Senior Auditor

City of Ottawa / Ville d’Ottawa

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Ottawa • 🇨🇦 Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$81,359 - CA$102,892 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Join the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) for the City of Ottawa as a Senior Auditor.
  • The OAG offers a challenging, rewarding, and collegial work environment that provides an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of Ottawa residents and the work of City Councillors and City administrators.
  • You will be required to 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with CPA Ontario or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) with IIA Canada within the timeframe determined by the employer.
  • 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.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
audit experienceinternal auditprogram evaluationperformance measurementbusiness process designbusiness process re-engineeringgenerally accepted auditing standardsaccounting principlesrisk management frameworksproject management techniques
Soft skills
teamworkindependenceadvisory skillsorganizational designchange managementquality assuranceperformance measurementstrategic planning
Certifications
Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA)Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)