Tax Auditor 4

State of Alaska; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Hybrid telework opportunities

Medical coverage

Retirement options

Generous leave

Job summary

The Department of Revenue, Tax Division, State of Alaska, is recruiting for a Lead Auditor in Anchorage. This role leads audits in the Charitable Gaming, Excise Taxes, or Fisheries and Special Taxes groups and mentors staff while ensuring compliance with Alaska tax laws.

Hybrid telework opportunities are available, with a strong emphasis on clear communication and stakeholder engagement to promote voluntary compliance and high professional standards.

Qualifications

• Accountability: holds self and others accountable for high-quality, timely results.
• Auditing: knowledge of GAAS and procedures for financial/compliance audits.
• Principles of Accounting: GAAP, double-entry accounting, financial statements.
• Tax Law: knowledge of individual/partnership/corporation tax rules.
• Technical Credibility: apply regulations and policies accurately.

Responsibilities

• Lead auditor for Charitable Gaming & Excise Taxes or Fisheries & Special Taxes groups.
• Conduct audits and audit reviews to ensure compliance with Alaska tax laws.
• Mentor and train auditors and tax technicians; provide technical guidance.
• Assist supervisor with managing tax programs, testing, licensing, and policy guidance.
• Demonstrate ability to analyze complex tax data and communicate clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Accountability

Auditing

Principles of Accounting

Tax Law

Technical Credibility

Education

Post-secondary education or equivalent professional experience

Job description

Tax Auditor 4 (Lead Auditor PCN 043266M)

This job class uses Competency Based minimum qualifications (MQs). Please read the Competency Based MQ instructions below to learn more.

The Department of Revenue, Tax Division is recruiting for a Lead Auditor in Anchorage!

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

Job Description

Come join the State of Alaska!

This job class uses Competency Based minimum qualifications (MQs). Please read the Competency Based MQ instructions below to learn more.

The Department of Revenue, Tax Division is recruiting for a Lead Auditor in Anchorage!

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Serve as the lead auditor for either the Charitable Gaming & Excise Taxes group or the Fisheries & Special Taxes group, conducting audits and audit reviews to ensure compliance with Alaska tax laws.
• Promote voluntary compliance through audits, compliance projects, taxpayer outreach, regulatory interpretation, and clear communication with taxpayers and stakeholders.
• Mentor, train, and review the work of auditors and tax technicians while providing technical guidance on statutes, regulations, audit procedures, licensing, bonding, and tax program requirements.
• Support the group supervisor in managing assigned tax programs, including system testing, form development, licensing, training development, technical support, and preparation of regulatory and policy guidance.
• We have a strong preference for candidates with demonstrated experience analyzing complex tax or financial data, mentoring and developing others, and communicating technical information clearly to a wide range of stakeholders.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Department of Revenue’s mission is to collect and invest funds for public purposes, and the Tax Division supports that mission by administering state taxes, regulating charitable gaming, and providing reliable revenue information. As a lead tax auditor, you help ensure compliance with Alaska statutes and regulations and support fair, consistent program administration. We value dependable, detail-oriented professionals who thrive in a collaborative environment where teamwork and consistency matter.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The Tax Division offers a friendly, supportive work environment with excellent work-life balance. You’ll enjoy flexible work schedules, hybrid telework opportunities, and a comfortable workspace with sit-stand desks. This position is a 37.5-hour workweek and is part of the General Government Unit (GGU), which provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement options, medical coverage, and generous leave. Joining our team means working in a collaborative, dependable group that values clear communication, consistency, and public service.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage. You will have immediate access to free covered parking, and after your initial training, the option of hybrid telework may be explored to further support productivity and a strong work-life balance.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Audit Reporting: Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques used to report audit findings (criteria, condition, cause, effect, and recommendation).
• Decision Making - Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Professionalism - Consistently displays the collection of competencies and skill expected of a professional. Professionalism is defined by its key behaviors including being accountable for actions and assigned projects; practicing efficient work habits to effectively manage time and workload; clearly communicating and expressing thoughts and ideas in writing and in person; possessing the ability to understand how non-verbal communication impacts the workplace; working effectively as part of a team to achieve productive outcomes; and consistently demonstrating, emotional intelligence, integrity, and ethical behavior.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position please go to the following link: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications

This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. 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.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

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

• Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
• Auditing: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.
• 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.
• Tax Law: Knowledge of accounting and tax law for individuals, sole proprietorships, partnerships, and/or corporations.
• Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise.

Equivalent to those typically gained by: Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional experience in accounting, finance, tax, auditing, examining, preparing, reviewing, or reconciling financial accounts and data.

Special Note:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance 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.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Additional Required Information

Please read the following carefully

DISCLOSURE OF PRIOR STATE EMPLOYMENT

All employment with the State of Alaska, including but not limited to full-time, part-time, seasonal, temporary, on-call, etc. positions must be disclosed in your application. Failure to provide this information may result in the disqualification of your application.

REQUIRED OF ALL APPLICANTS

At the time of the interview, please ensure that you provide the following materials:

List of three (3) professional references to include daytime telephone and email address. One must be a current or former supervisor. Last two (2) performance evaluations. If unavailable, supervisory letters of recommendation can be substituted.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS

For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four levels of proficiency to measure and describe an applicant's level of competence in applying certain behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The proficiency levels are Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You will need to rate your proficiency for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

BACKGROUND CHECK

The successful candidates must pass a comprehensive background investigation, which includes a criminal history check.

BARGAINING UNIT

If you are a current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application.

EDUCATION

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials and must be attached to your application upon submission. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, provided they include the URL and institution name.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION

If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it 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 the 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. The omission of the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE

If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Note: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES

This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are