Head of Audit Strategy & Advisory

Jobf0; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The New York City Comptroller’s Office is seeking a Director of Audit Strategy to provide strategic guidance across the Bureau of Audit and senior city officials. Reporting to the Deputy Comptroller for Audit, you will guide complex audit and investigative initiatives and coordinate with City agencies.

The role requires NYS Bar admission and extensive legal leadership experience in complex settings. You will oversee written materials, information requests, and high-level communications across

Qualifications

• Admission to the New York State Bar; four years of recent full-time responsible legal experience after admission, eighteen months of which must have been supervising other attorneys in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity.
• Incumbents must remain Members of the New York State Bar in good standing for the duration of this employment.
• Experience advising on complex audit, investigative, and administrative matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal advisor to the Deputy Comptroller on complex, sensitive, and high-priority audit and investigative matters.
• Draft, review, and coordinate formal requests for information, executive summaries, investigative reports, correspondence, memoranda, and other high-level written materials.
• Assist audit teams in determining appropriate audit scopes, objectives, investigative approaches, and strategies for examining complex agency operations and programs.
• Coordinate with agency counsel offices and other representatives regarding confidentiality agreements, information-sharing protocols, document production, and requirements for the communication and handling of sensitive information.
• Facilitate high-level communications between the Bureau of Audit, City agencies, legal counsel, and other governmental entities regarding audit activities, investigative matters, and requests for records.
• Review significant audit findings, investigative materials, and supporting documentation to assess clarity and consistency, ensuring reports adequately highlight the most critical issues.
• Coordinate special projects and cross-functional initiatives involving multiple audit teams, agency representatives, and other stakeholders.
• Perform other high-level advisory and special assignments as directed by the Deputy Comptroller for Audit.

Skills

Legal leadership

Executive communications

Education

New York State Bar Admission

Job description

The New York City Comptroller’s Office is seeking a Director of Audit Strategy to provide strategic guidance across the Bureau of Audit and senior city officials. Reporting to the Deputy Comptroller for Audit, you will guide complex audit and investigative initiatives and coordinate with City agencies.

The role requires NYS Bar admission and extensive legal leadership experience in complex settings. You will oversee written materials, information requests, and high-level communications across