SENIOR COMPLIANCE ANALYST
Reporting to the Director of Accounting this position is responsible for: the administration of the Agency’s agreement tracking system and coordinating finance review on all agreements; providing project management skills managing the delivery by the Accounting Division for the agency’s financial and federal audit, other federal audits and internal audits affecting the Accounting division; administration and maintenance of the Agency’s delegation of approval policy and related implementation within the agency’s enterprise system; developing and maintaining a program of compliance oversight for the accounting division to monitor adherence to the agency’s financial policies and provides professional level research, analysis, and other analytical support to assigned program area; participates in budget development and monitoring and program area policy and procedure development and implementation; coordinates assigned activities with other functions, divisions, outside agencies, and the general public; and performs a variety of professional level duties relative to assigned area of responsibility.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position specific duties.
• Provides project management services to the accounting related functions in the division for the Agency’s year-end financial and A133 audit and National Transit Database reporting; develops project plan; coordinates work assignments; tracks performance by staff against plan and provides feedback to the division and primary liaison with the external auditors.
• Administers the Agency-wide Agreement Tracking System (third party agreements with other governmental entities) including facilitation and coordination of finance managerial review; ensures compliance with the Agency’s policies for agreement, development, and maintenance of SharePoint sites, including the development of reports, training, and outreach to Agency staff on use of the tools and the policy.
• Administers the agencies delegation of approval policy and implementation of the policy through the automated approval path system within the Enterprise 1 (E1) system, including interpretation and application of the Delegation of Authority Policy; ensures approval paths are appropriately set-up and reviewed at least annually; provides training and outreach to Agency staff on the approval system; and assists other departments and divisions as required.
• Maintains a program of compliance oversight developed in consultation with the Director of Accounting for the accounting division of the application of agency financial policies. Assists the division in providing training and outreach to Agency staff on financial policies and systems and assists other departments and divisions as required.
• Working with the Records Manager, coordinates work on the development and maintenance of divisional records management system and once established, oversees the administration of that system, up to and including records destruction.
• Coordinates other special projects/programs as requested; serves on a various committees as assigned; attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in assigned field; maintains awareness of federal, state and local regulations and impact of changes on the Agency in assigned field.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree and/or certification by an accredited professional accounting or governmental accountability body in business administration, public administration, audit and governmental financial management or closely related field and five years of progressive experience that includes audit and compliance, review of agreements, internal control and policy development, research, analysis, and project management; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Licenses or Certifications:
None
Preferred Licenses or Certifications:
CPA or applicable Governmental or other related Certification.
Required Knowledge of:
• Operational characteristics, services, and activities of assigned program area.
• Principles, practices, and procedures of conducting audits, business administration and public administration.
• Financial internal control and techniques for monitoring for compliance.
• Project and contract management principles and practices.
• Mediation, facilitation, and group consensus principles and practices.
• Methods and techniques of data collection, research, and report preparation.
• Statistical and financial analysis skills related to performance of audit activities.
• Principles and applications of critical thinking and analysis.
• Agency strategic interests and partner agencies’ interests.
• Basic project management techniques and principles.
• Applications of electronic data processing and analysis for accounting.
• Pertinent state and federal regulations; Agency policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Management reporting requirements.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• Report preparation and presentation.
• Modern office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers, and computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and statistical databases.
Required Skill in:
• Utilizing personal computer software programs affecting assigned work.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other department staff, management, vendors, outside agencies, community groups and the general public.
• Developing, interpreting and administering policies and procedures to make recommendations to develop or revise existing policies, administer, discuss, resolve, and explain them to staff and other constituencies.
• Applying project management techniques and principles.
• Performing business process analysis.
• Understanding and interpreting end user requirements.
• Developing quality control techniques related to final product completion.
• Planning, implementing, completing, and reporting on progress, reviews, and end results.
• Using professional and/or technical concepts to perform assigned duties and solve problems.
• Managing multiple tasks, setting objectives/goals, and re-prioritize work to meet changing deadlines and priorities.
• Responding to inquiries and in effective oral and written communication.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:
• Work is performed in a standard office environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, bending, reaching, stooping, and lifting of objects up to 25 pounds.
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All qualified applicants are considered in accordance with applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, marital status or veteran status or any another legally protected status.
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