TITLE: PRINCIPAL ENTERPRISE RISK SPECIALIST
GRADE: 17
JOB CODE: 0726
FLSA: MANAGEMENT
Job Summary
Provides complex enterprise risk assessment and management,
control, and other management advisory services to promote Maricopa Community
Colleges District’s strategic planning, governance and decision-making
processes.
Scope
This position works within Business Services Internal Audit
and Management Advisory Services. Work contacts include governing board
members, administrators, faculty, staff, students, external organizations and
agencies. Equipment used includes standard office equipment.
Supervision Received
This position reports to the District Auditor; receives
broad direction as to area goals and objectives; receives general direction
regarding routine and standard matters and specific instructions regarding
non-routine and sensitive matters.
Supervision Exercised
This position directly supervises assigned staff on a
project-by-project basis.
Representative Duties
Designs, plans and directs complex activities to identify
potential financial, operational, and compliance risks impacting MCCD and
anticipate emerging issues; directs and conducts risk and comprehensive audits
district-wide to address issues that concern administration and determines how
risks are managed and controls administered; identifies potential financial,
operational and compliance risks that warrant audit attention; determines audit
complexity to ensure that all areas with material risk are provided appropriate
audit coverage; identifies when specialized skills or resources are needed to
assess unique activities (ex: universal business risks, control frameworks,
analytical review); plans and provides research and advisory services for
administrators; evaluates audit results from an administrator’s perspective,
even when defined criteria or standards do not exist; weighs relevance,
accuracy, and perspective of conclusions against the accumulated audit evidence
for audit testing as well as for the audit as a whole; recommends improvements
to district-wide, unit or departmental practices and processes; conducts
thorough internal investigations, execute appropriate investigative audit
procedures, obtain audit evidence, and draw sound conclusions, seeking counsel
from other parties (Legal, HR, etc.) when appropriate; communicates results of
audits and fraud investigations to a variety of inter and external parties;
plans and conducts research including questionnaire design, sampling, collection
and analysis of data to support audit results and management advisory services;
provides leadership and guidance for a variety of Internal Audit department and
district wide projects and major initiatives (ex: MIRA, Program Review,
internal control training, Audit & Finance Committee Reports, etc.); supervises assigned staff; develops and
maintains liaison with local, state and national internal audit and
governmental accounting networks and organizations; participates in
professional development; performs related duties as assigned.
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of: MCCD organizational structure and behavior,
systems, policies and procedures; budget theory and practice; applicable
federal and state regulations; enterprise risk management concepts and methods;
internal auditing theory and practice; governmental accounting theory and
practice; business and accounting standards, principles, practices and
procedures; internal control; flowcharting and other process analyses;
financial statement preparation and analysis for colleges and universities;
financial computer applications of governmental and/or educational systems;
information system audit techniques and methodologies; spreadsheet and various
other computerized applications; on-line financial and information systems;
strategic planning concepts and methods, TQM principles and procedures; policy
and economic issues in higher education; project management.
Ability to: perform complex risk and control assessments;
train others in risk identification, assessment, enterprise risk management
principles, and techniques; apply auditing principles; analyze complex
financial and operational data; analyze information system data; recommend
appropriate solutions to complex accounting, financial and operational issues;
interpret policies, procedures and external regulations; perform complex audits
and investigations; develop audit programs and procedures; identify and
evaluate internal controls; document audit findings and recommendations; write
effective reports; understand college and unit operations, activities,
processes and procedures; focus on continuous improvement and problem-solving;
make presentations to various size audiences and facilitate group activities;
utilize computerized accounting systems; think analytically and critically;
supervise assigned staff; communicate effectively orally and in writing;
establish cooperative working relationships in the course of performing
assigned duties.
Training and Experience
Any combination of education, training, and experience that
provides the required knowledge and abilities.
An example of this would be a college degree in Accounting, Business
and/or Finance, with accounting and/or internal/external audit experience,
preferably in a public sector or higher education environment in a supervisory
capacity. Certification as a CPA, CIA, CFE, CISA, or CCSA is required.
Special Conditions of Employment
Working Conditions
This class specification is intended to indicate the basic
nature of positions allocated to the class and examples of typical duties that
may be assigned. It does not imply that
all positions within the class perform all of the duties listed, nor does it
necessarily list all possible duties that may be assigned.