Experience

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Compliance Auditor IV

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent… Show more Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Perform audits that are primarily complex in nature to determine compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. Develops audit/monitoring scopes, programs, objectives, procedures and deliverables. Examines and analyzes grantee operations, policies and procedures, internal control structures and systems, and accounting/program records for adequacy, accuracy, and compliance with legal regulations, program requirements, internal regulations, state and local statutes, and federal requirements. Examines and analyzes program metrics, performance measures and other reports to determine progress with grantee contracts and program goals and objectives. Provides recommendations that assist in achieving goals and objectives. Prepares audit/monitoring reports, reviews of grantee corrective action plans and responses, and monitors the preparation of the final resolution of the reports incorporating grantee comments as appropriate. Show less Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent… Show more Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Perform audits that are primarily complex in nature to determine compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. Develops audit/monitoring scopes, programs, objectives, procedures and deliverables. Examines and analyzes grantee operations, policies and procedures, internal control structures and systems, and accounting/program records for adequacy, accuracy, and compliance with legal regulations, program requirements, internal regulations, state and local statutes, and federal requirements. Examines and analyzes program metrics, performance measures and other reports to determine progress with grantee contracts and program goals and objectives. Provides recommendations that assist in achieving goals and objectives. Prepares audit/monitoring reports, reviews of grantee corrective action plans and responses, and monitors the preparation of the final resolution of the reports incorporating grantee comments as appropriate. Show less



Texas General Land Office

• United States
• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Auditor IV

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

  Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent… Show more Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Perform audits that are primarily complex in nature to determine compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. Develops audit/monitoring scopes, programs, objectives, procedures and deliverables. Examines and analyzes grantee operations, policies and procedures, internal control structures and systems, and accounting/program records for adequacy, accuracy, and compliance with legal regulations, program requirements, internal regulations, state and local statutes, and federal requirements. Examines and analyzes program metrics, performance measures and other reports to determine progress with grantee contracts and program goals and objectives. Provides recommendations that assist in achieving goals and objectives. Prepares audit/monitoring reports, reviews of grantee corrective action plans and responses, and monitors the preparation of the final resolution of the reports incorporating grantee comments as appropriate. Requests and reports necessary information to resolve reportable issues. Recommends and advises management regarding changes in program operations, processes, and accounting or management procedures resulting from audit/monitoring reviews; integrates high level of customer service focus, cross-functional program cooperation and coordination with internal staff and grantees. Show less Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent… Show more Performs moderately complex (journey-level) to advanced and/or supervisory (senior-level) auditing work. Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices ensuring legal compliance with state statutes and internal regulations; and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. Works under general or minimal supervision, with moderate or considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Perform audits that are primarily complex in nature to determine compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. Develops audit/monitoring scopes, programs, objectives, procedures and deliverables. Examines and analyzes grantee operations, policies and procedures, internal control structures and systems, and accounting/program records for adequacy, accuracy, and compliance with legal regulations, program requirements, internal regulations, state and local statutes, and federal requirements. Examines and analyzes program metrics, performance measures and other reports to determine progress with grantee contracts and program goals and objectives. Provides recommendations that assist in achieving goals and objectives. Prepares audit/monitoring reports, reviews of grantee corrective action plans and responses, and monitors the preparation of the final resolution of the reports incorporating grantee comments as appropriate. Requests and reports necessary information to resolve reportable issues. Recommends and advises management regarding changes in program operations, processes, and accounting or management procedures resulting from audit/monitoring reviews; integrates high level of customer service focus, cross-functional program cooperation and coordination with internal staff and grantees. Show less



Texas Department of Agriculture

• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Auditor IV

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2019

  Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing and compliance work of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements, of sub-recipients for the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) program. Review Single Audit submissions to determine compliance with federal requirements. Conduct initial review of Audit Certification Forms to verify conformance of sub-recipient records with agency records for disbursements and determine applicability of… Show more Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing and compliance work of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements, of sub-recipients for the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) program. Review Single Audit submissions to determine compliance with federal requirements. Conduct initial review of Audit Certification Forms to verify conformance of sub-recipient records with agency records for disbursements and determine applicability of Single Audit requirements. Conduct review of sub-recipient financial management standards, including review of management operations, internal control, systems and accounting records of organizations awarded grant funding. Communicate audit/or monitoring findings and the status of resolution with management and other divisions; prepare correspondence and provide technical assistance for complying with program rules and regulations and recommendations for corrective action. Evaluate sub-recipient performance using standard program monitoring tools and procedures, including reviewing documents to programmatically close a contract. Maintain assigned audit/monitoring files and electronic tracking systems for review by program management, HUD monitors, state auditors, independent auditors and others as required; identify overdue and delinquent audit reports and responses to ensure that they received in a timely manner. Assist in updating the TxCDBG project implementation Manual, the TxCDBG Action Plan and the standard operating procedures for performance with respect to monitoring requirements for the TxCDBG Program. Exercise initiative and professional judgement when preparing and modifying filed work programs. Knowledge of Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book), office management principles. Show less Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing and compliance work of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements, of sub-recipients for the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) program. Review Single Audit submissions to determine compliance with federal requirements. Conduct initial review of Audit Certification Forms to verify conformance of sub-recipient records with agency records for disbursements and determine applicability of… Show more Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing and compliance work of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements, of sub-recipients for the Texas Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) program. Review Single Audit submissions to determine compliance with federal requirements. Conduct initial review of Audit Certification Forms to verify conformance of sub-recipient records with agency records for disbursements and determine applicability of Single Audit requirements. Conduct review of sub-recipient financial management standards, including review of management operations, internal control, systems and accounting records of organizations awarded grant funding. Communicate audit/or monitoring findings and the status of resolution with management and other divisions; prepare correspondence and provide technical assistance for complying with program rules and regulations and recommendations for corrective action. Evaluate sub-recipient performance using standard program monitoring tools and procedures, including reviewing documents to programmatically close a contract. Maintain assigned audit/monitoring files and electronic tracking systems for review by program management, HUD monitors, state auditors, independent auditors and others as required; identify overdue and delinquent audit reports and responses to ensure that they received in a timely manner. Assist in updating the TxCDBG project implementation Manual, the TxCDBG Action Plan and the standard operating procedures for performance with respect to monitoring requirements for the TxCDBG Program. Exercise initiative and professional judgement when preparing and modifying filed work programs. Knowledge of Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book), office management principles. Show less



Texas Education Agency

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Auditor IV

  • Jul 2015 - Feb 2018

  Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing work of Federal grants • Conduct correspondence and onsite audits, investigations, reviews and other monitoring activities (collectively, audits) of federal grants awarded to Independent School Districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and regional service centers. • Gathering audit evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmations by preparing work papers with relevant, reliable… Show more Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing work of Federal grants • Conduct correspondence and onsite audits, investigations, reviews and other monitoring activities (collectively, audits) of federal grants awarded to Independent School Districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and regional service centers. • Gathering audit evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmations by preparing work papers with relevant, reliable and sufficient information to support conclusions and findings. • Examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices to ensure legal compliance with state and federal laws and rules, local policies and procedures. • Exercise initiative and professional judgement when preparing and modifying filed work programs. • Investigating questionable accounting or management operations, practices or records. • Performing tests of controls and tests of details to evaluate compliance with assertions and reliance on information systems. • Knowledge of Government Auditing Standards, office management principles, practices & administrative procedures. Show less Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing work of Federal grants • Conduct correspondence and onsite audits, investigations, reviews and other monitoring activities (collectively, audits) of federal grants awarded to Independent School Districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and regional service centers. • Gathering audit evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmations by preparing work papers with relevant, reliable… Show more Ensure compliance with State and Federal audit regulations & perform complex auditing work of Federal grants • Conduct correspondence and onsite audits, investigations, reviews and other monitoring activities (collectively, audits) of federal grants awarded to Independent School Districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and regional service centers. • Gathering audit evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmations by preparing work papers with relevant, reliable and sufficient information to support conclusions and findings. • Examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, and management practices to ensure legal compliance with state and federal laws and rules, local policies and procedures. • Exercise initiative and professional judgement when preparing and modifying filed work programs. • Investigating questionable accounting or management operations, practices or records. • Performing tests of controls and tests of details to evaluate compliance with assertions and reliance on information systems. • Knowledge of Government Auditing Standards, office management principles, practices & administrative procedures. Show less



Office of Inspector General - (OIG) - Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)

• Office of Inspector General - (OIG) - Health and Human Services Commission

• Auditor IV

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  Perform complex (senior level) contract auditing work for the Office of Inspector General Managed Care Organization Audit Unit. Work involves planning, scheduling, coordinating, conducting, leading, and reporting the results of audits of Medicaid/CHIP contractors. Work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures. • Communicates with Managed Care Organization management and staff and with agency contacts to provide, exchange, or verify… Show more Perform complex (senior level) contract auditing work for the Office of Inspector General Managed Care Organization Audit Unit. Work involves planning, scheduling, coordinating, conducting, leading, and reporting the results of audits of Medicaid/CHIP contractors. Work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures. • Communicates with Managed Care Organization management and staff and with agency contacts to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquires, address issues, or resolve problems or complaints. • Ensures audit reports are objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely. • Assist team lead and manager in determining audit objectives and scope of work to be performed and assisting in recommending the necessary staff resources and budget required to perform audits. • Reviews and approves audit planning documents, including planning conference memos and audit work programs. Holds entrance conferences with Managed Care Organization management to discuss audit objectives and scope. • Reviews working papers and prepares audit report findings and recommendations, coordinates management responses, and completes draft audit reports; and ensures audit documentation is in compliance with applicable standards, policies, and procedures and that evidence fully supports conclusions, findings, and recommendations. Show less Perform complex (senior level) contract auditing work for the Office of Inspector General Managed Care Organization Audit Unit. Work involves planning, scheduling, coordinating, conducting, leading, and reporting the results of audits of Medicaid/CHIP contractors. Work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures. • Communicates with Managed Care Organization management and staff and with agency contacts to provide, exchange, or verify… Show more Perform complex (senior level) contract auditing work for the Office of Inspector General Managed Care Organization Audit Unit. Work involves planning, scheduling, coordinating, conducting, leading, and reporting the results of audits of Medicaid/CHIP contractors. Work is performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and agency policies and procedures. • Communicates with Managed Care Organization management and staff and with agency contacts to provide, exchange, or verify information, answer inquires, address issues, or resolve problems or complaints. • Ensures audit reports are objective, clear, concise, constructive, and timely. • Assist team lead and manager in determining audit objectives and scope of work to be performed and assisting in recommending the necessary staff resources and budget required to perform audits. • Reviews and approves audit planning documents, including planning conference memos and audit work programs. Holds entrance conferences with Managed Care Organization management to discuss audit objectives and scope. • Reviews working papers and prepares audit report findings and recommendations, coordinates management responses, and completes draft audit reports; and ensures audit documentation is in compliance with applicable standards, policies, and procedures and that evidence fully supports conclusions, findings, and recommendations. Show less



Texas Workforce Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Auditor III

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2014

  Reviews independent audit reports of Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) subrecipients and contract service providers to ensure compliance and regulations.

• Auditor III

  • 2012 - 2014

  Subrecipient Monitoring

• Tax Auditor

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2013

  Audit businesses for payroll tax and compliance regulation standards.



Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Examiner-Tax Analyst

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2012

  Conduct audit reports for Sales and Franchise Tax - Revenue Accounting. Conduct audit reports for Sales and Franchise Tax - Revenue Accounting.