Director Of Contract Agency Audits

The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) supports youth and

community services through contracts with a broad network of Community-Based Organizations

(CBOs) throughout New York City. Our central task is administering available city, state, and federal

funds to a wide range of programs that positively impact youth and communities.

DYCD's Office of Contract Agency Audit's (OCA) mission is to perform fiscal monitoring of DYCD's

contracted CBOs to ensure they comply with DYCD's contract, the City of New York Health and

Human Services Cost Policies and Procedures Manual, DYCD's Fiscal Manual, and other applicable

City, State, and Federal regulations.

The Director of Contract Agency Audits will report directly to OCA's Senior Director and will oversee

two Deputy Directors. Deputy Directors oversee a combined total of 4 Senior Auditors. The Director

will be required to work independently to supervise the day-to-day tasks of the Deputy Directors and

Senior Auditors. In coordination with the OCA Senior Director. The Director will be responsible for:

• Creating and maintaining OCA protocols and standard operating procedures.

• Training Deputy Directors and Senior Auditors on OCA protocols and standard operating procedures.

• Developing annual training and professional development plans for Deputy Directors and Senior

Auditors.

• Training CBOs on contract provisions, fiscal manual requirements, and the general process of

DYCD's audits.

• Selecting the CBOs for DYCD's contracted CPA Firms to audit on an annual basis.

• Reviewing monthly status reports from DYCD's contracted CPA firms and following up to resolve

bottlenecks.

• Directly communicating with CBOs regarding CBO compliance with CPA Firm audit requests and

DYCD's acceptance or rejection of CBO responses to draft audit findings and corrective action plans.

• Processing, tracking, and reporting to DYCD Senior Management on CBO recoupments stemming

from audits with disallowed costs.

• Responding to CBO questions regarding allowable costs, appropriate cost allocation methodologies

and calculations, and general document retention requirements.

• Overseeing DYCD's Certificate of Compliance process, which documents all CBOs that are required

to submit Federal Uniform Guidance Reports, as well as collecting and reviewing CBO's Uniform

Guidance Reports and following up with CBOs on any findings.

• Collecting, reviewing, and explaining documentation required to meet DYCD's oversight entities'

requests.

• Overseeing special project audits performed by CPA Firms and OCA Senior Auditors to address

various referrals to the DYCD regarding potential fraud, waste, and abuse of City funds at CBOs.

• Overseeing the CPA Firm audit of DYCD's contracted Fiscal Agent

• Determining whether questioned costs from CPA firm audits should be disallowed and recouped from

CBOs by DYCD.

Minimum Qualifications

1.A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in business, accounting, auditing, finance, or other related field

• Knowledge of nonprofit business operations and organization management

• Experience performing audits in accordance with Government Audit Standards and analyzing nonprofit financial statements for compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

• Prior auditing experience with a focus on caseload/portfolio management

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

• Knowledge of NYC Operating Systems

Residency Requirement

NEW YORK CITY RESIDENCY IS REQUIRED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF APPOINTMENT. Candidates with two (2) years of City service may reside in New York City, Nassau, Orange, Rockland, Suffolk, Putnam or Westchester counties

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.