TAX AUDITOR III - 79011437

Florida; Orlando (FL); Sur place; USD 44 000 - 51 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Paid leave

Résumé du poste

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is seeking a Tax Auditor III in Orlando to plan and conduct audits of licensees, verify tax compliance, and ensure accurate reporting of tobacco, alcohol, and related taxes. The role includes training junior auditors and handling special projects in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities emphasize risk assessment, data verification, and adherence to state laws, with a requirement for a minimum of two years of professional auditing or

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accounting or auditing methods.
• Knowledge of methods to verify and analyze data.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Ability to extract and disseminate tax information.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret financial data.
• Ability to examine and audit financial records.
• Ability to prepare financial audit reports.
• Ability to understand and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to provide technical assistance and advice to taxpayers.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Must possess a minimum of two years of professional auditing or accounting experience.
• Must possess a valid State of Florida driver’s license.
• Must be willing to use personal vehicle to conduct job assignments.

Responsabilités

• Plans and conducts independent audits of licensees, including source documents and accounting records review, and separate transaction analysis of all movement of product.
• Conducts desk audits on monthly reports, including verification of the mathematical accuracy of the reports, examination of the reports for completeness and correctness on cigarette, other tobacco product, beer, wine, and liquor reports of various types.
• Verification of payment of taxes, and cross-reference of product movement.
• Trains other tax auditors on proper auditing techniques and documentation of discrepancies as well as agency policies and procedures and state laws.
• Witnesses and accounts for the destruction of cigarette stamp indicia, alcoholic beverage breakage, spoiled beverages and damaged cigarettes and tobacco products.
• Completes other special projects and additional work as required.

Connaissances

Accounting

Auditing

Data analysis

Mathematics

Laws & regulations

Tax information

Financial data interpretation

Audit reports

Taxpayer assistance

Communication

Teamwork

Planning & organizing

Driver's license

Mileage reimbursement

Formation

Bachelor's degree in accounting

Description du poste

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Requisition No:884450

Agency: Business and Professional Regulation

Working Title: TAX AUDITOR III - 79011437

DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & TOBACCO
TAX AUDITOR III
Position Number: 79011437
Hiring Salary Range: $1,685.78 to $1,950.25 Biweekly
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Our Organization and Mission:

License efficiently. Regulate fairly. Florida counts on the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) to ensure important matters are handled well. Responsibilities range from ensuring the safety of food service, maintaining the integrity of real estate transactions, furthering the transparency of condominium governance, and overseeing the qualifications of licensure that ensure work requiring a skilled professional is performed safely and sufficiently.DBPR’s stakeholders include these professionals and their customers alike.

Under the direction of Secretary Melanie S. Griffin, DBPR oversees many of Florida’s professions and industries in the areas above, and many more which can be seen on our website: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR .

The Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco licenses the manufacture, distribution, sale, and service of alcoholic beverage and tobacco products in Florida, including receipt and processing of license applications; collection and auditing of taxes and fees paid by licensees; and enforcement of the laws and regulation of the alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries, pursuant to Chapters 210, 561-565, 567-569, Florida Statutes. The division's three bureaus - Licensing, Auditing and Enforcement - comprise a team of approximately 325 personnel fulfilling the regulatory obligations of the division throughout the state.

The Work You Will Do

• Plans and conducts independent audits of licensees, including source documents and accounting records review, and separate transaction analysis of all movement of product. Audits may include counting and recording inventories on hand for alcoholic beverages, other tobacco products, and taxable cigarettes. Assists higher level tax auditors or supervisors in more complex audits. Performs the duties and responsibilities of Tax Auditor I's when necessary.
• Conducts desk audits on monthly reports, including verification of the mathematical accuracy of the reports, examination of the reports for completeness and correctness on cigarette, other tobacco product, beer, wine, and liquor reports of various types. Verification of payment of taxes, and cross-reference of product movement.
• Conducts inventories and/or audits of the division's fixed assets, information and evidence fund (I&E), seized evidence (vault), cigarette tax stamps, petty cash, and checking accounts.
• Trains other tax auditors on proper auditing techniques and documentation of discrepancies as well as agency policies and procedures and state laws.
• Witnesses and accounts for the destruction of cigarette stamp indicia, alcoholic beverage breakage, spoiled beverages and damaged cigarettes and tobacco products.
• Completes other special projects and additional work as required.

Your Specific Responsibilities

Please refer to the above section “The Work You Will Do”

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of accounting or auditing methods, principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of the methods used in verifying and analyzing data.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Ability to extract and disseminate tax information.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and interpret financial data.
• Ability to examine and audit financial records.
• Ability to prepare financial audit reports.
• Ability to understand and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to provide technical assistance and advice to taxpayers.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments
• Must possess a minimum of two years of professional auditing or accounting experience.
• Must possess a valid State of Florida driver’s license no later than the date of appointment.
• Must be willing to use personal vehicle to conduct job assignments. The selected applicant will be reimbursed $0.445 per mile.

Preferred

Preference will be given to applicants with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major course of study in accounting or an area of business which includes five courses in accounting.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

“ Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• State of Florida retirement package: 3% employee contribution required.
• Nine annual paid holidays and one personal holiday
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid annual leave annually as a new employee with the State of Florida
• Ability to earn up to 104 hours of paid sick leave annually.
• The State of Florida offers health insurance coverage (i.e. individual and family coverage) to eligible employees.
• The State of Florida provides a $25,000 life insurance policy to eligible employees.
• Additional supplemental insurance policies are available for dental, vision, hospital supplement, cancer, etc.
• Tax deferred medical and childcare reimbursement accounts are available.
• Tuition waiver program to attend an approved State of Florida College or University

To maintain fairness and integrity in our hiring process, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to answer qualifying questions or participate in interviews is strictly prohibited. Applicants must provide their own, authentic responses during all stages of the evaluation and recruitment process. Any candidate found using AI to assist in their answers will be disqualified from consideration

If you are the selected candidate for this position and hold a current license through the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation, you may be required to place your license in an inactive status.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation requires all job applicants, interns, volunteers and contractors to pass a Level 2 background check as per Chapter 435, Florida Statutes which consists of fingerprinting and a check of local, state, and national law enforcement records. Employees will be retained in the state and national rap back program, providing real-time arrest hit notifications. This check must be completed before you can start working or contracting.

The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation is committedto increasing recruitment and hiring of individuals with disabilities andimproving employment outcomes.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DBPR Human Resources (HR) Office at [phone]. DBPR requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

SPECIAL REMINDERS

Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Services System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov .

If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.

The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation values the sacrifices veterans, and their family members have given to our country and support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE

Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes,candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation will only hire U. S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers. Our agency participates in the E-Verify System which is a federal government electronic database available for employers to use to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Location

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