Fiscal Compliance Auditor

Reporting to the Fiscal Director, the Fiscal Compliance Auditor will plan and conduct audits of internal documents and processes, site-visits, and desk reviews of BSAS-contracted service providers. The Fiscal Compliance Auditor will help ensure that providers are in sound financial condition and complying with applicable requirements, regulations, and laws.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all-inclusive):

• Work with the Fiscal Director to plan, organize, and implement routine audits of BSAS fiscal services, site-visits, and/or desk reviews of BSAS-contracted substance addiction treatment providers and other vendors who receive BSAS funding.
• Attend meetings to monitor and identify issues that arise. Help to create a schedule of upcoming audits.
• Coordinate with program managers, contract managers, licensing inspectors, and other BSAS staff as appropriate to ensure issues related to BSAS fiscal monitoring priorities are addressed and communicated to the Purchase of Services unit.
• Coordinate with staff from Quality Assurance and Licensing before site audits to discuss potential issues.
• Coordinate with other administration and finance staff to address training and technical assistance issues that arise in audits.
• Research and identify audit criteria based on BSAS regulations and policies, including its Payor of Last Resort policy, as well as regulations and policies related to federal grant sub-recipients.
• Review and evaluate prior audits and reports related to treatment providers and incorporates pertinent issues and objectives into future audits.
• Plan, develop, and implement written audit plans, including detailed descriptions of audit objectives, scope, methodology, audit procedures, and testing steps.
• Request information from providers, and conducts on-site audits and site-visits to obtain relevant documentation and interview treatment providers and their staff. Audits and site-visits may be conducted independently or in conjunction with other BSAS staff, including auditors, regional/contract managers, and licensing personnel.
• Review and evaluate documentation, interview results, and any other relevant audit evidence to determine whether it is sufficient and appropriate to form findings. Based on those potential findings, evaluate whether BSAS-contracted treatment providers and other vendors satisfied the audit criteria.
• Determine relevant internal controls to apply and methodologies for testing the effectiveness of those internal controls.
• Prepare written audit work papers detailing audit procedures, evidence, issues encountered, findings, impact, recommendations, and other issues.
• Prepare written audit report detailing audit objectives, scope, methodologies, evidence obtained, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with the Fiscal Director as well as the Purchase of Services unit to discuss CAP issues, if any, related to auditees. Prepare audit reports with the results of each site visit and makes them available to the vendor, bureau staff, contract staff and POS director. The report specifies whether further action is needed and timelines for vendor response.
• Contribute to Purchase of Service written reports on CAP statuses and maintains tracker of CAP statuses for BSAS. Prepare written reports on CAP statuses for BSAS.

Required Qualifications

• Understanding of the methods and techniques of financial analysis.
• Familiarity with the principles and practices of accounting, including terminology and standard abbreviations.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of auditing.
• Comprehension of the methods of general report writing, including methods used in the preparation of charts, graphs, and tables.
• Capability to analyze and determine the applicability of financial data, to draw conclusions, and to make appropriate recommendations.
• Capacity to read and interpret documents such as financial reports, accounts, and ledgers.
• Competence to perform mathematical calculations using formulas to solve accounting problems.
• Skill to give oral and written instructions in a precise, understandable manner.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Talent to work independently.
• Capability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, principles, practices, etc. involving substance use disorder treatment.
• Familiarity with state budgetary and billing policies and procedures including terminology.
• Understanding of Federal Grant policies, in particular knowledge of current CFR 200 Uniform Guidance.
• Ability to understand, apply, and explain the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc. governing assigned unit activities.
• Competence to use Microsoft Office products (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access) effectively.

About the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services

The Mission of the Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS) is to foster healthy life choices through culturally responsive services that prevent, treat, and promote recovery from substance-related disorders.

Our Guiding Principles include

• Addiction is a chronic disease that can be successfully prevented and treated.
• Eliminating the stigma associated with addiction is essential to our work.
• Substance use disorders affect individuals, families, and communities across the Commonwealth.
• No single treatment is appropriate for everyone and medications are an important element of treatment for many individuals.
• People affected by substance addiction should be treated with dignity and respect.
• The Bureau of Substance Addiction Services acknowledges the history of structural racism in the United States and its impact on health outcomes. The Bureau is committed to improving the quality of life for all Commonwealth residents, focusing on traditionally underserved and underrepresented populations.

About the Department of Public Health

The mission of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is to prevent illness, injury, and premature death, to assure access to high-quality public health and health care services, and to promote wellness and health equity for all people in the Commonwealth.

We envision a Commonwealth in which all people enjoy optimal health. Massachusetts ranks among the healthiest of states according to comparative analyses, but we face numerous challenges, including chronic and infectious diseases, substance abuse, violence, preventable hospitalizations, and health disparities.

DPH coordinates programs and policies to address specific diseases and conditions and offers services to address the needs of vulnerable populations. We also develop, implement, promote, and enforce regulations and policies to ensure that the conditions under which people live are most conducive to health and enable people to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. We license health professionals, healthcare facilities, and a variety of businesses that impact public health. We operate the state laboratory and four public health hospitals. We monitor health status and manage vital records including births, marriages, and deaths. We educate people about public health issues and work closely with local boards of health and community partners to identify and solve public health problems.

More information can be found at MA Department of Public Health

Pre-Hire Process:

A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. For more information, please visit

Education, licensure, and certifications will be verified in accordance with the Human Resources Division's Hiring Guidelines.

Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law and may be published on the Commonwealth's website.

If you require assistance with the application/interview process and would like to request an ADA accommodation, please click on the link and complete the ADA Reasonable Accommodation Request Form.

For questions regarding this requisition, please contact the Executive Office of Health and Human Services Human Resources at Ext. #4

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, professional experience in accounting or auditing, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions

I. A Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required experience.*

II. A Graduate degree with a major in accounting, business administration or business management may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required experience.*

• Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

Note: Educational substitutions will only be permitted for a maximum of two years of the required experience.

Comprehensive Benefits

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An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.

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