Manager, Financial Audit - Victoria, Canada - Office of the Auditor General of BC

Office of the Auditor General of BC
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Manager, Financial Audit and Related Services

Classification:
Band 3


Salary:
$86, $122,100.01 annually


Job Type:
Regular Full-Time


Location:
Victoria or Vancouver

An eligibility list may be established for future vacancies.

Do you want to be part of a challenging and rewarding work community?

The Office of the Auditor General of B.C. (OAG) is an independent office of the Legislative Assembly that contributes to excellence in effective and accountable government. We offer opportunities for career growth, an excellent compensation package, and flexible working arrangements.

Our office promotes trust, cooperation, and teamwork in a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment.

We are committed to creating and reinforcing diversity, equity, inclusion, and psychological safety - creating a safe environment where everyone feels they belong and are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

We support each other, celebrate our successes, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for everyone. Our staff events are socially, physically, and emotionally nourishing - with lots of great food - and fun

Interested in growing your career? We offer support for your professional development and education and reimbursement of your professional dues


Other benefits include:

  • Extended health benefits
  • Policies and benefits to support your personal and family needs
  • Public service pension
  • Life insurance
  • Confidential employee and family assistance program.


Our downtown Victoria location supports collaboration and includes a gym, indoor bike storage, and decks with views of the beautiful Inner Harbour.


About the Role


Reporting to the Director, Financial Audit and Related Services (FARS), the Manager leads and conducts financial and, periodically, performance audit projects.

The Manager ensures all assigned projects are planned, conducted and reported according to professional accounting and assurance standards, and that all relevant issues and concerns are identified, resolved, or raised to the Director or FARS portfolio leadership for resolution.


The Manager is the office's front-line contact for their assigned audits and is key to developing relationships and moving audit projects forward.

The Manager regularly communicates with audit contacts in finance, operational and program areas. Work will also involve coordination with other groups within the office.


The Manager also contributes to their team's development on a broader level by demonstrating skill in project management and the office's behavioural competencies.


Accountabilities

Required:

  • Plan, conduct, review, and report on several concurrent government audits, primarily financial statement audits, in accordance with the latest applicable Canadian accounting and auditing professional standards and office methodologies.
  • Ensure project work meets performance targets, approved budgets, and timelines, while navigating competing priorities.
  • Contribute to the identification and resolution of significant accounting or auditing issues arising from audit projects.
  • Prepare accounting analyses and recommendations to management that are fair, meaningful, and timely, follow office methodologies and approaches, and meet applicable professional standards for approval by senior portfolio leadership.
  • Participate in the presentation of assurance engagement plans, findings and recommendations before senior executive committees of auditees, audit committees, or internal executives.
  • Supervise staff and provide direction to project teams of professional staff, and contracted resources as required.
  • Participate in staff development discussions and performance appraisals, provide direction and mentorship to project team members and one to four direct reports.
  • Contribute to creating competent, committed, and professional project teams able to work together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
  • Possess effective communication skills, and the ability to build credibility, trust, and cooperation, and maintain strong longterm working relationships with auditees, realizing that issues raised during the course of audit engagements may be of a sensitive nature.
  • Contribute to strategic and administrative project management including budget development, work plan development, and human resource management decisions.
  • Remain current with developments in the accounting and auditing professions, including maintaining a current knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:

  • A professional accounting designation, i.e., Canadian CPA or an equivalent international accounting designation with eligibility for membership in good standing with CPABC.
  • Applicants who have attained their CPA designation after 2015 must demonstrate completion of the assurance module.
  • Successful applicants w
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