AUDITOR III

BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

AUDITOR III

Department of Finance

Tax Division

Number of Positions: 2

(Additional vacancies are possible pending budget approval)

Starting Annual Salary: $87,516

This position is open to the public and all current City employees covered under the City's collective bargaining agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) - BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 & 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS:

Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en

AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled "Currently employed by the City of Chicago"

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled 'payee/employee number')

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Applications for this position will be accepted beginning 07-16-25 until 11:59pm on 7-30-25

Under supervision, works independently handling a more complex and diverse workload performing senior level professional auditing duties and performing related duties as required. These positions typically audit businesses or delegate agencies that operate at multiple sites and have a full range of tax or service obligations.

Essential Duties:

* Stays in contact and in communication with businesses selected for primarily field audits and works on some more advanced discovery investigations and refund claims.

* Designs audit programs and figures out a process of detailed testing to measure a taxpayer's level of compliance with all applicable tax codes and properly compute tax liability amounts based on audit testing.

* Meets with taxpayer or company representatives to discuss the audit process, present an audit schedule, and request financial documents.

* Independently discusses complex tax compliance issues with taxpayers.

* Examines accounting records, invoices, bank statements and computerized ledgers to determine compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, the municipal tax ordinance and contract provisions.

* Uses software applications to extract accounting data from client databases and analyze computerized journal entries and trial balances for appropriateness of financial transactions.

* Organizes and compiles audit findings into a file write-up that is concise and comprehensive and communicates the results of testing and level of compliance or non-compliance and liability owed by the business under review to the supervisor.

* Recommends corrective action for delegate agencies in contract violation.

* Interprets the tax ordinance and contract specifications and explains reporting requirements to the agency's financial officer or representative.

* Attends tax hearings and provides details related to assessed tax liability.

* Makes recommendations for improving accounting and record keeping procedures.

* Participates in special audit investigations and the preparation of related reports.

* May supervise lower-level auditors on audit assignments and explains internal accounting processes and researches financial records to respond to inquiries from private auditors.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: Department of Finance

2 N. LaSalle St. 13^th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602

Shift: Monday-Friday

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(Shift may vary due to the needs of the operation)

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a directly related field with 15 credit hours in Accounting, plus two years of professional auditing experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience, provided that the minimum degree requirement is met.

Selection Requirements: This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed bidders possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected in seniority order according to the collective bargaining agreement. The interviewed external candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

Desired Skills

* Municipal tax experience

* Experience leading, coaching or mentoring lower-level senior auditors

* Proficiency using Microsoft Excel and Word

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. The Department of Human Resources staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

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The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor