Director of Audit Services – Municipal Tax & Revenue

Our client is seeking an experienced Director of Audit Services to lead and advance audit and revenue discovery programs supporting municipalities and local government agencies.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an audit professional with experience in local tax and fee administration, external audits, revenue discovery, and municipal or public-sector client engagement. The ideal candidate understands how to evaluate tax and fee data, identify reporting gaps and missed revenue opportunities, and translate audit findings into meaningful revenue recovery and enhancement for clients.

Job Summary

Lead and advance audit programs with a focus on accuracy, innovation, and business-friendly taxpayer engagement. This role is responsible for ensuring that audit methodologies remain effective, scalable, and aligned with organizational goals, while identifying opportunities for revenue recovery and enhancement.

The Director of Audit Services partners closely with leadership, municipal and public-sector clients, taxpayers, and internal teams to maintain high-quality audit outcomes, improve processes, and support the continued evolution of audit programs through data, technology, and operational insight.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of local tax and fee audit and revenue discovery programs, including methodologies, processes, analytical tools, and technology-supported solutions.
• Direct quality-control reviews of audit results and analyses to identify missed, underreported, or incorrectly allocated tax and fee revenue, including sales and use tax and other local revenue opportunities.
• Oversee external audit and revenue discovery activities involving taxpayers and businesses on behalf of municipalities and other public-sector clients, maintaining an accurate, professional, and business-friendly approach.
• Partner directly with municipalities and local government agencies on tax and fee administration, audit, revenue discovery, and revenue enhancement matters, serving as a trusted subject matter resource.
• Evaluate complex tax and fee data, reporting practices, transactions, and audit findings to identify revenue recovery opportunities and determine appropriate courses of action.
• Communicate audit findings and revenue opportunities clearly to clients, taxpayers, businesses, leadership, and other stakeholders, translating complex findings into practical and actionable recommendations.
• Participate in client meetings, proposal development, interviews, presentations, and special projects involving tax and fee administration, audit services, and revenue enhancement.
• Provide senior leadership and executive teams with reporting and insight regarding audit program performance, revenue recovery opportunities, emerging trends, risks, and opportunities for continued improvement.
• Lead and develop the audit team through performance metrics, quality standards, goal setting, coaching, and consistent audit practices while partnering with internal teams to improve processes, technology, data analysis, and client outcomes.

What Success Looks Like

• Identifies meaningful revenue recovery and enhancement opportunities while maintaining accurate, consistent, and defensible audit outcomes.
• Strengthens audit methodologies and processes through data, technology, and operational insight, improving effectiveness and scalability.
• Builds trusted relationships with municipal clients, taxpayers, businesses, executives, and internal stakeholders.
• Balances effective revenue discovery and recovery with a professional and business-friendly taxpayer engagement approach.
• Develops a high-performing audit function with strong quality standards, consistent methodologies, accountability, and a focus on continuous improvement.

Education and Experience

• 5+ years of experience in local tax and fee auditing, sales and use tax, tax administration, revenue discovery, or revenue recovery, preferably supporting municipalities or other local government agencies.
• Demonstrated experience conducting, managing, or overseeing external audits or revenue discovery efforts designed to identify missed, underreported, incorrectly allocated, or recoverable tax and fee revenue.
• Experience working directly with or on behalf of municipalities, local government agencies, taxpayers, businesses, or public-sector clients on tax, fee, audit, or revenue administration matters.
• Knowledge of local tax and fee programs, sales and use tax, revenue allocation, compliance, and audit methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and evaluate revenue recovery and enhancement opportunities through audit, data analysis, or compliance review.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, accounting, public administration, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret complex financial, tax, transactional, and operational data.
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex audit findings to a variety of stakeholders.
• Detail-oriented, collaborative, and results-driven, with a strong focus on accuracy, quality, and continuous improvement.

Ideal Background

Candidates with experience in municipal revenue consulting, local tax and fee administration, public-sector revenue auditing, sales and use tax auditing, tax allocation and revenue discovery, or similar government-focused audit services are especially well aligned with this opportunity.

• Candidates do not need to have worked directly for a municipality. Experience providing audit, tax, fee, revenue discovery, or revenue recovery services to municipalities and local government agencies is highly relevant to this role.

Pay range and compensation package

• Pay Range: $170,000 – $255,000
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.