Legislative Performance Auditor

Legislative Performance Auditor - Full-Time

The mission of the Office of the Legislative Auditor General (LAG) is to Audit, Lead, Achieve: We help organizations improve. This mission reflects our dedication to helping organizations improve and to ensuring accountability and transparency in government operations. As part of our team, you’ll contribute to high-quality audits that drive positive change, provide expert leadership to guide public entities, and help them achieve excellence in all aspects of performance. You’ll work in a collaborative, supportive environment where your skills will grow, and your work will have a lasting impact.

About the Role

LAG is a non-partisan office serving the Utah Legislature. The office is seeking a full-time, staff-level Performance Auditor. A performance auditor is an independent, unbiased examiner and evaluator of programs, functions, or operations of a government entity. Auditors will employ various methodologies to gather, evaluate and present the foundational data which improves programs, reduces costs, and promotes accountability. They need to be able to determine risk and identify and evaluate trends. Performance Auditors conduct various audit procedures and write comprehensive reports to achieve the objectives of the audit assignment.

The ideal candidate is a curious lifelong learner who appreciates breadth and depth of concepts, who works tirelessly to determine root cause and effective mitigation strategies, and who understands subtlety and nuance. They can work effectively in a team setting and on their own, depending on what is needed and appropriate in any given circumstance. Candidates will receive on-the-job training in performance audit methodology and techniques.

Example Of Duties

• Conduct efficiency, effectiveness, compliance, financial, and organizational performance reviews of state government agencies.
• Support senior performance auditors and auditors-in-charge to gather and interpret data used in reports to the Utah State Legislature.
• Distill complicated data sets and concepts into multiple formats, reports and infographics aimed at different audiences, considering the varied needs and requirements of those audiences.
• Collect and analyze data necessary to evaluate the performance of state agencies.
• Conduct interviews, field observations, and document reviews of audited agencies in a potentially confrontational environment.
• Compile information into reports for legislators and other public officials.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public administration, public policy, economics, business or other closely related field.
• Must be non-partisan.

Preferred Qualifications

• High level of sophisticated qualitative and quantitative analytical skills.
• Ability to perform detailed analyses of complex data using various tools.
• Capability to create new analyses and update existing analyses aligning with audit testing objectives.
• Ability to identify insightful conclusions derived from data aggregation and data mining.
• Will develop an understanding of data structures and data available to audit teams to enhance audit quality and impact.
• Understanding of governmental organizational and financial controls.
• Demonstrates interpersonal communication skills for cooperative working relationships.
• Possesses writing and presentation skills for effective communication of organized ideas and audit conclusions.

About the Role

Location: Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84114, United States

Background Check Required: Yes

Schedule Code: AN - Employees of the Legislature

Salary Range: $38.64 - $53.60 per hour. Actual starting salary will be commensurate with education and experience. This position is eligible for a full benefits package.

Continuous Monitoring: All offers of employment are conditioned upon successful completion of an FBI-level background check. Employees are subject to ongoing continuous monitoring of criminal and arrest records.

The Agency

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Supplemental Information

Employees serve at the pleasure of the appointing officer in an at-will status and may be terminated at any time without cause. This is not a career service position.

The State of Utah is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring is done without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability. Reasonable accommodations provided to known disabilities of individuals in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. For accommodation information or special accommodations, contact Tita Adams at tadams@le.utah.gov.

Veteran's Preference: Applicants claiming veteran's preference must state this in the cover letter and provide sufficient information to identify the type of preference requested. A copy of the applicant's DD-214 must be attached to the resume. If claiming disabled preference, a copy of the VA letter stating the disability percentage must also be attached.

Key skills/competency

• Performance Auditing
• Government Auditing
• Data Analysis
• Report Writing
• Legislative Audits
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Compliance Auditing
• Public Administration
• Financial Auditing