AUDIT DIRECTOR-RISK MITIGATION - 65165

Executive Service

Audit Director-Risk Mitigation

Department of Correction

Office of the Inspector General

Nashville, TN

Closing Date : 02 / 10 / 2025

Who we are and what we do :

The mission of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is to operate safe and secure prisons and provide effective community supervision in order to enhance public safety. The Department manages and operates or oversees 14 state prisons housing approximately 21,000 offenders. In addition, the Department supervises approximately 79,000 offenders on probation, parole, or community correction and operates 8 Day Reporting / Community Resource Centers (DRC / CRC) across the state. The Department is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA).

Job Overview :

The Audit Director 1 position is responsible for developing and implementing audit work programs in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (red book), reviewing policies, overseeing audits of all facilities, TDOC Central Office, Tennessee Correctional Academy, and regional offices. The Audit Director 1 supervises an internal audit team by assigning audit tasks, providing guidance to team members, and developing the audit team's skills. Additionally, the Audit Director 1 supervises a Correctional Program Support Coordinator who is responsible for developing liquidated damages letters on behalf of the Department as a result of contract monitoring audits. The Audit Director 1 is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing all internal auditing activities, preparing audit plans, analyzing audit results, and creating detailed reports that document the extent and scope of the examination and identified problems, overseeing the liquidated damages process, and reviewing liquidated damages letters prior to submission to vendors. This position reports directly to the Inspector General.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and implement audit work programs.
• Oversee internal audits of all facilities, TDOC Central Office, and the Tennessee Correctional Academy.
• Oversee audits of regional evidence storage areas in all three (3) regions (East, Middle, and West).
• Review policies, as assigned.
• Attend required Departmental and CPE training courses annually, as mandated by the Internal Audit Charter and the Executive Internal Auditor (EIA).
• Track and ensure all direct reports in the Internal Audit Division received the required Continued Professional Education credits (CPEs) annually, as mandated by the Internal Audit Charter and the EIA. Manage and track deadlines and work, to include mandatory annual reporting to the Comptroller of the Treasury.
• Assist the Inspector General with EIA tasks, to include attendance to quarterly meetings, participation in workgroups, and assisting with External Quality Assessments, as assigned.
• Oversee the liquidated damages process.
• Oversee and coordinate audit documentation being uploaded into High bond.
• Prepare and submit the annual sub-recipient monitoring report. Oversee TDOC's enterprise risk management process and complete the required annual report; and Must be willing to travel at least 50% of the time.

Required Experience :

Education and Experience :

Education and Experience :

Education and Experience : A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with the State of Tennessee and experience equivalent to seven years of full-time increasingly responsible auditing work.

Substitution of Education for Experience : Additional graduate coursework in business administration with a major in accounting may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years.

Note : A transcript is required for a proper evaluation for this class. Must demonstrate proficiency and capability to make rational decisions, solve problems, organize their time well, and work efficiently. Must be a self-starter, motivated, organized, and detail-oriented, with strong leadership skills, resolve, self-confidence, originality, and drive. Must have good communication and writing skills and the ability to appropriately correspond with various agencies and clients. Must have the ability to interact on a professional level with a variety of individuals, agencies, and clients. Must be available for meetings, briefings, and consultations as requested. Must be available to travel in and out of state, as requested. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook). Prefer to be knowledgeable of Corrections, the Tennessee Offender Management System (TOMIS), and Edison. Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Fraud Examiner designation is a plus.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and / or federal civil rights laws.