STATE OF CONNECTICUT EXECUTIVE BRANCH JOBS

Supervising Compliance Specialist

Supervising Accounts Examiner

Recruitment #230929-6333AR-001

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Introduction


The State of Connecticut, Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is currently recruiting for a Supervising Compliance Specialist (Supervising Accounts Examiner) in the Office of Financial Review and Compliance. 

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  • A competitive starting salary
  • Excellent state benefit package, including health and dental coverage
  • Generous paid time off, including 13 paid holidays per calendar year, in addition to vacation, sick, and personal leave accruals
  • Retirement plan options, group life insurance, and other supplemental benefits
  • Alternate work schedules
  • A culture that encourages work-life balance
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Position Details:
This is a full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday position. The position is hybrid but on office days you will report to 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford.

Position Responsibilities: 
This position will supervise assigned agency staff in monitoring compliance with state and federal contractual agreements.  This position will also verify the completion of project milestones to determine whether financial incentives (grants, loans, tax credits, etc.) have been earned. The ideal candidate will review and update existing monitoring & compliance procedures and amend the procedures if necessary to meet Federal and State program regulations.

Other responsibilities include:
  • Establish and update monitoring and compliance procedures;
  • Review state and federal laws and regulations for programmatic requirements;
  • Supervise staff, assign, and review field work;
  • Review project expenditure data and issue close-out certificates;
  • Conduct corporate employment audits;
  • Conduct performance audits and issue tax credit certificates;
  • Review state and federal single audits submissions;  
  • Communicate with businesses, non-profits and municipalities on audit and compliance requirements;
  • Review contracts and funding agreements for audit/ compliance requirements;
  • Monitor reporting and audit deadlines and ensure their timely submission
  • Work with outside CPAs in the completion of contractual audits
  • Carefully track 
  • Develop an “audit program” for the various compliance areas
  • Write monitoring reports to document the results of compliance and monitoring field work of each entity reviewed
  • Track the resolution of findings and concerns listed in the monitoring reports and conduct follow-up monitoring to provide reasonable assurance that corrective actions have been implemented
Who We Are:
The Office of Financial Review and Compliance underwrites economic and community development projects to be funded by the department and is responsible for compliance monitoring to assure adherence to state and federal statues, regulations and contractual requirements. This is a support unit for all DECD’s programs.

Selection Plan

To Apply:
  • In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on this job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
  • The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
  • Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
  • Please select all location(s) and shift(s) you are willing to work on your application. Failure to do so may result in not being considered for vacancies in that specific location or shift.
  • All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
FOR ASSISTANCE IN APPLYING:
Important Information After You Apply:
  • This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
  • Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
  • Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
  • Interviews will be limited to candidates whose experience and training most closely meet the requirements of the position.
  • The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
  • Candidates who are offered and accept a position with the State of Connecticut are bound by the State Code of Ethics for Public Officials and State Employees which is available at www.ct.gov/ethics.
Connect With Us:
Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide confirmation of receipt or status during the recruitment process. Updates will be available through your JobAps portal account. Should you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Hayley Newhouse, at Hayley.Newhouse@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state agency this class is accountable for supervising an accounts examination unit or function.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Schedules, assigns, oversees, and reviews the work of staff; 
  • Provides staff training and assistance; 
  • Conducts performance evaluations; 
  • Determines priorities and plans unit work; 
  • Establishes and maintains unit procedures; 
  • Develops or make recommendations on the development of policies and standards; 
  • Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies, and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures; 
  • Prepares reports and correspondence; 
  • Reviews audit reports for conformance with policies and regulations; 
  • May conduct hearings or conferences with those audited; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable knowledge of 
    • and ability to apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes, and regulations;
    • and ability to apply relevant agency policies and procedures;
    • professional accounting and auditing principles and practices; 
    • governmental and commercial accounting;
  • Considerable 
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Considerable ability to 
    • analyze and evaluate accounting procedures; 
    • analyze financial records, documents, and reports;
  • Supervisory ability.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of experience in accounting or auditing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been performing the most complex accounting function or acting in a lead or consultative capacity at the level of an Associate Accountant or an Associate Accounts Examiner.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

  • College training in accounting or a closely related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree
  • A Master's degree in accounting may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience
  • Certification as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience monitoring governmental financial assistance programs
  • Experience writing compliance procedures
  • Experience reviewing governmental or commercial financial reports
  • Experience in conducting financial examinations 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.




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