Interstate Field Auditor II - Remote

The North Carolina Department of Revenue (NCDOR) currently has openings for Interstate Field Auditor II positions. Candidates for this position must be located within 50 miles from the center city of Boston MA; Philadelphia PA; Baltimore MD; Detroit, MI; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; or the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area. NCDOR does not provide relocation compensation.

This position may be eligible for a geographic cost-of-living supplement* with the exact rate/percentage dependent on the assigned duty station as this posting indicates several possible duty stations. 

The primary purpose of this position is to conduct independent examinations of financial records of taxpayers that have unique or special audit features or anticipated accounting, tax law, or investigative problems. The audits are complex and include Fortune 500 companies in the incumbent's designated geographical area. It is the responsibility of the Field Auditor II to review and audit, in an accurate and thorough manner, all tax schedules administered by the Department to ensure they are in compliance with the statutes and to make appropriate adjustments based on the accounting records available.

Areas of responsibility include: 

• Perform complex and specialized audits 

• Justify and defend audit findings

• Communicate comprehensive information on matters of complex nature in a concise manner

• Write comprehensive reports of examinations that serve as the basis for changes and proposed adjustments in cases of considerable importance and complexity

• Investigate beyond what is reported on a tax return, and detects situations where the potential exists for taxes to be understated or expenses/deduction to be overstated

• Accumulate all pertinent facts and documentation

• Exercise adequate judgment to know when to end an examination

• Utilize a variety of accounting systems, including computerized systems, including those peculiar to certain businesses and industries in order to make complex tax determinations.

Some overnight travel is required throughout the year. 

*A geographic cost-of-living supplement ("supplement") is a supplemental wage in addition to, and separate and apart from, base pay where there exists increased costs essential to living in and being assigned to an out-of-state duty station for the convenience of, and by assignment of, the agency. Supplements are based on the cost of living in particular geographic areas, may fluctuate, are subject to change, and are not employee entitlements. Applicable rates/percentages for supplements are established by the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) based on market data and are calculated as a percentage of the position's annual base pay and added to the position's monthly pay.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Demonstrated experience performing independent examination and analysis of sales and use tax and/or complex corporate returns, records, financial statements, and systems for accuracy, completeness and conformance to statutes and rules

Comprehensive knowledge of state and federal tax issues, auditing and accounting theories and principles

Experience performing complex, specialized audits

Experience justifying and defending audit findings

Demonstrated extensive technical expertise in working with large complex (Fortune 500) taxpayers

Recruitment Range: $70,478 - $123,336