SENIOR TAX AUDITOR

Position Overview

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) is seeking an organized, professional, and results oriented individual to serve as a Senior Tax Auditor. This position will independently conduct complex audits of employers’ original books and records for compliance with the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Act. Responsibilities include traveling to employer worksites to collaborate with other audit staff on large audits and conducting on-the-job training to provide junior staff with knowledge, skills, and expertise. This position provides a great opportunity for someone who has a several years of experience in conducting employer tax audits and who has extensive knowledge of the UI act and its application. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent organizational skills, strong interpersonal skills, and at least three years of experience performing complex, large-scale employer tax audits. IDES offers a competitive compensation plan, excellent benefits, and a pension program. We invite you to join our innovative team to help make a positive difference in the lives of Illinois employers and job seekers.

Essential Functions

• Under direction, as a Senior Tax Auditor for the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), exercises a full range of auditing skill in conducting complex field audits.
• Collaborates with and provides training to other audit staff.
• Prepares and organizes work schedule based on audit assignments from supervisor.
• Completes computer audit reports, assembles any relevant exhibits and submits completed audits to supervisor.
• Locates delinquent employers who have not responded to the initial appointment attempts, in accordance with agency procedures and guidelines.
• Confers with employers and/or their legal representatives to counsel them on their obligations and rights under the Illinois Unemployment Insurance (UI) Act.
• Attends related meetings, training sessions and/or seminars as directed.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to the completion of four (4) years college with courses in business administration and a minimum of 12 semester hours in accounting.
• Requires three (3) years of professional experience in accounting, external auditing or public accounting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience utilizing knowledge of accounting and auditing theories, methods and procedures, including laws, rules, and regulations relating to Government accounting and auditing procedures, to perform complex audits.
• Three (3) years of experience utilizing knowledge of and working with the provisions of Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Three (3) years of experience evaluating employer accounting practices and systems to analyze and interpret complex auditing records and presenting findings in a clear and concise manner.
• Three (3) years of experience working with tax software systems to perform audits; examples of applicable tax software systems include but are not limited to: GenTax and MyTax Illinois.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products, including Outlook, Word and Excel.
• Experience speaking to various groups to convey policy and procedures related to taxes and audits in a manner easily understood by diverse audiences.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires an Illinois State Police background check and self-disclosure of any criminal history.
• Requires ability to successfully complete a fingerprint-based background check.
• Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license and access to an automobile.
• This position is considered light work as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor (20 CFR 404.1567(b)). Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. This job may require a good deal of walking or standing or involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls.
• Requires ability to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings to stay current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to the job duties.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.