Audit Supervisor

Role Responsibilities

Join a collaborative internal audit team that plays a key role in strengthening accountability, risk management, and operational effectiveness across government. This role provides independent assurance and advisory services that help departments improve processes, manage risk, and achieve strategic objectives. This position reports to the Audit Portfolio Director and works closely with the Chief Internal Auditor and audit team members on assurance and advisory engagements across the government.

As an Audit Supervisor, you will lead and deliver complex audit engagements from planning through reporting while building trusted relationships with stakeholders across government. This role is ideal for a technically strong audit professional who combines sound judgment, strong project leadership, and practical problem-solving with a modern and service-oriented approach to internal audit.

Major Accountabilities of the role include:

Audit Planning, Risk Assessment & Delivery

• Lead and deliver internal audit and advisory engagements from planning through reporting.
• Develop audit objectives, risk assessments, audit criteria, and testing approaches aligned with professional audit standards.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of internal controls, governance processes, and risk management practices.
• Apply professional judgement based on audit standards, best practices, and experience to provide practical solutions in high-risk areas of government.
  
  

Project & Stakeholder Management

• Manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and deliverables to ensure engagements are completed efficiently and on schedule.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for departments participating in audit engagements.
• Maintain positive and professional working relationships with clients, audit partners, and subject matter experts.
  
  

Leadership & Team Development

• Provide guidance, coaching, and constructive feedback to audit staff and contractors.
• Review work completed by team members to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with audit standards.
• Support staff development through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and learning opportunities.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the audit team.
  
  

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of audit methodologies, practices, and tools.
• Participate in post-engagement reviews and identify opportunities to improve audit effectiveness and efficiency.
• Stay current on professional audit standards, emerging risks, and evolving audit practices, including modern audit technologies and practical AI applications.
• Build a working understanding of departmental data models and source systems relevant to audit scope and use that understanding to design more targeted testing approaches.
• Apply data analysis techniques to support risk assessment, sampling, and testing.
• Maintain awareness of Government of Alberta operating environment, key government priorities, and external factors that affect government, and assess their relevance from an internal audit perspective. 

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

• Systems Thinking: Understands how risks, controls, policies, and operational processes connect across departments and impact broader organizational objectives.
• Drive for Results: Delivers high-quality audit work within timelines while balancing competing priorities and stakeholder expectations.
• Creative Problem Solving: Evaluates complex issues, identifies root causes, and develops practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Build Collaborative Environments: Establishes productive working relationships with clients, audit teams, and subject matter experts to support successful audit outcomes.
• Agility: Adapts to changing priorities, evolving audit practices, and increasingly complex audit environments.
• Develop Self and Others: Supports continuous learning by coaching team members, sharing knowledge, and promoting professional growth.

Qualifications

CPA, CA, CMA, CGA, CIA designation plus a minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible audit experience in internal audit, external audit, risk advisory, compliance, or related areas.

• Experience leading or coordinating audit engagements, projects, or workstreams.
• Strong knowledge of internal audit principles, risk management frameworks, and internal control practices.
• Experience applying professional audit standards, including Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) standards and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information, assess risk, and develop practical recommendations.
  
  

Equivalency
An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered if the candidate is actively enrolled in and pursuing a recognized accounting designation such as CPA, CA, CMA, or CGA.

The following are considered assets:

• Experience auditing within government, public sector, crown corporations, post-secondary institutions, or regulated industries.
• Experience in advisory, operational, financial, IT, or performance auditing.
• Experience working with external vendors, consultants, or contracted audit resources.
• Knowledge of enterprise risk management frameworks and governance practices.
  
  

Applicants are required to provide a cover letter.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 
Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

This is a permanent, full-time position working 36.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Candidates may be asked to participate in a written assessment prior to the interview. The final candidate for this position will be asked to undergo pre-employment checks.

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.

• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool - https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.