The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

The City of Fayetteville is committed to attracting, engaging and rewarding a multi-generational workforce. By offering a total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefits plans and a purposeful work life, the City is an employer of choice focused on serving our community.

1. Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of their own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
2. The scope of Internal Audit encompasses the examination and evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of the City's governance, risk management process, system of internal control structure, and the quality of performance in carrying out assigned responsibilities to achieve the organization's stated goals and objectives.
3. Review the reliability and integrity of financial and operating information and the means used to identify, measure, classify and report such information.
4. Review the systems established to ensure compliance with those policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations which could have a significant impact on operations and reports and determine whether the City is in compliance.
5. Review the means of safeguarding assets and, as appropriate, verify the existence of such assets.
6. Review and appraise the economy and efficiency with which resources are deployed.
7. Review operations or programs to ascertain whether results are consistent with established objectives and goals and whether the operations or programs are being carried out as planned.
8. Review specific operations at the request of the Audit Committee, the City Council, or management, as appropriate.
9. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the City's risk management system.
10. Review the quality of performance of external auditors and the degree of coordination with Internal Audit.
11. Review the internal control statement by senior management, contained in the Letter of Transmittal of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, and the related opinion and comments by the attest auditor for audit planning.
12. Annually submit to senior management, the Audit Committee, and the City Council a summary of the audit work plan for the following fiscal year. The scope of the work on the audit work plan may include any of the items above. Develop the audit work plan based on a prioritization of audit tasks using a risk-based methodology. Report any significant deviation from the formally approved work plan to senior management, the Audit Committee, and the City Council through periodic activity reports.
13. Perform internal audits based on the audit work plan. Write audit programs, perform audits, write reports with recommendations and submit audit reports through the Mayor and/or his designee following the conclusion of each audit to appropriate persons per the Internal Audit Charter.
14. Facilitate the City's external financial audit by preparing various audit schedules, reviewing financial statements, and working with the external auditors to address internal control recommendations.
15. Facilitate communications with the Audit Committee. Plan and facilitate all Audit Committee meetings, communicate monthly financial information to the committee if necessary and prepare and distribute the minutes of all Audit Committee meetings.

1. Secondary duties as assigned.

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or other field of business from an accredited college or university and five years of related experience with at least two years of internal auditing or equivalent experience; or Master’s degree in accounting, finance or other field of business from an accredited college or university and three years of related experience with at least two years of internal auditing or equivalent experience required. Prefer one of the following professional certifications - Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, or Certified Fraud Examiner.
2. Valid driver’s license.
3. Must successfully pass criminal background check, including but not limited to convictions, guilty pleas, or no contest pleas to violent offenses, theft offenses and any offense under A.C.A. § 21-15-103 or A.C.A. § 21-15-111.
4. Must apply and uphold the principles of integrity, objectivity, confidentiality and competency.
5. Must enjoy a challenge, be versatile and able to work independently. Must be able to address issues broadly and logically, finding creative solutions to challenging issues.
6. Must be able to effectively communicate with City management, City employees, and citizens orally and in writing in a variety of communication settings. Must be able to communicate effectively in various formal presentation settings.
7. Must be able to use diplomacy and tact in order to build rapport with various types of employees throughout the City. Must be able to foster open dialogue, encourage collaboration throughout the City, and motivate others.
8. Must be able to understand and map processes. Must be able to simplify complex processes.
9. Must be able to use mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, basic algebra and statistics for sampling purposes.
10. Must be proficient in the use of a computer and software applications such as word processing and spreadsheets. Must be able to become proficient in the use of the City’s financial software and gain a working knowledge of various other software systems utilized throughout the City. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
11. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to move from location to location. The employee is required to travel to various divisions to perform audits and must be able to maneuver around various obstacles while conducting physical inventories in warehouse settings, materials storage sites, etc. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Standard vision abilities to accomplish computer and office work.

The City of Fayetteville is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Full Time, 40 or more hours per week, non uniformed employee. Eligible for all City benefits offered to full time non uniformed employees and all full time City accruals of paid leave.

Please click this link for more details on City employee benefits:

www.fayetteville-ar.gov/654/Employee-Benefits-Information

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