Financial Compliance Monitor - Compliance Analyst V

AGENCY DESCRIPTION:CSEC is a Texas state agency that is the state's authority on emergency communications. CSEC is located in downtown Austin, Texas in the George H. W. Bush State Office Building across from the Texas State History Museum. CSEC administers the state 9-1-1 service program and the statewide poison control program and is also administering a multi-year statewide federal grant program to transition Texas to providing Next Generation 9-1-1 Service. For 9-1-1, the Commission provides grants to 20 Regional Planning Commissions (RPC) to provide 9-1-1 service in the majority of Texas. For poison control, Commission provides grants to six Regional Poison Control Centers (RPCC) to provide poison control services to the public and health care professionals. The Commission comprises nine voting Commissioners appointed by the Governor (five members), the Lieutenant Governor (two), and the Speaker of the House of Representatives (two); plus, three non-voting ex officio Commissioners. JOB DESCRIPTION:Reporting to the Executive Director, the Financial Compliance Monitor (Compliance Analyst V) performs highly advanced (senior-level) grant compliance and financial compliance analysis work, to include desk and/or site reviews on entities receiving 9-1-1 or Poison Control Program funds in accordance with State law, regulations, and policies to include Texas Grant Management Standards and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and Principles.Work involves conducting, planning, scheduling, coordinating, and reviewing grant monitoring and compliance activities and reporting results; as well as providing guidance and technical assistance to grant recipients. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.An employee at this level is considered a technical expert in the grant compliance and financial monitoring field and will be required to:- Create, implement, operationalize, and manage a grant financial compliance program.- Develop policies and standards; coordinate guidance provided to internal staff and grant recipients; and resolve related issues and concerns. DUTIES PERFORMED:- Performs compliance and financial monitoring activities that are highly complex in nature, including coordinating assignments and audit activities.- Oversees and/or develops compliance and financial monitoring scopes, programs, objectives, procedures, and deliverables.- Oversees and/or prepares compliance and financial monitoring reports, including the preparation of outlines, specification of internal reviews, preparation of draft reports, review of draft reports with grant recipients, preparation of the final reports incorporating grant recipients as appropriate, and submission of the final reports for review and approval.- Conducts post-monitoring assessments.- Conducts grant recipient interviews.- Recommends and advises the senior management team regarding changes in grant administration processes, information systems, and accounting or management procedures.- D evelops and implements annual compliance and financial monitoring plans.- Reviews compliance and financial monitoring activities for completeness, compliance with standards, uniformity in method, and adherence to statutes, departmental rulings, and legal decisions.- Provides technical advice on the requirements, liabilities, and penalties of compliance and non-compliance.- May testify before governmental bodies, juries, courts, or in administrative hearings.- Performs related work as assigned. EDUCATION:Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, business administration, public administration, finance, economics, or a related field is generally preferred. EXPERIENCE:Five (5) years of experience in auditing, accounting, compliance monitoring (financial), f nancial investigation, and/or grant management (financial).Note: Experience and education may be substituted for one another on a year-for-year basis. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:- Knowledge of accounting and auditing methods and systems; generally accepted auditing standards and procedures; and computer technology principles, terminology, programming, and automated systems.- Skill in the use of a computer, applicable software, and sampling techniques.- Ability to compose clear and concise compliance and monitoring reports, to gather and analyze accurate and relevant audit information, to evaluate accounting and management operations systems for accuracy and legal conformance, to accurately complete and assemble working papers, and to communicate effectively. WORK ENVIRONMENT:This job operates in a professional office environment with the ability to work remotely on an ad hoc basis.Frequent use of a computer, phones, printers.[]{style=

Created: 2026-01-16