Posting Detail Information
Working TitleExecutive Assistant and Audit Coordinator - Internal Auditing
Position LocationFort Collins, CO
Work LocationPosition qualifies for hybrid/in-office work
Research Professional PositionNo
Posting NumberAP
Position TypeAdmin Professional/ Research Professional
Classification TitleProf/Indiv Contrib I
Number of Vacancies1
Work Hours/Week40
Proposed Annual Salary Range$71,500-$85,000
Employee Benefits
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Position End Date (if temporary)
To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on05/04/2025
Description of Work Unit
The CSU System is a public, higher education system focusing on teaching, research, and service and is comprised of a System Office in Denver and three distinct institutions: Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado; Colorado State University Pueblo in Pueblo, Colorado; and Colorado State University Global, a 100 percent online institution. CSU also has a presence at the National Western Center through CSU Spur, a free educational destination in Denver.
The mission of the Colorado State University ( CSU ) System Internal Auditing (IA) department is to add value through independent, risk-based assurance, advice, and insight. IA strives to be a trusted, valued partner providing impact for all CSU System Stakeholders.
Position Summary
This position is located at the CSU campus in Fort Collins, Colorado and reports to the Director of the Internal Auditing Department. This position supports a team of nine, including audit staff at both the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses.
The position performs a variety of technical and administrative duties as required by the daily operations of the Department. This includes providing audit support, managing complex meeting schedules, making travel arrangements, processing expense reimbursements, purchasing supplies for the department, planning and managing logistics for training and teambuilding events, and serving as the departmental human resource liaison, which includes assisting with staff searches and coordinating onboarding and offboarding activities.
The Executive Assistant is instrumental in meeting deadlines and anticipating the daily needs of the staff, including ensuring adequate preparation for meetings and events.
This is a hybrid work arrangement with an opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days per week. The position will require occasional daytime travel to the other campuses and the CSU System Office.
Required Job Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of related experience supporting professional staff OR candidates with a high school diploma (or GED ) plus 6+ years of related experience supporting professional staff.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated strong attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to maintain effective working relationships with a diverse group of constituents.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to apply the rules of grammar to written work products.
• Experience with completing work while performing under competing deadlines, shifting priorities, interruptions, and limited time frames.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must have a valid driver's license or the ability to obtain a driver's license or access to a licensed driver by the employment start date.
• The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. by proposed start date; Internal Auditing will not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Preferred Job Qualifications
• Experience with basic human resource management tasks, such as entering leave records, assisting with recruitment and hiring, etc.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Access, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with event planning and execution.
• Knowledge of Colorado State University System institutional policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge of Human Resource Information Systems and Financial Management Systems.
• Working knowledge of applications used by the Colorado State University System (e.g., Oracle or Workday, Kuali Financial System, Talent Management System, Vista Plus).
• Experience developing, implementing, and administering departmental office systems, instructions, and procedures. Essential Duties
Job Duty CategoryGeneral Administrative Support
Duty/Responsibility
• Use Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Pro to prepare the Internal Auditing materials for bi-monthly Board of Governors meetings.
• Maintain and monitor schedules for recurring tasks and ensure timely execution.
• Maintain Internal Auditing files and records in accordance with university, state, and internal auditing policies and procedures.
• Maintains computer equipment inventory and related records.
• Serve as billing point of contact for Internal Auditing applications and submit help tickets for these applications and general IT issues on behalf of staff members.
• Log Compliance Reporting Hotline reports and assist the Assistant Audit Director with recording and storing follow-up information.
• Perform administrative tasks related to office purchases and expense processing:
• Determine proper method for purchasing equipment and office supplies from departmental account and initiate purchases using university applications or a university procurement card.
• Maintain electronic files of supporting documentation.
• Ensure proper storage of office supplies and equipment upon receipt.
• Reconcile expenses on a monthly basis.
• Use the Kuali Financial System to initiate invoice payments, purchases, employee reimbursements, and other transactions.
• Use the Kuali Financial System to set up travel profiles and process pre-trip and post-travel documents for the Director and Internal Auditing staff according to university policies and procedures.
• Use Microsoft Outlook to schedule meetings, occasionally high-volume, and provide meeting support for the Internal Auditing Director and staff.
• Schedule staff meetings, leadership meetings, and committee meetings.
• Prepare and upload meeting agendas.
• In the absence of the Director, respond to urgent communications and direct the communication to the appropriate staff member.
• Other duties and projects as assigned. Percentage Of Time50
Job Duty CategoryAudit Support
Duty/Responsibility
• Use Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat to proofread, format, publish, and distribute Internal Audit reports, correspondence, and other documents. Edit according to the CSU Writers Style Guide
• Format according to the Internal Auditing Manual.
• Assist auditors with monitoring open and overdue recommendations.
• Enter new recommendations into the Microsoft Access database.
• Generate monthly open and overdue reports from the database and generate certification forms for staff.
• Update or close audit recommendations in the database
• Prepare and distribute to System leadership monthly or quarterly updates on the status of audits.
• Set up new projects in the electronic audit workpaper system.
• Create electronic surveys in Survey Monkey at the direction of auditors and monitor survey responses to share results with the auditors.
• Assist in the set-up of co-sourced audits, including setting up new vendors in the Kuali Financial System and assisting with vendor onboarding documentation.
• Perform duties to assist in the completion of internal audit assignments as requested by staff. Percentage Of Time25
Job Duty CategoryRisk Assessment Support
Duty/Responsibility
• Prepare risk assessment files and surveys for the annual risk assessment process.
• In coordination with the Director, prepare the annual risk assessment schedule.
• Schedule annual risk assessment meetings for entire team and send questionnaires to interviewees in advance of meetings.
• Assist the staff in collecting and summarizing annual risk assessment information and conclusions to help formulate future audit plans. Percentage Of Time10
Job Duty CategoryEvent Planning
Duty/Responsibility
• Plan and coordinate logistics related to office events, such as teambuilding and staff training retreats. This includes: . click apply for full job details
Date Posted: 23 April 2025
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