Single Scope Auditor

Single Scope Auditor

Requirements

• Associate degree in accounting, finance, business, or public administration; or a related field
• At least two (2) years of professional experience in auditing, accounting, finance, or similar field
• An equivalent combination of education and experience that equals an associate degree or the required amount of professional experience

Responsibilities

• Create, print, review and distribute audit correspondence items
• Review Internal Revenue and Oklahoma tax statutes
• Provide written and verbal communication while providing excellent customer service to taxpayers
• Responsible for ensuring taxpayer compliance with Withholding tax statutes and rules by reviewing and auditing withholding tax returns submitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission
• Review two areas of non-compliance, which include underreporting and non-reporting wages or withholding collected by businesses
• Analyze and audit withholding financial records, including the withholding return, internal and external withholding reports, OESC (Oklahoma Employment Security Commission) data, compiling and submitting audit review packets
• Exemption auditors review sales that businesses deduct from their total taxable sales to ensure the deductions fall within the requirements defined by Oklahoma Statues
• 1099K auditors compare credit card sales reported by a taxpayer to gross sales reported to the Internal Revenue Service to identify areas of noncompliance and underreported sales
• 4797 auditors compare the sale of tangible personal property reported to the Internal Revenue Service to the total sales reported to the OTC to identify areas of non-compliance and underreported sales
• Ensure compliance by reviewing the business tax returns, invoices, sales records, and other financial documents
• Analyze and audit bookkeeping, general ledger and financial records, including the Oklahoma sales tax return, federal business returns and individual income tax returns, exemption files and internal data, compiling and submitting audit review packets
• Compare tax returns filed to information reported from outside sources to identify areas of non-compliance and any potential irregularities in deductions that may offset tax owed on oil and gas production
• Analyze and audit the gross production records, including the gross production tax return, taxpayer invoices, and reports from outside sources such as OERB (Oklahoma Energy Resource Board), compiling and submitting audit review packets, reviewing Internal Revenue and Oklahoma tax statutes
• Review application and documentation from taxpayers, which may include individual and/or business returns, exemption documentation, financial documents, invoices, court cases and other pertinent data
• Create and review VDA contracts, work with other areas in the division to ensure prompt review of taxpayer documents, coordinating with division leadership and Legal on contract reviews, presenting VDA cases to the Commissioners when necessary

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient with Microsoft Suite applications
• More than two (2) years of professional experience in auditing, accounting, finance, or a similar field
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or public administration; or a related field