The Administrator shall:

1. Report to the Director.

2. Develop long-term and annual work plans to be based on the results of periodic documented risk assessments. The annual work plan must list the agencies to which the Division will provide training and assistance and be submitted to the Director for approval. Such agencies must not include:

(a) A board created by the provisions of NRS 590.485 and chapters 623 to 625A, inclusive, 628, 630 to 644A, inclusive, 648, 654 and 656 of NRS.

(b) The Nevada System of Higher Education.

(c) The Public Employees’ Retirement System.

(d) The Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry.

(e) The Colorado River Commission of Nevada.

3. Provide a copy of the approved annual work plan to the Legislative Auditor.

4. In consultation with the Director, prepare a plan for auditing executive branch agencies for each fiscal year and present the plan to the Committee for its review and approval. Each plan for auditing must:

(a) State the agencies which will be audited, the proposed scope and assignment of those audits and the related resources which will be used for those audits; and

(b) Ensure that the internal accounting, administrative controls and financial management of each agency are reviewed periodically.

5. Perform the audits of the programs and activities of the agencies in accordance with the plan approved pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353A.038 and prepare audit reports of his or her findings.

6. Review each agency that is audited pursuant to subsection 5 and advise those agencies concerning internal accounting, administrative controls and financial management.

7. Submit to each agency that is audited pursuant to subsection 5 analyses, appraisals and recommendations concerning:

(a) The adequacy of the internal accounting and administrative controls of the agency; and

(b) The efficiency and effectiveness of the management of the agency.

8. Report any possible abuses, illegal actions, errors, omissions and conflicts of interest of which the Division becomes aware during the performance of an audit.

9. Adopt the standards of The Institute of Internal Auditors for conducting and reporting on internal audits.

10. Consult with the Legislative Auditor concerning the plan for auditing and the scope of audits to avoid duplication of effort and undue disruption of the functions of agencies that are audited pursuant to subsection 5.

(Added to NRS by 1995, 397; A 1997, 505; 1999, 2890; 2001, 944; 2003, 626, 909, 2077; 2005, 1139; 2017, 1544)