial monitoring and compliance activities and utilize resources needed to effectively monitor subrecipients funded through the Prevention Services Division (PSD). The FCU manages, coordinates, and provides fiscal compliance support by conducting comprehensive fiscal reviews at agency sites, performing desk reviews, gathering and analyzing source documentation, creating reports and providing fiscal technical assistance to staff and contractors. This unit ensures compliance in accordance with applicable federal and /or state laws, regulations and contract provisions.
The Position
This position performs financial monitoring and compliance with the division’s subrecipients to ensure the integrity and soundness of the financial systems in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements; provides for and meets the statutory and regulatory requirements of 2CFR, Part 200. This position selects procedures for ensuring subrecipient compliance with financial requirements. This position independently develops auditing and financial review procedures through site visits, desk reviews and other duties for ensuring sub-recipient compliance with financial requirements. Position evaluates internal controls and provides management with findings, recommendations for strengthening operations, by performing duties as described below. In addition, this position is a point of contact for division staff and external partners with interaction related to questioned costs, allowability, and other necessary technical guidance.
This position gathers, analyzes, and reports information to middle and senior staff on both specific and systemic topics (e.g., reporting, monitoring techniques, allow ability of costs, risk-assessments). This position possesses knowledge on the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) also known as the “Supercircular”; Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS-yellow book), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP; State Fiscal and Procurement Rules; grant awarding; contracting; the request for application (RFA) process; identifying program guidance, and; looking up statutory references.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights
An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.
Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in auditing, business, grant management, finance, fiscal management or closely related field.
OR
Education and Experience: A combination of related education, graduation from an accredited college or university in finance, business, accounting, or closely-related field AND relevant experience in auditing, business, grant management, finance, fiscal management or closely related field equivalent to six (6) years.
A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the work assignment will substitute for the experience requirements.
Preferred Qualifications And Essential Competencies
The preferred experience, competencies and abilities are highly desirable for this position and will be considered in selecting the successful candidate:
Supplemental Information
A Complete Application Packet Must Include
You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.
ADAAA Accommodations
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at daniel.mckenna@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.
This position is only open to Colorado state residents.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .
Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado residents. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
- Employee wellness programs and facilities
- Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
- Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
- Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
- Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
- Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
- Tuition assistance for college-level courses including Masters degree programs
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
- A variety of employee resource groups
Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch
Description Of Job
The Work Unit
The Prevention Services Division works with public and private partners across Colorado to improve the health of all Coloradans. Division professionals develop, review, implement and evaluate public health interventions proven to promote healthy living, prevent chronic disease, protect against injury and ensure access to health care and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle. The Division is committed to the professional development, collaborative effort and sustained wellness of its workforce.
The Prevention Services Division is actively building a workforce reflective of the diverse communities we serve. The Division strives to understand the needs of Colorado’s communities and encourages contributions of stakeholders in identifying and solving public health problems. We are committed to providing a respectful, supportive and inclusive work environment that demonstrates our commitment to accept and respect individuals from all communities.
The Fiscal, Contracting, Compliance, and Operations Branch (FCCO) is found within PSD. This branch provides support to all programs within the Division, offering services that include fiscal management and oversight, procurement, and contracting development and oversight, compliance monitoring, and operations support. The branch provides division-wide training, forms, policies, and procedures for all of the Division's business operations including all fiscal, compliance, and contracting workflow. The branch maintains access to all department systems and houses super-users for department systems including Kronos, Info Advantage, OnBase, FDW, CORE, Service Hub, Cornerstone, and more. The branch is responsible for producing financial records, tracking internal and external expenditures for over two hundred-seventy million dollars ($270,000,000) in State, Federal, and Private funds, and for providing financial expertise for over seventy-five (75) funding sources. The branch is also responsible for the preparation of over one thousand nine hundred (1,900) contracts and purchase orders per year. The division passes through, or grants, over two hundred thirty million dollars ($230,000,000) a year. The branch is also responsible for the compliance management of external funding.
This position is housed within the Fiscal Compliance Unit (FCU). The purpose of the FCU is to establish financial monitoring and compliance activities and utilize resources needed to effectively monitor subrecipients funded through the Prevention Services Division (PSD). The FCU manages, coordinates, and provides fiscal compliance support by conducting comprehensive fiscal reviews at agency sites, performing desk reviews, gathering and analyzing source documentation, creating reports and providing fiscal technical assistance to staff and contractors. This unit ensures compliance in accordance with applicable federal and /or state laws, regulations and contract provisions.
The Position
This position performs financial monitoring and compliance with the division’s subrecipients to ensure the integrity and soundness of the financial systems in accordance with statutory and regulatory requirements; provides for and meets the statutory and regulatory requirements of 2CFR, Part 200. This position selects procedures for ensuring subrecipient compliance with financial requirements. This position independently develops auditing and financial review procedures through site visits, desk reviews and other duties for ensuring sub-recipient compliance with financial requirements. Position evaluates internal controls and provides management with findings, recommendations for strengthening operations, by performing duties as described below. In addition, this position is a point of contact for division staff and external partners with interaction related to questioned costs, allowability, and other necessary technical guidance.
This position gathers, analyzes, and reports information to middle and senior staff on both specific and systemic topics (e.g., reporting, monitoring techniques, allow ability of costs, risk-assessments). This position possesses knowledge on the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) also known as the “Supercircular”; Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS-yellow book), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP; State Fiscal and Procurement Rules; grant awarding; contracting; the request for application (RFA) process; identifying program guidance, and; looking up statutory references.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights
An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.
Experience Only: Six (6) years of relevant experience in auditing, business, grant management, finance, fiscal management or closely related field.
OR
Education and Experience: A combination of related education, graduation from an accredited college or university in finance, business, accounting, or closely-related field AND relevant experience in auditing, business, grant management, finance, fiscal management or closely related field equivalent to six (6) years.
A master's or doctorate degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the work assignment will substitute for the experience requirements.
Preferred Qualifications And Essential Competencies
The preferred experience, competencies and abilities are highly desirable for this position and will be considered in selecting the successful candidate:
- Candidates with previous State government auditing experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Demonstrated ability to assemble financials from a variety of sources and organize data into compelling reports to obtain business objectives.
- Knowledge of the federal cost principles and grant management requirements, rules, and regulations.
- Knowledge of the State of Colorado budget, legislative and fiscal note process, and fiscal rules.
- Knowledge of and experience with the Colorado Operations Resource Engine (CORE) or similar governmental financial management systems.
- Prior experience supporting, monitoring, and ensuring compliance with Federal and State contracts, grants, and funding streams.
- Possession of advanced mathematical skills and abilities to use software packages including spreadsheets, databases, data-mining, and financial analysis programs.
- Excellent organizational skills; the ability to set and prioritize workload, identify short and long-term goals and develop strategies to achieve them, and coordinate with internal and external partners. As well as, set, track, and accomplish priorities, goals, and timetables to achieve maximum productivity, knowing the status of activities at all times.
- Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time; Outstanding skills and abilities in verbal and written communications; ability to adapt a style to fit diverse audiences of varying technical levels, and at various levels within an organization, in groups, and individual settings, maintaining a strong sense of professionalism, including a strong work ethic and reliability.
- Critical thinking; ability and motivation to develop creative solutions to complex, interpersonal, process, and systemic challenges while working independently and at times with minimal supervision.
- Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE.
- Must be willing to work a hybrid schedule.
- Must be willing to travel 30% of the time as the position requires.
Supplemental Information
A Complete Application Packet Must Include
- A completed State of Colorado application.
- Unofficial transcripts if using to verify educational requirement
- If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
- All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
- Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
- A top group, of up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.
You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.
ADAAA Accommodations
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at daniel.mckenna@state.co.us or call 303-692-2060, option 5.
