Financial Auditor

**Do you want to be part of a challenging and rewarding work community?**

The Office of the Auditor General of B.C. is an independent office of the Legislature that contributes to excellence in effective and accountable government. We offer excellent work-life balance with standard 35-hour work weeks (overtime required during busy season), 20 vacation days to start, excellent benefits, remote and telework options, earned days off and flexible working hours.

Interested in growing your career? We offer a professional development fund to support your educational pursuits and reimburse annual professional dues. Other benefits offered to our employees include:

- Paid-time off for medical appointments, paid family illness days
- Paid short-term and long-term sick leave
- Life insurance
- Public service pension
- Confidential employee and family assistance program

Our office promotes trust, cooperation, and teamwork in a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment. We support each other, celebrate our successes, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for everyone. Our staff events are socially, physically, emotionally, and nutritionally focused - and fun

Our downtown Victoria location supports collaboration and includes a gym, indoor bike storage, and decks with views of the beautiful Inner Harbour.

**About the Role**

Reporting to a manager or director, the auditor will work as part of a team on medium sized and large financial statement audits and may also participate in performance and financial management audits as required. The results of these audits provide the public and members of the legislative assembly with assurance and accountability information about how well government finances and programs are being administered.

This position works as part of a team or independently, receiving assignments from the manager or director, and ensuring that assigned audits are conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standards.

Auditors will interact with all levels of staff of auditees, primarily in financial management, but also with program managers of ministries, Crown corporations and agencies, universities, colleges, school districts, health authorities, community service authorities, hospital societies, and trusts. The auditor will meet with senior auditee financial and program staff to review the findings of the audit work and gain acceptance of the recommendations and suggestions. The auditor may also participate in presentation of findings within the office to groups and individuals within government (management, audit committees, committees of the legislative assembly) and outside government (interest groups). The auditor will also have some contact with private sector auditors and legislative audit offices for research and education.

In addition to audit responsibilities, auditors contribute to their group on a broader level by demonstrating growth in the office’s foundation, leadership, and technical competencies. As well, work will involve coordination with other groups within the office.

**Accountabilities**
- planning, conducting and reporting on medium to large size government financial statement audits in accordance with the office and professional standards;
- plans for financial statement audit engagements, including: drafting engagement letters; preparing planning memos and supporting documentation including systems reviews and assessments; conducting risk analyses;
- co-ordinates with manager/director in accordance with office’s standards;
- develops audit programs to accomplish approved audit plan;
- documents and evaluates the overall control environment;
- directs or completes audit fieldwork;
- advises audit management of findings that require adjustment to the audit plan;
- obtains analyses and appraises audit evidence as a basis for an informed, independent and objective opinion concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of internal controls within the audit scope;
- documents audit conclusions relevant to audit objectives;
- summarizes audit findings and preliminary recommendation for review with the manager or director for clarification of facts;
- ensures that all audit findings, exceptions and proposed adjustments in working papers are adequately documented;
- prepares reports on audit findings for client management and/or legislative committees;
- performs follow-up audit procedures to appraise the adequacy of the corrective action taken to improve deficient conditions;
- advises manager and/or director of recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of client/auditee operations or controls;
- remains current with the developments in the accounting and auditing profession, including maintaining a current knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS);
- assists the manager or director with administration which includes strategic planning and participation on office
- wide committees; and