Auditor Specialist II - Internal Audit Office, 606672 (2026-00585)

Description

Examples of Duties

• Plans, organizes, and conducts a full range of the most difficult and complex financial audit analysis, reports, projects, fiscal reviews, and consultation work assigned.
• Coordinates and reviews the non-appropriated Student Activity Fund (SAF) audits with the Department of Accounting and General Services Audit Division of over 250 schools and ensures proper responses and follow-up with schools and other state authorities.
• Performs SAF audits and School Monitoring reviews of various schools statewide.
• Ensures that a proper system of internal financial controls and fiscal accountability exists and is maintained in all schools, complex areas, and offices in the Department.
• Performs assurance audits in the Internal Audit Plan.
• Extracts, formats, and analyzes data to provide necessary information in a meaningful form for use in audits, fiscal reviews, and other projects.
• Collaborates with team members in preparing and submitting final reports and recommendations.

• Drafts fiscal review plans for consultation and early identification of issues by addressing the scope and determining the methodology and techniques required to carry out a thorough and effective fiscal review.
• Identifies, obtains, reviews, and analyzes all documentation relevant and necessary, along with information to identify relevant issues of the fiscal review.
• Conducts thorough and objective fiscal reviews, involving both individual and systemic issues with a focus on rigorous fact-finding, fairness, timeliness, and attention to detail.
• Coordinates list of people to be interviewed, communicates with complainants, government staff and witnesses, and conducts on-site interviews and inspections to gather evidence.

• Reviews and analyzes all evidence collected during a fiscal review, including identification and analysis of any legal/regulatory/procedural issues.
• Writes detailed, high quality reports to include the issues and facts of a case clearly, logically, objectively, and accurately and in appropriate detail, followed by a well reasoned analysis and objective assessment of the evidence.
• Summarizes the issues with documentation of substantiation in a clear, methodical format.
• Writes and/or assists in the preparation of high profile special fiscal review reports including findings, analysis, and recommendations.
• Monitors and tracks fiscal reviews and ensures that deadlines are met for all fiscal review requests.
• Keeps an inventory of all internal audit fiscal review cases and the follow-up activities, if any.

• Provides consultation to the Department administrators relating to questions arising from potential fiscal reviews and in determining whether a fiscal review is warranted.
• Keeps an inventory of all intemal audit consultation cases and the follow-up activities, if any.
• Monitors and tracks fiscal reviews and works directly with the various schools, complex areas, and offices to obtain all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Ensures that deadlines are met for all fiscal review requests.
• Makes recommendations to the lntemal Audit Director on changes in laws, policies, and procedures based on direct involvement with cases and knowledge of current trends and problems.
• Informs the Internal Audit Director of major developments and activities.
• Monitors and tracks inquiries, complaints, issues and resolutions received on a Department mechanism for reporting allegations of fiscal/asset improprieties.

• Develops and implements a training program on common fraud schemes, common audit/fiscal review findings, and preventive measures for various levels of audiences of the Department to include Complex Area Superintendents, Principals, Vice-Principals, Complex Area Business Managers, School Administrative Services Assistants, and/or Account Clerks.
• Assists in Internal Audit workshops for school, district, complex area, and state office personnel in methods and practices to maintain proper accounting and internal management control.

• Plans and coordinates thorough interviews using a variety of interviewing techniques and documents statements for inclusion in the reports.
• Identifies potential fiscal review barriers and recommends effective solutions.
• Coordinates specialized fiscal reviews that have several areas of allegations and provide a comprehensive report to include the various parts of the fiscal review.
• Coordinates the assignment of various parts of complex fiscal reviews and ensures that each area is completed and included in a comprehensive report.
• Leads or may participate as a team member on complex fiscal reviews from inception to completion, ensuring the fiscal review is completed thoroughly and on time.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting, or with a major in any other field of business administration which included at least twelve (12) semester hours of credit in accounting or auditing courses.

Desired Education: Courses/classes covering data analytics, programming and short script writing.

Experience: Four (4) years of responsible professional work experience in government accounting, auditing, or budgeting of which one (1) year shall have been in an education program, agency or system.

Desired Experience: Of the experience above, one (1) year performing data retrieval/mining/analytics and reviews of school-related concerns to ensure compliance of administrative rules, laws, or procedures.

Combined Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be acceptable, as determined by the Department. Substitutions may be considered for the requirement of experience in an education program, agency or system.

Knowledge: Financial, management, and government accounting and auditing; generally accepted professional accounting and auditing principles, theory and practices; business statistics; computer-based information systems; laws, rules, regulations and administrative procedures pertinent to the areas of assignment.

Ability to: and report preparation; provide consultation to state, complex area, and school officials; propose rationale and implementation plans to improve procedures and methods; determine program needs for appropriate implementation and ensure proper utilization of department resources; communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing; operate computer and other business machines; provide leadership, planning, and coordination in the areas of assignment.

Desired Ability to: Critical thinking requiring an understanding of fraud and audit techniques, principles, and processes; conduct research and present information in both verbal and written format; identify relevant issues, analysis, and conclusions for fiscal review with a risk management filter; and have a teamwork, collaborative influence to "get the job done."

Supplemental Information

Equal Opportunity

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its educational policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability in accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. The Department does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, as well as on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, and disability, in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991, Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Chapter 378, Part I, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Payday

New employees can expect their first paycheck within the first 3 pay periods of their start date. Payday is on the 5th and 20th (or previous business day) of every month.