Chief, Special Audits Division pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 03245
- Class code
- 03245
- Pay scale group
- ST 11
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Special Audits Division is $102,788 to $156,167 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 03245.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 04/11/2009.
What the state says the job is
This is managerial work in planning, organizing and directing special audit functions and policy and program development within the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Audits, Special Audits Division. The employee in this job is responsible for managing special audits of funds, program activities, operations, grants, or services under the Governor’s jurisdiction to ensure a uniform, enterprise-wide and comprehensive risk-based auditing approach and for reviewing audits prepared by outside audit organizations. Work involves managing a subordinate Section Chief and managers who supervise professional auditors that perform single audit sub-recipient reviews, Commonwealth Annual Financial Report (CAFR) audit finding resolution, planning and advisory services, performance measures, desk reviews, risk assessment, control self-assessment and quality control inspection reviews.
Examples of the work
Plans, organizes and directs the work of Division staff involved in the special auditing functions and related support services through subordinate managers. Establishes, implements and administers enterprise-wide policies and procedures to assure a uniform and consistent special audit program. Provides guidance and technical assistance in reviewing special audit reports prior to their issuance to ensure accuracy and consistency. Manages communications with the Auditor General and other audit organizations to coordinate Commonwealth audit policy, practices, and initiatives, and problem resolution issues.
Minimum qualifications
Six years of professional financial auditing experience including three years in a supervisory capacity and a bachelor's degree including 24 credits in accounting; or An equivalent combination of experience and training, which includes three years of professional supervisory financial auditing experience and 24 credits in accounting.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.