Audit Specialist 1 at North… · Remote

Summary: North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is hiring an Audit Specialist 1 to support audit work for departmental program needs. The role evaluates information, reviews compliance, analyzes data, prepares audit documentation, writes reports, and assesses internal controls and high-risk areas involving noncompliance, fraud, waste, or abuse.

Responsibilities:
- Conduct audits or provide technical assistance as part of a team
- Assemble, analyze, and interpret information for audit purposes
- Prepare financial schedules and workpapers to support audit findings
- Interpret regulations to check for compliance across assigned areas
- Write clear reports and memos for varied audiences
- Evaluate internal controls and identify high risk areas involving noncompliance, fraud, waste, or abuse

Required Qualifications:
- A Bachelor's Degree including or supplemented by eighteen (18) credits in accounting, and auditing; or
- One year as a Financial Programs Trainee; or
- Successful completion of the Commonwealth's Accounting Intern Program within the previous eighteen (18) months; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training which included the required eighteen (18) credits in accounting and auditing
- Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree/credit
- You must currently reside in or be willing to relocate to Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, Clinton, Lycoming, Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Luzerne, Carbon, Monroe, Schuylkill, Lehigh, or Northampton County by time of hire
- You must be able to perform essential job functions

Required Skills: Auditing, Accounting, Financial Analysis, Risk Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Compliance Review, Internal Controls, Financial Reporting, Research Methods

Benefits: Health coverage, vision, dental, and wellness programs. (Eligibility rules apply.), Multiple retirement and investment plan options. (Eligibility rules apply.), Paid vacation, paid sick leave, eight weeks of paid parental leave, military leave, and paid time off for most major U.S. holidays. (Eligibility rules apply.), Flexible work schedules and work-from-home opportunities. (Eligibility rules apply.), Opportunities for internal mobility and professional development., The opportunity to give back by participating in workplace charitable giving., Special employee-only discounts and rates on a variety of services and memberships.