LOTTERY - Auditor (Auditor II) (Houston)

LOTTERY - Auditor (Auditor II) (Houston)(00051502)

Organization

:TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION

Primary Location

:Texas-Houston

Work Locations

:HOUSTON CLAIM CENTER13101 Northwest Fwy.SUITE 150Houston77040

Job

:Business and Financial Operations

Employee Status

:Regular

Schedule

:Full-timeStandard Hours Per Week:40.00

Travel

:Yes, 50 % of the TimeState Job Code:1046Salary Admin Plan:BGrade:20

Salary (Pay Basis)

:4,263.17-4,500.00(Monthly)

Number of Openings

:1

Overtime Status

:Exempt

Job Posting

:Jul 28, 2025, 6:08:09 PM

Closing Date

:Ongoing

Description

About the Texas Lottery

Our Mission Statement: The Texas Lottery is committed to generating revenue for the State of Texas through the responsible management and sale of entertaining lottery products. The Texas Lottery will incorporate the highest standard of security, integrity, and responsible gaming principles, set and achieve challenging goals, provide quality customer service and utilize a team approach.

Texas Lottery is a great place to work!

Our headquarters is located on the new Texas Capital Mall in the George H.W. Bush Building directly across from the Bob Bullock Museum and across from the University of Texas. We have multiple field offices across the state. We provide free parking for all our employees.

We offer competitive compensation, including merit increases for outstanding performance; longevity payments after two years; opportunities for hybrid work from home for qualifying positions; generous paid leave; health insurance; dental and vision insurance; numerous state and federal holidays; tuition assistance; state employee discounts; 401(k) and 457 and a cash balance pension for employees entering state service after September 1, 2022.

Effective 9/1/2025 the Texas Lottery and this position will be transitioning to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Applicants that previously applied for the Auditor (Houston), CAPPS Posting Number 00049914, will be considered and need not reapply.

Job Summary:

Performs moderately complex (journey-level) bingo audit work.Work involves examining, investigating, and reviewing records, reports, financial statements, information systems, and management practices, performing inspections to ensure compliance with state statutes and internal policies and procedures, and conducting audits for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness.Assists in the training and development of other auditors.Works in a manner that exemplifies and supports the agency’s core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, fiscal accountability, customer responsiveness, teamwork, and excellence. Works under general supervision with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.Daily office activity and assignments coordinated by the Regional Audit Coordinator, if applicable.This position reports to the Audit Manager.This is a 100% in-office position.

Qualifications

·Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field is required.(Experience in accounting or auditing, in excess of the required two years, may substitute for college on a year-for-year basis.)

• Two years experience in accounting or auditing is required.
• Experience with personal computers including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook or other email applications, Microsoft PowerPoint, and databases is required.
• Must be willing to work irregular hours, weekends, holidays, and nights as workload may require.
• Must be willing to travel up to 50% within the State is required. (Use of personal vehicle for work-related travel is required in compliance with State and Agency travel rules and procedures.)

·Must have a current driver’s license.

• Experience with TeamMate or other auditing or accounting software is preferred.
• Certification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP) is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

·Knowledge of auditing standards, accounting methods and systems, generally accepted auditing standards, legal contracts and business law, and information technology/system controls.

• Knowledge and understanding the Bingo Enabling Act and Charitable Bingo Administrative Rules.
• Skill in the use of personal computers including Windows and Microsoft products (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and auditing or accounting software.

·Skill in data analysis techniques.

• Skill in gathering, analyzing, and drawing accurate and logical conclusions about information.
• Ability to compose clear and concise audit reports and correspondence.

·Ability to communicate effectively.

·Ability to interview client staff.

• Ability to evaluate accounting and management operations systems for accuracy and legal conformance.

·Ability to train others.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective, professional working relationships with staff and clients.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time, work under deadlines, and operate standard office equipment and computer software.
• Ability and willingness to work in various environments, including premises licensed to conduct bingo.
• Ability to work with complex numerical detail for long periods of time.

Essential Job Functions:

Conducts audit and inspection assignments:

• Performs routine-to-moderately-complex audit and inspection work including Conductor Compliance Review (C) audits, Financial Desk Review (F), Limited Scope Review (L), Game Observation (O), Game Inspections (G), Destructions (D), Books and Records (I), and Testing Electronic Card Minding Devices (T) that are primarily small to medium in scale to determine in compliance with laws, rules, and regulations.
• May assist in conducting special investigations including CBOD complaints and Undercover Inspection/Investigation (U).
• Examines and analyzes the management operations, internal control systems and structures, and accounting records for reliability, adequacy, and accuracy, and reviews compliance with applicable regulations.
• Advises on requirements, liabilities, and penalties for non-compliance, and recommends accounting systems control improvements.
• Reviews applicable laws, regulations, procedures, and applies auditing standards.
• Completes assignments within budgeted hours and deadlines established.
• Plans and organizes audit and inspection activities and work.

·May assist in quality control work.

• May assist in planning and organizing office audit activities.

Prepares working papers in accordance with professional standards, division policies, procedures and guidance:

• Obtains sufficient and appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for audit findings and conclusions and supports audit objectives.
• Uses professional judgment to determine the sufficiency, relevancy, and appropriateness of evidence, including interpreting, summarizing, or analyzing evidence and in reporting the results of the audit work.
• Ensures that evidence is relevant, valid, and reliable, and used to address the audit objectives and support findings and conclusions.
• Ensures adequate evidence to support the findings and conclusions related to audit objectives and audit procedures.
• Performs statistical and random sampling.
• Organizes working paper documentation in consistent, orderly, and complete format.
• Prepares audit working papers accurately and completely including appropriate information obtained and documented with correct spelling and grammar used.
• Prepares working papers in the required system and/or software accurately and completely.

Professionally and competently communicates (both verbally and in writing) with internal and external parties.Communication includes audit reports, written results of inspection and audit reviews or work performed, oral presentations or briefings to management and/or the Commissioners, representing the Division to internal parties, and representing the agency to external parties.

• Prepares inspection and audit reports of findings, outlines discrepancies, and recommends corrective actions.
• Prepares complete audit reports that include audit objectives, scope, methodology, the audit results, including findings, conclusions, and recommendations, as appropriate.
• Prepares audit reports in a logical, organized, and concise format, supported by working papers and factually accurate, including correct spelling and grammar. Succinctly and timely communicates status of projects and activities including any deviations from assignments and audit activities, and reports erroneous or questionable transactions.
• Prepares PowerPoint presentations and presents the audit topic at the internal Annual Audit Conference.

Stays abreast of changes and developments in the environment that may impact the operations of the Commission and of changes and developments in the auditing profession and charitable bingo industry.

Conducts all work in accordance with professional standards, division policies and procedures, and maintains uniform, professional standards of audit work.

May testify at administrative hearings and before courts of jurisdiction.

Conducts audit administrative work in accordance with policies and procedures.

• Prepares timesheets and travel requests timely, accurately, and completely.
• Reviews and assists in revising templates and procedures for department projects.

Performs related work or special assignments as assigned.

The Texas Lottery Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications must be completed online through CAPPS Recruit by 11:59 p.m. on the posting's closing date. When a job opening is posted Open Until Filled, it is best to apply as quickly as possible, as the posting may close or be placed on hold at any time with or without prior notification.

All applicants must submit a thoroughly completed on-line application through CAPPS Recruit, answering all applicable questions, whether starred with an asterisk or not.Applications must contain complete job histories, which includes job title, dates of employment, name of employer, supervisor's name and phone number and a description of duties performed.If this information is not submitted, your application may be rejected because it is incomplete. Resumes do not take the place of this required information.

Instructions for completing the on-line State of Texas Application for Employment can be found here:

https://www.texaslottery.com/export/sites/lottery/About_Us/Employment_Opportunities/how_to_apply.html

Please be aware that additional information or documents will not be accepted for purposes of determining eligibility after the closing date.

Applications will NOT be accepted via mail, hand delivery, fax or email.

Qualified applicants selected for interviews will be contacted by the agency. If you are scheduled for an interview and require any reasonable accommodation in the interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls you to schedule your interview. Whenever possible, please give the hiring representative sufficient time to consider and respond to your request.

All candidates recommended for a position will be subject to an extensive criminal background investigation, including fingerprinting. The State Lottery Act contains provisions that set out causes for rejection if applicable. All positions are employment at will.

Inquiries regarding the status of an application will be answered as time and agency resources allow.

RELATED MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODES

Veterans, Reservists, or Guardsmen with a MOS or additional duties or other related fields pertaining to the minimum experience requirements may meet the minimum qualifications for this position and are encouraged to apply.

Additional Military Crosswalk information can be accessed at:

https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_AccountingAuditingandFinance.pdf

SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION

In accordance with legislation effective September 1, 1999, male candidates aged 18 to 25 are required to show proof of selective service registration (or exemption) prior to an offer of employment. Such proof is not required to be filed with an application but must be provided upon request by the Human Resources office.

E-VERIFY

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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