Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 1/3/2025
• 2/7/2025
• 3/7/2025
• 4/4/2025
• 5/2/2025
• 6/6/2025
• 7/4/2025
• 8/1/2025
• 9/5/2025
• 10/3/2025
• 11/7/2025
• 12/5/2025

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

Applications will be accepted continuously and processed monthly. The application cut-off is the first Friday of every month. The Department may process applications more or less frequently, subject to operational needs.

The examination title and level in which you are applying to MUST be indicated on the application. All applications must include: “to” and “from” dates (month/day/year), time base, civil service or private sector titles, and the duties performed. Applications received without this information will be rejected.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• AUDITOR SPECIALIST II - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

3698

For AUDITOR SPECIALIST II , once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-03698

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• California State Auditor's Office
  Human Resources
  621 Capitol Mall, Ste. 1200
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• California State Auditor's Office
  Human Resources
  621 Capitol Mall, Ste. 1200
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Your submission of your application indicates that you have read, understood, and possess the qualifications required. Part-time or full-time jobs, regardless of whether paid or volunteer positions, and inside or outside California state service will count towards experience.

Education: Equivalent to graduation from a four year accredited college or university preferably with a major in accounting, business administration, public administration, economics, mathematics, management information systems, computer sciences, computer programming, or a related field. (Registration as a senior student in a recognized institution will admit applicants to the examination, but they must produce evidence of graduation or its equivalent before they can be considered eligible for appointment.)

                                                                            Either I

Experience: Two years of experience in the California state service performing professional information systems auditing at a level equivalent to an Auditor Specialist I.

                                                                            Or II

Experience: Four years of increasingly responsible experience performing professional auditing including at least three years' experience in information systems auditing and programming systems analysis.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

This examination will utilize an evaluation of each candidate’s education and experience compared to a standard developed from the class specification that includes the breadth, quality, and length of time of the education and experience, the relevance of the education and experience to the qualifications of the classification, and the degree to which the competitor’s total education and work history represent suitable preparation to successfully perform the duties and tasks of the classification. For this reason, it is especially important that candidates take special care in accurately and completely filling out their application. List all experiences relevant to the “Minimum Qualifications” and knowledge and abilities shown on the announcement, even if that experience goes beyond the ten-year limit printed on the application. When completing the application include “to” and “from” dates (month/date/year), time base, civil service class titles and/or job titles from the private sector, relevant college or trade school education, certificates, licenses, etc., name(s) or institution(s) and completion dates. Failure to provide complete information may result in rejection from the examination. 

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of: Government Auditing Standards and general audit procedures; principles and practices of organizational management including planning, organizing, accounting, auditing, and quantitative analysis methods; research and information gathering techniques; basic principles and practices of descriptive and inferential statistics; computer source code; processing conventions for large data bases; and other audit software, such as ACL; the organization and management of a broad range of governmental entities; professional information systems auditing, security, and control standards and practices; practices of supervision and staff development and training techniques; and the California State Auditor’s Office responsibility for promoting equal opportunity in hiring and employee development and promotion, and for maintaining a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment.

Ability to: Apply the required knowledge; and learn and apply specialized information systems auditing methods and procedures; clearly understand and define the audit objectives; develop approaches and methodologies to meet audit objectives; identify controversial or sensitive issues affecting the audit; plan, organize, and effectively communicate with audit teams; provide advice and instruction to staff on methods of performing various information systems audits or computer-assisted testing techniques; reason logically and creatively and use a variety of analytical techniques to resolve problems; develop and evaluate alternatives to resolve problems identified; plan, organize, and effectively communicate with office management and audit teams; provide on-the-job-training to, and direct the work of, IT Audit Specialist I; prepare and deliver formal presentations related to Information technology audits; and effectively promote equal opportunity in employment and maintain a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment.

Desirable Qualification: Possession of a valid certificate for Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)

A Departmental Open eligible list for the AUDITOR SPECIALIST II Classification will be established for:

• California State Auditor's Office

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

• California State Auditor's Office

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

California State Auditor's Office reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.