BAND 4 - Director, Financial Audit and Related Services

Posting Title
BAND 4 - Director, Financial Audit and Related Services

Position Classification
Band 4

Union
N/A

Work Options
Hybrid

Location
Multiple Locations, BC CA (Primary)
Vancouver, BC V6B 0N8 CA
Victoria, BC V9B 6X2 CA

Salary Range
$105,900.12 - $140,800.04 annually

Close Date
1/17/2025

Job Type
Regular Full Time

Temporary End Date

Ministry/Organization
BC Public Service -> Office of the Auditor General

Ministry Branch / Division
Financial Audit and Related Services

Job Summary

Director, Financial Audit and Related Services (FARS)

Classification: Band 4

Salary: $105,900 - $140,800

Job Type: Regular Full-Time

Location: Victoria or Vancouver

An eligibility list may be established for future vacancies.

***Please DO NOT apply for this position by submitting your profile on this BC Government Hiring Centre website. Applications must be made via the following directions below.***

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 legislature thatcontributes to excellence in effective and accountable government. We offer opportunities forcareer growth, an excellent compensation package, and flexible working arrangements.

Our office promotes trust, cooperation, and teamwork in a diverse, inclusive, and respectfulenvironment. We are committed to creating and reinforcing diversity, equity, inclusion, andpsychological safety - creating a safe environment where everyone feels they belong and areencouraged to bring their whole selves to work. We support each other, celebrate oursuccesses, and encourage a healthy work-life balance for everyone. Our staff events aresocially, physically, and emotionally nourishing - with lots of great food - and fun!

Interested in growing your career? We offer support for your professional development andeducation, 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 and
• 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 Principal, FARS, the Director, FARS, is responsible for ensuring audits aredesigned and carried out in compliance with office policies, professional standards, and theoffice's system of quality management. The Director runs multiple concurrent audits ofgovernment organizations and routinely makes informed professional judgments on complextechnical and strategic audit issues.

Accountabilities

• Directs the planning, conducting, and reporting on several concurrent governmentaudits, primarily financial statement audits, in accordance with the latest applicableCanadian accounting and auditing professional standards and office methodologies.
• Maintains considerable subject matter expertise in financial statement audits. Theseaudits require credible specialists with valid professional accounting designations.
• Ensures project work meets performance targets, approved budgets, and timelines whilenavigating competing priorities.
• Contributes to the identification and resolution of significant accounting or auditingissues arising from audit projects.
• Builds and manages relationships with the audited entities from the initial planningstages, through audit delivery and evaluation of the audit process.
• Acts as an engagement leader with the overall responsibility for the performance of theengagement and the quality of the file. This includes supervising and reviewing theunderlying work and recommending issuance of a report that is appropriate in thecircumstances.
• Coaches staff and engagement managers on unusually complex accounting andauditing issues.
• Escalates and consults on significant matters and ensures any concerns have beenappropriately addressed.
• Participates in the presentation of assurance engagement plans, findings, andrecommendations before senior executive committees of auditees, audit committees, orinternal executives.
• Supervises staff and provides direction to project teams of professional staff andcontracted resources as required.
• Monitors and assesses staff's use of time, including assessing whether staff are usingtime productively, and ensuring that work commitments and expectations are met.
• Participates in staff development discussions and performance appraisals, and providesdirection and mentorship to project team members and direct reports.
• Contributes to creating competent, committed, and professional project teams able towork together in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
• Possesses effective communication skills and the ability to build credibility, trust, andcooperation while maintaining strong long-term working relationships with auditees,realizing that issues raised during the course of audit engagements may be of asensitive nature.
• Contributes to strategic and administrative project management including budgetdevelopment, work plan development, and human resource management decisions.
• Leads or provides significant contributions in one or more corporate initiatives and isable to perform an engagement manager role on a performance audit (or similarengagement) when required.
• Remains current with developments in the accounting and auditing professions,including maintaining a current knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciples (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).

Job Requirements
Education and Experience:

• A professional accounting designation, i.e., Canadian CPA or an equivalent internationalaccounting designation with eligibility for membership in good standing with CPABC.
  • Applicants who have attained their CPA designation after 2015 mustdemonstrate completion of the assurance module.
  • Successful applicants with an international accounting designation will be askedto complete the steps necessary in order to obtain a Canadian CPA designation.
• A minimum of five years of post-designation, progressively responsible experienceleading financial statement audits, including responsibility for planning, conducting, andreporting audit/assurance activities in accordance with Canadian GAAS, and managingproject teams.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of Canadian GAAP and GAAS.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of quality assurance policies, particularly related to project performance,consultations, engagement quality review and quality management.
• Ability to lead staff toward the achievement of results.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships.
• Ability to create a positive environment that promotes responsible change management.

Preferences

• Experience working with Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS).
• Experience with Canadian Standards on Assurance Engagements (CSAE) 3001 DirectEngagements (performance audit).
• Experience working with CaseWare software.

Provisio

• Applicants must be willing and able to travel within the province as needed.
• Must be willing to work additional hours when required to ensure audits remain onschedule, including but not limited to peak season.
• Must be eligible to work in Canada (Permanent Resident or Canadian citizen).
• Successful completion of security screening requirements of the B.C. public service,which may include a criminal records check, and/or Criminal Records Review Act(CRRA) check, and/or enhanced screening checks as required by the office.
• Must be willing to work in-office based on operational requirements. We support aflexible hybrid work environment. However, you must be able to work in the officewhen required by your supervisor.

Please see the attached job profile for a full description of the accountabilities andrequired qualifications.

To be considered for this role candidates must submit a resume and qualifications matrixalong with the months and years at each position to hr@bcauditor.com. Your qualificationsmatrix must include whether you are eligible to work in Canada, and whether this istemporary. Failure to provide all the requested documents will result in your applicationbeing unsuccessful.

Applications will be accepted untilFriday, January 17, 2025.

We encourage candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. We invite candidatesto ask for help if they need accommodations for the job application process.

For more information, please contact hr@bcauditor.com.

DO NOT submit your application for this position through the BC Government Hiring Centre website. Applications submitted through the BC Government Hiring Centre will not be considered.

Job Category
Leadership and Management