Internal Audit

Empire State Development

📍New York, NY
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Internal Audit

Company

Empire State Development

Location

New York, NY

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4398084848

Job Description

Description
Duties Description

  • Applicants MUST submit a cover letter with resume to be considered.

  • This position will require in-office presence. Hybrid work schedules may be possible based on specific job duties and consistent with ESD policy.

  • Minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Please contact Human Resources if you require an accommodation.

Basic Function
Provide independent review and effective internal audit coverage for ESD (ESD/DED) by conducting financial, operational, compliance, and program audits. The objective is to evaluate and recommend improvements to the system of internal controls and the effectiveness and efficiency of ESD/DED operations.

Work Performed

  • With moderate supervision, conducts financial, operational, compliance and program audits, after planning, organizing and implementing a comprehensive audit program and approach.

  • Reviews and evaluates the system of internal and management controls and assesses the likelihood of financial errors and identifies dollar errors which have occurred.

  • Evaluates the effectiveness of programs or operations under audit, identifying and documenting audit recommendations and obtains responses from management.

  • Maintains a strategic perspective in identifying potential concerns, assessing financial risks and procedural issues, taking into consideration the impact of the various departmental inter-relationships.

  • Prepares formal Audit Reports, with moderate supervision, for presentation to management, and obtains and evaluates (with AVP/VP input) adequacy of Management’s responses.

  • Perform one or more multiple ongoing project assignments. Responsible for completing audits in an effective and efficient manner, with moderate supervision. Takes initiative to inquire about new projects when others are completed or postponed and monitor ongoing events of projects.

  • Responsible for input and action regarding audit decisions during the audit and provide input to Audit superiors to assist the department in deciding who and what to audit and when.

  • Assist in conduct of the annual internal control certification process.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Education Level required: Bachelor’s degree. Associate degree with 6+ years of direct relevant experience may substitute for BA requirement. MBA / professional certification (CPA, CIA, CISA or CMA) helpful.

Relevant experience required: Four + years of business experience including 2 or more years of internal/external audit. Additional experience in private industry or government, with exposure to controls in such diverse functional areas as accounting, finance, operations (service-based), information systems and project management.

Knowledge required: Techniques of internal/external auditing; principles of internal controls; strong written, oral and interpersonal communication skills; basic PC skills (spreadsheet and word processing).

Additional Comments
Salary range as specified.

Comprehensive Benefits Package.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How do you approach evaluating the system of internal and management controls to assess the likelihood of financial errors in a government or corporate setting?
  • 2.When preparing a formal audit report for management, what key elements do you include, and how do you evaluate the adequacy of management's responses to your findings?
  • 3.This role involves conducting the annual internal control certification process. Can you explain your understanding of this process and your role in it?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to maintain a strategic perspective during an audit, considering the inter-relationships between different departments.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you identified a significant procedural or financial risk, but management initially pushed back on your audit recommendation.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you managed multiple ongoing audit projects simultaneously. How did you ensure they were completed effectively and efficiently?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are conducting a program audit and realize that the current audit approach is not effectively capturing the operational inefficiencies you suspect exist. Your supervisor is unavailable for immediate guidance. What do you do?
  • 2.You have just completed an audit and submitted your report, but a department head refuses to provide a formal response to your recommendations by the deadline, claiming they are too busy. How do you handle this?

Resume Keywords

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Internal AuditInternal ControlsComplianceRisk AssessmentAudit ReportsFinancial AuditingOperational AuditingProgram AuditsManagement ResponsesProject ManagementGovernmentCPA/CIA

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