Audit Manager - Government
Rochester, MNFull-time$95–135K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Audit Manager - Government performs audits and other accounting services for governmental entities, including municipalities, school districts, and housing authorities. The role includes planning engagements, conducting fieldwork, preparing financial statements and reports, and performing Government Auditing Standards and Single Audits. The manager also responds to RFPs, guides staff, participates in community activities, and attends continuing professional education seminars.
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Full job description
Job Duties
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Perform audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures for governmental entities, including municipalities, school districts, housing authorities, or other public-sector organizations
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Plan the engagement, perform fieldwork, prepare full disclosure financial statements and required reports for management and regulating agencies, perform other non-audit accounting services
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Plan and perform governmental audits in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book), as applicable
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Plan and perform Single Audits in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, including testing compliance and internal controls over compliance
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Travel to/from engagements, which includes some overnight travel when needed
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Respond to RFP’s
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Evaluate and provide staff with leadership and career guidance
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Actively participate in community activities to develop positive relationships with community leaders and members
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Attend continuing professional education seminars
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Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field, with CPA.
Minimum Experience Required
Six years of experience providing accounting and financial services is preferred; experience auditing governmental entities; experience performing audits in accordance with Government Auditing
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Compensation
$95,000.00 - $135,000.00 / Annually
Postal Code
55901
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
1477
Job Benefits
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Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
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401(k) employer match
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Paid time off
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Paid holidays
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Wellness program
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Flexible work-life balance
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Paid community service day
How this job compares
Set against the 642 open Audit Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$95–135K/yr
- US median$99–187K/yr507 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $115K, is 27% below the US median midpoint ($157K) — in the lowest quarter of Audit Manager salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Audit Manager jobs in Minnesota and 642 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
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- Experience
- Audit Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 5 years (602 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 429 of the 642 open Audit Manager jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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