Senior Auditor/Analyst
- New York City, NY
- $89,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Under the direction of the Executive Deputy Inspector General for Audit (EDIG/Audit), the Senior Auditor/Analyst is responsible, within the mandate of the MTA Inspector General, for participating as a team member supporting multiple audits simultaneously, reporting directly to the team leaders. Senior Auditor/Analyst may also lead specific tasks or parts of an audit.Duties and Responsibilities:
- Evaluates agency or program performance using qualitative and quantitative methods to determine expectations/standards, problems, causal factors, and options to correct.
- Reviews agency processes, procedures, and controls designed to manage and mitigate risk, fraud, waste, and abuse of agency resources.
- Works within the team to identify issues and develop a plan to assess their significance.
- Helps conduct interviews of agency and other personnel and prepares clear and concise interview memoranda.
- Contributes chapters to official written reports on the areas evaluated.
- Responsible for meeting project milestones.
- Develops and maintains professional working relationships and continually gains knowledge of evolving MTA and agency operations.
- Analyzes data using a variety of software to identify risks.
- Supports investigative cases with analysis or participates as part of the investigative team, as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned by the EDIG/Audit or designee.
- Bachelor's degree, in fields such as public administration, business, mathematics, data science, economics, accounting, the social sciences, or other related business or operational field.
- Master's degree is a plus.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience, in the fields of performance auditing, evaluation, oversight, data analysis or a project management-focused field. Applicant's work experience sufficiency is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- Demonstrated analytical skills, critical thinking skills, impartial judgment, and research aptitude.
- Strong oral skills for interviewing, experience a plus.
- Strong writing skills for documenting interviews and summarizing evaluation findings.
- Ability to gather and interpret high volumes of complex data. Excellent working knowledge of computer applications relevant to auditing, including Microsoft Office. Advanced Excel is a plus.
- Ability to handle multiple projects while maintaining careful attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to interact effectively with department and agency staff and senior management.
- Travel within the MTA geographic jurisdiction will be required.
- Working outside of regular business hours may be required.
- Pursuant to the approval by the EDIG/Audit, this position is eligible for hybrid teleworking.
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