City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

Audit Investigator III

This position provides information to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, waste, and abuse of resources, while establishing accountability for the performance of City departments, programs and initiatives.

1. Schedules, plans, manages, and monitors multiple concurrent high-impact fraud investigations, detections, and controls projects designed to have a positive and broad-based impact on the City of Austin's ethical and integrity environment.
2. Provides substantive review and constructive feedback of work and work papers developed by other team members.
3. Demonstrates expertise and coaches team members in the use of fraud examination principles, internal controls auditing and fraud detection methodologies.
4. Develops and implements appropriate, innovative methodologies, utilizing effective project management techniques, and producing high-quality outputs.
5. Coaches team members to conduct both friendly and adversarial interviews and meetings to obtain useful, relevant, and reliable information for all types of investigative and audit projects.
6. Provides testimony in administrative, civil, and/or criminal hearings.
7. Identifies, develops and delivers effective external training presentations on fraud-related issues.
8. Coordinates City Auditor’s Integrity Unit investigative activities with those of other agencies.
9. Demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency and provides office wide support in one or more specialty areas, such as statistical analysis, data mining, forensic accounting, or other relevant/needed area.
10. Prepares City Auditor Integrity Unit performance reports for distribution to management and decision makers.
11. Develops, reviews, and revises guidelines, procedures, policies, rules, and regulations affecting the City Auditor’s Integrity Unit and the Office of City Auditor.

Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.

• Knowledge of theories, principles, and practices of investigation and internal control as well as the ability to apply such knowledge to integrity investigation, detection, and control projects involving government activities and resources.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to adhere to appropriate professional standards, including the President's Commission on Integrity and Ethics Quality Standards for Investigations and the Government Auditing Standards.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Federal Rules of Evidence, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Texas State Criminal Codes, the Austin City Charter and Code of Ordinances, as well as other pertinent statues, such as the Privacy, Freedom of Information, and Whistleblower Protection Acts.
• Skill in planning, leading, and coordinating fraud investigation, detection, and control projects.
• Skill in identifying, obtaining, and analyzing information from a variety of sources, evaluating facts, and employing sound deductive reasoning to draw appropriate conclusions and make improvement recommendations.
• Skill in compiling information and creating and delivering clear, concise, deductive, and fact-based project reports.
• Skill in the establishment and maintenance of good working relationships with city employees and managers, mayor and council, law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, and the public.
• Skill in the exercise of tact, objective judgment, and effective conflict resolution skills when confronted with confrontational or adversarial situations.
• Ability to maintain the highest standards of conduct, honesty, and loyalty in both official and personal matters.
• Ability to continuously learn and grow through the development of new skills, pursuit of applicable professional certifications, and involvement in professional organizations.
• Ability to promote open and honest communication with all office staff, including performance and behavior feedback and conflict resolution.
• Ability to motivate team members.

• Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a field related to the job, plus a minimum of three (3) years related experience, one (1) year of which must be in a lead and/or supervisory capacity.
• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university or professional license or certification (CFE) can substitute for one (1) year of non-lead or non-supervisory experience.

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification.