Auditor Accountant

Classified Ad Title:
Auditor Accountant

Post Date
9/8/2025

Expiration Date
10/8/2025

Details:
Job title: Auditor/Accountant
Agency: North Dakota Real Estate Commission, a State government commission
Job located at 1120 College Drive, Suite 204, Bismarck
Full-time, non-classified position with full State benefit package
Hiring salary range: $75,000 to $95,000 per year based upon qualifications and experience
Hired and supervised by Executive Director
www.realestatend.org

Job description
Summary of work:
The North Dakota Real Estate Commission is charged with protecting the public by regulating
the standards of practice of licensed real estate salespersons and brokers, which includes
auditing and monitoring broker trust accounts, continuing education, insurance and registration
required by specific state statues and rules. The Auditor/Accountant conducts trust account and
other audits, monitors compliance with established state statutes and rules, assists real estate
licensees with their trust account maintenance and other requirements, and serves as the
accountant for the commission.

The Auditor/Accountant will:
• Plan and conduct remote trust account audits according to a schedule.
• Plan and conduct, or oversee the conduct, of remote audits of licensee continuing
education.
• Track, or oversee the tracking of, real estate firm licensing and organization registration,
errors and omissions insurance, systematically alert licensees to upcoming deadlines, and
take appropriate action on noncompliant licensees.
• Develop summary analyses and reports of audit findings.
• Develop and monitor correctional plans for brokers.
• Provide ongoing technical assistance to licensees.
• Provide daily and monthly accounting services for the agency.
• Assist Executive Director with annual budget and monthly reporting, agency
accounts management, and human resource management duties.
• Respond to outside audit firm on biennial fiscal audit of the agency.
• Assist other staff as needed with licensing processes such as applications, renewals,
transfers, trust fund waiver requests, and other duties.
• Make recommendations to commission and legal counsel as directed.

Qualifications:
Additional details of Auditor/Accountant duties:
1. Apply established auditing procedures and guidelines for real estate brokers to maintain
trust account records according to applicable state statues and rules.
2. Continue an established schedule and conduct remote routine and special audits of
real estate broker trust accounts to assure highest compliance. An audit may be on
site if circumstances require it.
3. Develop correctional plans for brokers to assure compliance within timeframes. This
involves monitoring progress according to plan; determining whether persistent
problems warrant disciplinary action; and making recommendations for action.
4. Assist legal counsel as directed in complaint investigations and occasional hearings
when trust account records are relevant.
5. Provide ongoing technical assistance to brokers and other real estate licensees on
trust accounts.
6. Maintain internal controls for managing agency income and expenditures through
generally accepted accounting practices.
7. Serve as the sole accountant for the agency, which includes completing monthly payroll,
paying bills, all fiscal record keeping, and assisting the private accounting firm hired to
conduct biennial agency audits.
8. Assist Executive Director in managing income, various accounts, and reserves.
9. Track income and expenditures for monthly reports and draft annual budgets.
10. Report trust account audit findings and agency current financial statements at Commission
meetings.
11. Operate as a member of a team of 4.5 staff to assure accurate and timely
processing of licenses and high compliance with all statutes and rules for trust
accounts, continuing education, and insurance.
12. Assist Executive Director in human resource management such as income and
benefits reporting, onboarding of new employees and commissioners, and
establishing policies and procedures.
13. Assist Executive Director by providing ongoing monitoring of agency operations
performance to assure integrity and efficiency.
14. If a CPA, maintain CPA certification through continuing education and all other
CPA requirements.
Minimum qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or related field
• 3 years auditing and accounting experience
• proficient in QuickBooks or QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word
• strong analytical skills
• ability to work with others with various levels of accounting expertise to assure
compliance with trust fund and other requirements
• excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
• highly motivated self-starter
Preference may be given to candidates with State government accounting experience and
candidates who are Certified Public Accountants (CPAs).

Comments:
Job title: Auditor/Accountant
Agency: North Dakota Real Estate Commission, a State government commission
Job located at 1120 College Drive, Suite 204, Bismarck
Full-time, non-classified position with full State benefit package
Hiring salary range: $75,000 to $95,000 per year based upon qualifications and experience
Hired and supervised by Executive Director
www.realestatend.org

Application procedure: Email your: cover letter, resume and college transcripts (copies
and unofficial transcripts accepted) to: Jeanne Prom, Executive Director, at
Jeprom@nd.gov.

Paper submissions will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and
initial phone interviews will be conducted as soon as possible. This may be followed by
additional interviews. The job opening closes when an applicant is hired.

For more information and for any assistance in the application process, contact Jeanne Prom
at 701.328.9737 or Jeprom@nd.gov

Equal employment opportunity
The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services
and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act. As an employer, the State
of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. §
23-12-10.

Employer:
North Dakota Real Estate Commission
Contact:
Jeanne Prom

Address:
1120 College Drive Suite 204
Bismarck, ND

Email:
Jeprom@nd.gov