Auditor

JOB SUMMARY

The Office of the Auditor General undertakes independent, objective financial, compliance and performance audits of City departments, local Boards of the City, municipally-controlled corporations, grant recipients and any other agencies, boards, commissions and corporations as City Council may create or identify, to add value to the City and improve the City’s programs/services. Audits are professionally conducted to assist Council by bringing a systematic, unbiased approach designed to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes. The Office of the Auditor General also administers the Fraud and Waste Hotline and co-ordinates fraud investigation activities with City Programs or City Agencies, Boards and Commissions at the Office’s discretion. 

You provide a broad range of services in the conduct of financial, value for money and compliance audits of City of Ottawa operations, in order to provide City Council with independent information, advice and assurance to help hold the City to account for its stewardship of public funds.  You complete assignments of smaller size and less complexity, working as part of a team and/or independently. You develop findings and recommendations and provide advice in the identification and implementation of improvements to strategic/operational planning, business processes, organizational design, change management, performance measurement, quality assurance, risk management, controllership and to related policies and procedures.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of 4 year university degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or related field.

Minimum of 2 years of audit experience (preference to internal audit experience). Other relevant experience includes: program evaluation, performance measurement monitoring, business process design or re-engineering, external audit and/or management.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES

KNOWLEDGE

• Broad knowledge of the City’s businesses, programs, policies and practices
• Generally accepted auditing standards, accounting principles, audit practices and methodologies
• Risk management frameworks, principles, practices, standards, methodologies, and contemporary advancements in the field
• General management principles, trends and best practices
• Knowledge of project management techniques
• Computer literacy in MS Office Suite in a Windows environment
• Legislative environment including Municipal Act, Municipal Freedom of Information Act and other legislation relevant to specific assignments

COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrated ability to audit all departments, environments and cultures
• Demonstrated consultative and customer service skills to provide advice, expertise and communications to management to build and sustain positive client relationships and to work effectively and collaboratively with all levels of staff 
• Ability to present sensitive findings to management in a non-confrontational manner 
• Strong interpersonal, customer service and communication skills - face-to-face, electronically and in writing
• Ability to apply various audit, risk and consulting methodologies, analytical techniques and methods to issues/problems, identify cause and effect relationships and develop practical solutions;
• Strong oral, written and presentation communication skills to prepare sections of audit reports, prepare issues analysis and other required documents; and present findings
• Ability to apply project management techniques
• Ability to use word-processing, spreadsheet and database applications
• Ability to  use computer assisted audit techniques (ACL) to extract and analyze information stored electronically 
• Ability to work at the conceptual and strategic level and incorporate these concepts into sound practical analysis and solutions
• Ability to demonstrate integrity, sound judgement, creativity and enthusiasm 
• Ability to contribute towards the development of consensus in a multi-disciplinary team setting
• Ability to evaluate management control processes
• Innovative
• Possess a client service orientation and customer service skills
• Creative, flexible and adaptable
• Possess sound judgment
• Effective team player
• Act decisively