The City of Carlsbad currently has an opening for an Internal Auditor in Administrative Services. Administrative Services supports approximately 700 employees in a diverse and inclusive work environment, working towards making a real difference in the quality of life for the city’s 115,000 residents. The Internal Auditor will play an integral role in helping the city achieve the City Council Strategic Policy Goals and Community Vision by reducing operational errors, minimizing fraud, ensuring compliance, and managing risk throughout the organization.
We need an innovative, forward-thinking professional who works collaboratively with colleges and stakeholders to deliver operational, compliance, and integrated audits over the city’s entrusted public resources.
Our ideal Internal Auditor will:
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Demonstrate emotional intelligence and self-awareness
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Have exceptional verbal, listening, presentation, and written communication skills
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Have synergy that will spark innovative ideas and solutions with staff
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Think and approach organizational challenges and opportunities strategically and on a holistic, enterprise-level
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Have strong information software application skills and experience
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Be action-oriented, adaptable, flexible, and have tenacity, courage, and confidence
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Be able to juggle multiple projects and assignments at one time with a variety of complexities
A typical day as the City of Carlsbad's Internal Auditor may include:-
Using your tech-savviness and ability to audit records and computer processes to ensure functionality and effectiveness
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Ensuring completion of required compliance audits
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Assessing performance management principles, investigating complaints of fraud, waste, and abuse, and performing other assurance and efficiency audits
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Identifying internal control weaknesses and making recommendations for improvements
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Establishing project measurements and outcomes
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Leading and performing audits from inception to execution
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Leading project teams with team members from multiple departments
Our Organization: Carlsbad’s mission is to enhance the lives of all who live, work, and play in our city by setting the standard for providing top quality, efficient local government services. Our organization values character, innovation, stewardship, excellence, empowerment, and communication. As a full-service city, Carlsbad has its own police and fire departments, a water district, parks, recreation, library, and cultural art departments, as well as administrative and public works functions. As a member of Team Carlsbad, you will find that Carlsbad is a great place to make a living and a life.
The Community: Carlsbad has a small-town feel with beach community character and connectedness which was built on the city’s culture of civic engagement, volunteerism, and philanthropy. Carlsbad is able to draw top organizations from throughout the country because of the City’s diverse economy centered around action sports, manufacturing, life sciences, information and communication technology, cleantech, and hospitality and tourism.
The City of Carlsbad embraces diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and recognizes the vital relationship of a culturally diverse, engaged work environment and innovative excellence. A diverse, equitable and inclusive work climate comprises personal experiences, values, and views shaped from differences of culture and circumstance. Our organization appreciates belonging, creativity, recognition and retention of its employees and is committed to hiring and developing motivated, productive and talented employees who provide services and enhance our quality of life. We work to embrace open and equitable access to opportunities for learning and development as our responsibility and goal.