2A69
CONTRACT AUDIT MANAGER

This is contract auditing and program evaluation work directing, through subordinate audit and program supervisors, the monitoring, audit and evaluation of purchased contract services for the Department of Human Services. The employee in this class directs the audit and evaluation of contracted agencies to effectuate compliance with federal and state regulations, guidelines and reporting requirements, audit policies and procedures, contract guidelines and departmental policies. Work involves formulating and implementing departmental program and fiscal compliance requirements for contracted providers. Contact with representatives of private, federal, state and local funding and fiscal agencies is significant to the work. Work is performed under the direction of the Human Services Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Management.

ALLOCATING FACTORS: (The following conditions must be met for a position to be allocated to this class.)

• The position must direct, through subordinate audit and program supervisors, the audit and evaluation of contracted agencies.
• Only one position will be allocated to this class.
• The position must perform the work in the Department of Human Services.

• Directs, through subordinate supervisors, the monitoring, evaluation and audit of purchased social services and grants including monitoring of providers' compliance with programmatic service standards and federal, state and local audit requirements; recommends corrective action to meet compliance, non-payment or termination of deficient contract providers.
• Directs, through subordinate supervisors, the review and recommended courses of action related to program proposals and budgets submitted by private and quasi-public corporations, organizations and agencies under contract to perform human service and administrative functions.
• Directs, through subordinate supervisor, the review of service providers' audit reports, work papers and management letters which includes resolution of findings concerning questioned costs, internal control weaknesses and non-compliance with laws, regulations, accounting practices and standards, and contract and grant requirements; directs the manual and computerized analysis of contract costs and trends related to social programming.
• Coordinates departmental responses to external audit and oversight reports; monitors the status of action related to findings contained in those reports; follows up on organizational and procedural changes and strategies to correct deficiencies to insure continued compliance; ensures departmental and city-wide databases for automated contract information systems are accurate and up to date; directs the compilation of contracted program and evaluation statistics for use by administrative and funding sources.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:
• principles, practices and procedures used in auditing corporations, consultants and agencies providing contracted services.
• federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to subrecipient agency contracts.
• administrative principles, practices and procedures as they relate to subrecipient agency contracts and the operation of programs with the social service system.
• requirements of the Single Audit Act.
• uses and capabilities of computers and software applications related to auditing and program evaluation.
• standard contract language and format as applied to federal and state audit requirements.
• principles and practices of contract and grant compliance monitoring.
• the principles, practices and procedures of preparing and reviewing budgets for contracted social service agencies.

ABILITY TO:

• direct, through subordinate supervisors, staff engaged in social service program auditing, analysis and evaluation.
• develop and implement departmental program and fiscal requirements for provider contract agencies.
• effectuate subrecipient compliance with program evaluation service standards, auditing standards and reporting requirements and contract and/or grant stipulations.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental administrators, associates, contractor agency providers and representatives of federal, state and other governmental and quasi-governmental agencies.
• maintain and enhance manual and computerized evaluation, auditing and related tracking systems for the monitoring of contractural agreements.
• express ideas effectively both orally and in writing.

EDUCATION
• Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college of university with major course work in accounting.

AND

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

• Two years of full performance level contract monitoring and analysis or auditing work.

AND

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE

• Two years of experience supervising the auditing of contracts for a human services organization.

Or any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Personnel Department that has included the education and specific experience described above.

NOTE:
The class (es) typically meeting the above eligibility requirements is/are:

• Contracts Audit Supervisor (2A67)

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

PAY RANGE: EP24
Class Established:

CSC: 5/00, Ad Board: 6/00

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