Auditor

Position Description

ABOUT THE COURT:

Los Angeles Superior Court is the largest unified trial court in the United States. Its 580 judges and commissioners work in one of the 36 facilities within the Court's 12 judicial districts and are supported by more than 4,800 full-time Court employees. The Court has an annual budget of more than $1 billion. Located in Southern California, Los Angeles County is geographically one of the nation's largest counties, covering 4,752 square miles and, with over 10,400,000 residents, is also one of its most populous counties.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

Auditors conducts moderately complex professional audits and investigations with the purpose of evaluating the Courts' operations and processes to ensure that internal controls are in place to safeguard the Court's assets against fraud, employee misconduct, or inappropriate financial practices.

Auditors are also tasked with conducting internal investigations into employee fraud or misconduct, interviewing personnel, analyzing data, reviewing accounting processes, identifying problems, and proposing solutions, drafting detailed reports, and communicating with various stakeholders including court management and law enforcement officials.

For a detailed job description, please click here. Please note the requirements in the job description may vary from the requirements in the bulletin. Applicants must meet the requirements stated in this bulletin.

TELEWORK OPPORTUNITIES

This position may be eligible for partial telework following an initial training period contingent upon the Court's operational unit.*

• Current vacancy is hybrid based at our Alhambra Courthouse.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS:

To qualify, you must meet one of the following requirements at the time of application:

Option I: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with 21 semester units or 32 quarter units of accounting courses, including a course in auditing- AND - one (1) year of auditing experience conducting financial, operations, compliance, information systems, performance, or program audits in accordance with uniform auditing standards.

Option II: Five (5) years of auditing experience conducting financial, operations, compliance, information systems, performance, or program audits in accordance with uniform auditing standards.

EDUCATION VERIFICATION

To receive credit, a legible copy of your college diploma- OR- transcript(s) (unofficial are acceptable) detailing the degree conferred and the name of the educational institution- OR- transcript(s) with 21 semester units or 32 quarter units of accounting courses, including a course in auditing must be attached to your online application. Otherwise, your application materials will be deemed incomplete and rejected accordingly. For a list of acceptable accredited institutions or international universities, please visit http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation, www.chea.org/search, or http://whed.net/home.php.

Foreign studies must be evaluated by an academic credential evaluation agency and deemed to be equivalent to degrees from the United States. For a list of acceptable evaluation agencies, please visit www.naces.org or http://aice- eval.org/members/. Foreign studies submitted without acceptable evaluation will be rejected.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate will possess the following desirable qualifications:

• Experience working for a public or government agency
• Possession of a Certified Public Accounting license (CPA)
• Possession of Certified Internal Auditor Certificate (CIA)
• Strong working knowledge of Government Accounting Standards (GASB) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAGAS)
• Experience writing detailed investigative reports including findings and recommendations.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION:

Part I: Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials and supplemental questionnaire.

Part II: Applicants who best meet job-related qualifications will be invited to participate in the examination process that may consist of any combination of written, performance, or oral appraisal to further evaluate job-related experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS

Applications may only be filed online. To learn how to apply online, please access the Online Employment Application Guide. The Court reserves the right to verify all submitted documentation prior to appointment. The Court will only consider completed applications submitted, along with the required documents, and will reject incomplete applications. A resume will not substitute for a fully completed employment application. To facilitate the full and proper consideration of your work experience, clearly specify what professional experience meets the required job qualifications. When listing your work experience, please specify the beginning and end dates for each job you held and describe your experience for each position.

Please provide a current and accurate e-mail address for the Court to communicate with you about this job opportunity. Human Resources staff will notify all applicants of their application status via e-mail. We recommend that you add info@governmentjobs.com to your SAFE SENDERS list to avoid the notification being filtered as spam mail.

Los Angeles Superior Court is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants with disabilities who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process can contact the email address provided below. For additional employment information, please click here.

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT

Qualifying evaluation of education, training and experience based upon submitted application materials. The applicants with the highest qualifications as determined by this evaluation will be selected.

Questions regarding this posting may be emailed to ABetancourth@lacourt.org.

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