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Director of Internal Audit

Employer
Fort Valley State University
Location
Fort Valley, GA, USA

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  • 22-Apr-2019 to 21-Jun-2019 (EST)
  • Fort Valley, GA, USA
  • Competitive
  • Salary
  • Full Time
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    JOB SUMMARY

    The Director of Internal Audit reports to the President of Fort Valley State University (FVSU) and to the University System of Georgia Chief Audit Officer. The Director of Internal Auditor is responsible for assessing enterprise risks, identifying opportunities for improving internal controls, and reviewing institutional budgets to ensure consistency with approved practices, institutional procedures, the policies and procedures of the Board of Regents and the State of Georgia. The Director of Internal Audit must be able to devise solutions to complex problems and to prepare and implement an audit plan within a broad framework of policies.

    MAJOR DUTIES

    1. Performs financial, compliance, IT and operational internal audits including planning and development of audit programs.
    2. Develops an annual audit plan using an appropriate risk-based methodology, including any risks or control concerns identified by management.
    3. Performs consulting engagements designed to assist management in the attainment of organizational objectives.
    4. Provides training to managers on internal controls, business risks, fraud and other related topics.
    5. Informs the President, the University System of Georgia Chief Audit Officer, and institutional key leaders of audit progress; manages the audit so that time is efficiently used, deadlines and budgets are met, and departmental quality assurance standards are maintained for the FVSU audit function.
    6. Develops an annual or rolling risk assessment and audit plan for FVSU.
    7. Provides assistance to State Auditors and BOR Internal Auditors as needed.
    8. Performs other duties as assigned, including involvement with departmental and institutional improvement teams and task forces, training initiatives, and other program support activities.
    9. Applies internal auditing standards and techniques and demonstrate project management skills. Knowledge of and compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditor's Code of Ethics.
    10. Manages and/or conducts special investigations as assigned.
    11. Assists in the coordination of the university's Enterprise Risk Management process.
    12. Performs other duties as assigned.
    KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY THE POSITION

    • Apply experimental theories and new developments to problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods.
    • Ability to gain and apply practical knowledge of IS audit standards, guidelines and best practices that may include access control software, security architecture and administration, Internet use issues (e.g., firewalls), network security awareness and enforcement principles, general security policies and standards, and operating systems.
    • Strong customer service orientation.
    • Demonstrated project management skills.
    • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, to interact effectively and professionally with faculty, staff and the public.
    • Knowledge of and compliance with the Institute of Internal Auditor's Code of Ethics and International Professional Practices Framework.
    • Able to maintain positive team relationships by demonstrating and supporting initiative, willingness to learn, flexibility, respect, cooperation and commitment to the success of the Internal Audit Department.
    • Works well under pressure, excellent time management and organization skills.
    Preferred:

    • CPA, CIA, or CISA
    • PeopleSoft and Banner systems experience
    • Master's Degree
    SUPERVISORY CONTROLS

    The control is through the structured nature of the work itself or by the circumstances in which it is performed.

    GUIDELINES

    The employee uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The employee analyzes results and recommends changes.

    COMPLEXITY/SCOPE OF WORK

    The work typically includes varied duties requiring many different and unrelated processes and methods such as those relating to well-established aspects of an administrative or professional field.

    Decisions regarding what needs to be done include the assessment of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, and incomplete or conflicting data. The work requires making many decisions concerning such things as the interpreting of considerable data, planning of the work, or refining the methods and techniques to be used.

    CONTACTS

    The personal contacts are with individuals or groups from outside the employing agency in a moderately unstructured setting (e.g., the contacts are not established on routine basis, the purpose and extent of each contact is different and the role and authority of each party is identified and developed during the course of the contact).

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS/ WORK ENVIRONMENT

    The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing, bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; driving an automobile, etc. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

    SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

    Positions at this level have no formally assigned supervisory responsibility or authority. Employees are responsible only for the performance of their own assigned work. They may be asked to train new employees in the fundamentals of the jobs or to participate in cross-training of other employees in the department, but such assignments do not include the ongoing authority to assign and review work of other employees or to recommend or take corrective action with regard to other employees' performance.

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
    • Minimum of three to five years of relevant experience in auditing, higher education, information systems, and/or computer-assisted audit techniques.

    Fort Valley State Universityhttps://fvsu.applicantpro.com

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