Assistant Audit Executive, PSERS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid telework eligible

Job summary

PSERS in Harrisburg, PA, seeks an experienced leader to provide strategic, operational, and technical leadership within the Internal Audit office. The role collaborates with assurance providers and delivers independent risk-based assurance and advisory services to strengthen governance, risk management and controls.

The successful candidate will oversee audit engagements, lead data analytics initiatives, ensure adherence to professional standards, and develop staff while communicating audit

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 18 college credits in accounting/finance/IT or equivalent experience.
• Five years of professional accounting or IT auditing experience combining with a related degree.
• Equivalent combination of experience and training accepted.

Responsibilities

• Lead pension and financial risk assessments and annual audit planning.
• Oversee audit engagements, directing scope, testing and staff guidance.
• Advance technology-enabled, data-driven auditing techniques.
• Ensure compliance with professional standards and update methods for new risks.
• Communicate audit outcomes and recommendations to leadership and committees.
• Supervise audit staff and foster continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Risk-based planning

Data analytics

Audit governance

Executive communication

Staff supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree with accounting/finance/IT credits

Tools

Data analytics tools

Audit management software

Job description

THE POSITION The Public School Employees' Retirement System (PSERS) is looking for an experienced professional to provide strategic, operational, and technical leadership within the PSERS Internal Audit office. This position collaborates with other assurance providers; provides a wide range of independent risk‑based assurance and advisory services; and performs work to enhance PSERS's governance, risk management and control processes. If you want to grow your career in leadership and expand your analytical skills through technology and data analytics this is the role you have been looking for.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK This position is a direct report to PSERS' Chief Audit Officer (CAO), and requires advanced expertise in pension, financial reporting, actuarial valuation inputs and calculations, regulatory compliance, and GAAP accounting standards within a large public pension or organizations with similar environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Strategic Leadership and Risk-Based Planning: Leads pension and financial risk assessments, helps shape the annual audit plan, and identifies and communicates major control issues and emerging risk trends to leadership
• Oversight of Audit Engagements: Oversees audit planning, execution, and review by directing engagement scope and methods, evaluating controls and testing results, and guiding staff to ensure high-quality, well-supported audit conclusions
• Data Analytics and Technology Oversight: Supports the Internal Audit Office's data analytics program by advancing the use of technology-enabled, data-driven auditing techniques to strengthen risk monitoring, fraud prevention, and detection
• Governance and Professional Standards: Ensures audit activities follow professional standards, strengthens the quality program, updates methodologies for emerging risks and technologies, and coordinates with external assurance partners to improve coverage and reduce overlap
• Communication and Advisory Role: Provides strong executive communication and guidance, builds trusted partnerships to support risk-informed decisions, ensures timely escalation of major issues, delivers clear and actionable audit reports, leads discussions to confirm facts and secure responses, and presents audit outcomes and recommendations to the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee
• Leadership and Talent Development: Supervises audit staff, assigns work based on engagement needs, reviews workpapers for quality and standards, and supports professional growth and a culture of continuous improvement

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
  • Hours may be flexible, can be discussed during interview.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. This position is hybrid telework eligible, dependent on operational and executive leadership requirements. The role will need to report to the office in Harrisburg one day a week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year of experience as a Senior Internal Auditor, PSERS (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Five years of professional accounting, financial auditing, or information technology auditing experience, and a bachelor’s degree that includes or is supplemented by 18 college credits in accounting, finance, or information technology; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes or is supplemented by 18 college credits in accounting, finance, or information technology.

Other Requirements

• You must meet the PA residency requirement . For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform Essential Functions as presented in the linked Position Description.

Legal Requirements

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
• 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.