SNT MONITORING REVIEWER

APPLICANTS MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE MANAGEMENT AUDITOR CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE.

The Accountability Office is responsible for supporting the integrity of social services programs administered by the City Department of Social Services (DSS) and ensuring that DSS complies with all statutory, regulatory, and contractual standards.

Within the Accountability Office, is a program called Revenue. The Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT) Program is responsible for monitoring Supplemental Needs Trusts to ensure expenditures are made for the beneficiary (or disabled person), to prevent the mismanagement or misuse of trust funds, and to recover Medicaid funds as provided by the terms of the contracts.

SNT is recruiting for (1) one Management Auditor I to function as a Supplemental Needs Trust Monitoring Reviewer, who will:

- Review and analyze, utilizing generally accepted accounting principles, annual accounting reports submitted by court-appointed private and corporate trustees.

- Ensure compliance with all terms of the court order establishing the Supplemental Needs Trust.

- Determine status of all expenditures from trust assets. If questionable, requests additional documentation from trustees before final determination is made. Draft reports containing recommendations based on audit findings.

- Correct decisions on approval of trust expenditures are essential to preserve trust assets potentially recoverable by the Agency.

- Maintain and track all additional documentation that has been requested from trustees. Keep records and controls on all submitted documentation. The Supplemental Needs Trust Monitoring Unit has great financial responsibility in monitoring and collecting from trusts with significant monetary value (often hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars).

- Prepare and submit detailed special reports with comments and recommendations, on specified trusts as needed and/or requested by Supervisor. Adhere to prescribed deadlines established for submission of reports.

- Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Work Location: 4 World Trade Center

Schedule: Monday to Friday 9aAM -5 PM

MANAGEMENT AUDITOR - 40502

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in: advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting; and one of the following:
(A) one year of full-time satisfactory experience in management auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing; or
(B) a valid Certified Public Accountant license issued by the New York State Education Department; or
(C) a valid Certified Internal Auditor certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); or
2. A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. Education and/or experience may be substituted as follows:
(A) two years of full-time satisfactory experience in financial or managerial accounting may be substituted for the one year of experience described in "1(A)" above;
(B) undergraduate or graduate credits from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in management, computer science, public administration, and/or business administration may be substituted for up to 9 semester credits in accounting, on a credit for credit basis.
However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree including or supplemented by 15 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting, and one of the following: at least one year of the experience described in "1(A)" above or its equivalent; or a Certified Public Accountant license; or a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, as described in "1(B)" or "1(C)" above.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as a Management Auditor - Assignment I or at least two years of experience in management auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing.

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.