Audit and Review Analyst 2 (Internal Auditor - 02-8027)

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn); Juneau (AK); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Holland America-Princess (Holland America Dawson City Inn) is seeking an auditor to perform Alaska retirement system compliance audits and related responsibilities from Juneau. The role involves budgeting, reporting, and educating employers on applicable statutes and regulations, with periodic on-site travel.

The position emphasizes analytical thinking, clear written communication, and technical credibility, with potential hybrid work after training and probation.

Qualifications

• Competency based minimum qualifications apply and must be supported by the application.
• Education and/or experience provide the competencies required for the job class.
• Equivalent education or professional experience may meet the minimum qualifications.
• Transcripts or documentation may be requested to verify credentials.

Responsibilities

• Perform state retirement system compliance audits of participating employers.
• Budgeting, tracking and reporting on audits.
• Educate employers regarding Alaska statutes, regulations and requirements.
• Provide quarterly and ad hoc reports to the ARMB Audit committee.
• Oversee SSA-1945 acceptance and recording process.
• Occasional travel to perform on-site compliance audits.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Written Communication

Technical Credibility

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) equivalent

Post‑secondary education in accounting / business

Job description

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing

• Perform state retirement system compliance audits of participating employers.
• Budgeting, tracking and reporting on audits.
• Educate employers regarding Alaska Statutes, Alaska Regulations and other requirements.
• Provides quarterly and ad hoc reports to the Alaska Retirement Management Board (ARMB) Audit committee.
• Oversees SSA-1945 acceptance and recording process.
• Requires occasional travel to perform on-site compliance audits.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Division of Retirement and Benefits (Division) administers State-sponsored retirement and benefits plans for the State of Alaska and participating political subdivisions. We achieve organizational excellence by focusing on the customer to deliver exceptional services using effective and efficient processes.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

Joining our team offers opportunities for professional growth through exposure to complex auditing functions, federal program administration, and participation in ongoing training and educational programs. You’ll collaborate with a wide network of Alaska’s public employers, gaining valuable experience across state agencies, school districts, and municipal entities. Flexible work options, including potential telework and travel opportunities, support a balanced and dynamic work environment. This role provides the meaningful satisfaction of ensuring the integrity of Alaska’s retirement systems and supporting public employees’ access to the benefits they’ve earned. We value analytical thinkers, strong communicators, and those who take pride in serving their community through high-impact work.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This position is based on the sixth floor of the State Office Building in downtown Juneau. After successfully completing the training and probationary period, employees on this audit team may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule that supports flexibility and productivity.

Requires occasional travel to perform on-site compliance audits

Who We Are Looking For

• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Written Communication: Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.
• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.
• Auditing: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.
• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with State and federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Audit Reporting: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques used to report audit findings (criteria, condition, cause, effect, and recommendation).

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

• Certification as a Certified Public Accountant;
• And/or
• Post‑secondary education in accounting, public administration, business administration or a closely related field that includes or is supplemented by 16 semester hours/24 quarter hours in accounting and 3 semester hours/4 quarter hours in auditing;
• And/or
• Professional experience performing independent audits of organizations to assure fiscal compliance with contractual or grant terms or performing less complex management analyses and/or operational audits.

Special Note:

“Training” and “education” are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on‑line, self‑study, and on‑the‑job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long‑duration (such as a post‑secondary degree) and short‑duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

Additional Required Information

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

Please be sure to check our

residency definition

to determine if you qualify.

At time of interview

, please be prepared to provide:

• Three professional references
• Copies of two most recent performance evalutations
• Transcripts if needed to meet minimum qualifications

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or within 48 hours of the close of this recruitment to the contact person listed below.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determinis