Employees of the class exercise significant independence in judgment and action to complete the work. The State Auditor 3 uses laws, regulations, procedures, operating manuals and guidelines established by Standards Boards. The laws and guidelines are used to express opinions on financial statements, evaluate the economy and efficiency of government programs and operations, and decide if public assets are appropriately safeguarded, and if public funds are spent properly. They also use these guidelines to decide if assets, liabilities, fund balances, equities, revenues and expenditures are properly recorded and reported. Such travel may occasionally include overnight or weeklong trips to do audits.
Work hours are occasionally irregular.
The State Auditor 3 must meet continuing educational requirements specified in the government auditing standards. Employees of this class are subject to a background check by the Oregon State Police. Extensive knowledge of principles and practices of organizational management such as planning, organizing, budgeting, directing and reviewing operations. Extensive knowledge of principles and practices of management such as directing, motivating, controlling and decision processes. Extensive knowledge of auditing techniques such as analytical review procedures, statistical sampling methods, quantitative methods, account analysis, reconciliation methods, flowcharting.