Audits records of departments and interviews employees to ensure the recording of transactions and compliance with policies, procedures, grants, laws, codes, and regulations. Examines department activities for compliance with management plans and policies. Inspects accounting systems to determine their efficiency and protective value. Conducts investigations and prepares written documentation in response to inquiries and complaints.

Defines problems and analyzes financial data, utilizing various statistical techniques, and applying concepts to assist in formulating conclusions and developing recommendations and solutions. Assesses the proper accountability of assets by conducting inventories. Review records pertaining to staff and material assets, such as equipment and buildings, and determines the means of safeguarding those assets. Verifies the existence of such assets when appropriate. Analyzes data obtained for evidence of deficiencies in controls, duplication of effort, extravagance, fraud, or lack of compliance

Decision making authority requires the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make recommendations. Has a thorough knowledge of policies, procedures and past practices and makes non-routine decisions based on this knowledge. The decisions affect other divisions in the organization and/or the general public and impact the operations of the division and organization. Occasional decisions may be reviewed at a higher level.