Audit Supervisor

About the Job: As an Audit Supervisor, you serve as the Office of the City Auditor’s frontline leader, overseeing complex assurance and advisory engagements while ensuring alignment with the IPPF (2024 Global Internal Audit Standards) and Office methodologies. You drive risk-based audit execution, develop and mentor audit staff, and advance the Office’s strategic priorities through high-quality, standards-aligned work. In this pivotal supervisory role, you reinforce a culture of integrity, accountability, continuous improvement, and service while strengthening the maturity and impact of the internal audit function.

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Your starting pay will be within the posted hiring range based on your years of experience and education. See the full potential of growth for this position here: 2026 Salary Schedule

As an Audit Supervisor, you will:

• Lead complex financial, compliance, performance/operational, and Information Technology (IT)/cyber audits from planning through reporting. 
• Supervise and coach audit staff, translate strategic priorities into actionable expectations, and drive staff development through structured feedback and competency-based plans. 
• Ensure training and professional development are implemented, strengthen engagement quality through methodology enforcement, and advance the Quality Assurance and Improvement Program (QAIP) through ongoing monitoring and assessments. 
• Coordinate integrated assurance with risk management, compliance, and external auditors, deliver executive-ready reports for senior stakeholders, and contribute to annual audit planning using risk insights and capacity analysis.
• Other duties as assigned
• Learn more about this position by visiting the City of Colorado Springs Class Specifications page.

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:
Knowledge of:

• 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards and related guidance
• Advanced audit methodology design including risk assessment, analytics, sampling, continuous auditing, and documentation standards.
• Municipal operations, governance, enterprise risk management, compliance, and fraud risk management
• Data analysis including sampling, anomaly detection, and continuous monitoring.
• IT/cybersecurity control awareness (e.g. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies (COBIT)
• Microsoft 365, Audit Command Language (ACL)/Analytics, TeamMate, SharePoint, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Excel/Power query, and Power Business Intelligence (Power BI).

Ability to:

• Build team capabilities, coach staff, manage performance and support strategic plan execution
• Communicate effectively, including executive-level writing, negotiation, and conflict management.
• Lead internal assessments, benchmark maturity, and implement improvement plans
• Coordinate with second line and external assurance providers

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, public administration, or a related field. 

• Five (5) years of professional experience in auditing, accounting, or compliance, or related field, including experience leading engagements. 

We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education. 

The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants. 

• Experience in municipal or utility environments. 
• Project management or Information Technology (IT) audit experience. 
• Certification (e.g., CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), PMP (Project Management Professional), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) or advanced degree.

Please contact Shereen Ross at [email protected] for any questions about this position.