Audit associate Jobs in Berkeley, CA

Job Title: Director of Performance and Audit

Ride BART to a satisfying career that lets you both: 1) make a difference to Bay Area residents, and 2) enjoy excellent pay, benefits, and employment stability. BART is looking for people who like to be challenged, work in a fast-paced environment, and have a passion for connecting riders to work, school and other places they need to go. BART offers a competitive salary, comprehensive health benefits, paid time off, and the CalPERS retirement program.

The Director of Performance and Audit provides strategic leadership over BART's performance management, internal audit, compliance, and organizational accountability functions. The position evaluates the effectiveness of BART programs and business processes, oversees audits and performance reviews, monitors key performance measures, and identifies opportunities to strengthen internal controls and improve organizational performance.

The most qualified candidates for this position will have highly developed competencies in the following areas, which will be reinforced with related work experience and will be clearly articulated during the selection process:

• Extensive leadership experience in performance management, internal audit, program evaluation, compliance, or a related field within a complex public-sector or large organizational environment.
• Strong knowledge of governance, risk management, internal controls, and public-sector accountability practices.
• Proven experience analyzing complex operational and financial data and translating findings into actionable recommendations for executive leadership.
• Experience developing performance metrics, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to monitor organizational effectiveness and outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate effectively with executives, Board members, departments, external stakeholders, and oversight agencies.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly to executive and public audiences.
• Experience identifying operational risks, evaluating controls, and recommending improvements that strengthen efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.
• Advanced knowledge of audit, performance management, data analysis, and business improvement methodologies.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and above), religion, national origin (including language use restrictions), disability (mental and physical, including HIV and AIDS), ancestry, marital status, military status, veteran status, medical condition (cancer/genetic characteristics and information), or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) prides itself in offering best in class benefits packages to employees of the District. Currently, the following benefits may be available to employees in this job classification.

• Medical Coverage (or $350/month if opted out)
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Insurance (Basic and Enhanced Plans Available)
• Retirement Plan through the CA Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
• Money Purchase Pension Plan (in-lieu of participating in Social Security tax)
• Deferred Compensation & Roth 457
• Sick Leave Accruals (12 days per year)
• Vacation Accruals (3-6 weeks based on time worked w/ the District)
• Holidays: 9 observed holidays and 5 floating holidays
• Life Insurance w/ ability to obtain additional coverage
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Survivor Benefits through BART
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Health and Dependent Care
• Commuter Benefits
• Free BART Passes for BART employees and eligible family members.