Senior Director of Internal Audit and Assessment

THE ACTUAL SALARY RANGE FOR THIS POSITION IS $170,000.00 - $180,000.00.

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is the nation’s largest and oldest public housing authority, with a Public Housing and Section 8 Programs that provide housing for approximately 600,000 New Yorkers.

Position Summary

NYCHA is seeking a highly qualified and dynamic individual to serve as the Senior Director of the Department of Internal Audit and Assessment. The successful candidate will serve as a valued partner to management, providing the advisory services necessary for NYCHA to achieve its business goals and objectives with the utmost professionalism, and highest level of integrity and ethics. The Senior Director will report to the Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer.

Primary Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Senior Director of the Department of Internal Audit and Assessment include, but are not limited to the following:

- Lead, guide and evaluate the work of the Department of Internal Audit and Assessment Team.
- Identify and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of NYCHA’s operational and financial controls to effectively manage the Authority’s risk and to strengthen its governance.
- Oversee, manage, and monitor the auditing services contract for internal audit function within the Department of Internal Audit and Assessment (e.g., services include, but are not limited to, conducting annual Enterprise-wide Risk Assessment, including Fraud Risk Assessment, and developing an annual audit plan, and conducting systematic, independent and objective assessments of the NYCHA’s programs and internal controls to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and procedures).
- Manage Request for Proposals process, including review of proposals and vendor selection, for Single Audit of NYCHA.
- Oversee and monitor the auditing services contract for the annual Single Audit of NYCHA, in concert with NYCHA’s Chief Financial Officer.
- Provide guidance and recommendations to NYCHA management on internal controls and risk management.
- Coordinate annual Audit & Finance Committee schedule; and coordinate Audit & Finance Committee information sharing and meetings.
- Communicate with Audit & Finance Committee members, as necessary.
- Pro-actively shape NYCHA’s internal audit procedures, bringing to bear a disciplined approach that draws on industry best practices.
- Evaluate observations and potential process improvements.
- Communicate audit findings to NYCHA management, the Audit & Finance Committee, and the NYCHA Board. Work with NYCHA staff to develop recommendations for process improvements and corrective actions based on audit findings, maintain on-going communication with NYCHA management and staff regarding implementation of recommendations, as well as conduct periodic follow-up for status reporting.
- Serve as liaison, as necessary, with City, State and Federal entities that conduct audits or reviews of NYCHA.
- Review and analyze audit reports and related correspondence from City, State and Federal entities; manage NYCHA responses to such audits; monitor NYCHA responses and the follow-up performed.
- Manage responses and reporting to policy and procedure recommendations provided by the NYCHA Inspector General.
- Manage and develop team of solution-oriented audit professionals to execute responsibilities of the Department of Internal Audit and Assessment, providing ongoing coaching and development.

Key Competencies

- Strong Leader and Capacity Builder: a proven leader with experience in operational audits and the ability to lead a diverse and dynamic set of team members on an individual and corporate level. This includes the ability to assess structural risks, prioritize goals and enforce accountability while maintaining high expectations of staff.
- Solutions-Driven Manager: a creative thinker, especially with experience in developing innovative risk-management measurements and business solutions to improve NYCHA’s performance and sustain it for the long term.
- Strategic Visionary: ability to project how future trends and consequences should drive present decisions.
- Exemplary Communicator: ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, while maintaining an acute discernment of audience. Capable of translating complex and potentially confusing information for the layperson.
- Proven track record of senior stakeholder management and influence.

Additional Information

1. NYCHA employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
2. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, responsible, full-time experience in a government agency or business firm conducting administrative or management studies, assisting an executive in directing the administration of a large organizational segment or directing or coordinating the administration of several small organizational segments or
performing any appropriate combination of these duties, at least 18 months of which must have been in a responsible administrative, consultative, managerial or executive capacity; or

2. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, consultative, managerial or executive experience as described above.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.