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Responsible for the management and oversight of compliance, external audit and investigations sections performing complex audits and investigations of administrative and technical functions, Department grants, contracts, and agreements to determine compliance with Department policies, procedures, directives, and relevant laws. Work involves planning, organizing, conducting risk assessments, and overseeing compliance engagements, audits, advisory services, and investigations in conformance with professional auditing and investigative standards and other program requirements. Responsible for maintaining, reviewing, and preparing confidential information. Reports to the Chief Audit Compliance Officer. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence. Essential Duties:Develops policies and procedures that establish standards for compliance and prevent and detect serious breaches of departmental policy, fraud, waste, and abuse of office, including any acts of criminal conduct within the department.Ensures and promotes a professional, responsive, and ethical work environment.Oversees risk assessments in areas of responsibility of potential fraud, waste and abuse and in conjunction with the Administration develops and implements policies and procedures to identify, prevent and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse.Oversees the development and implementation of compliance training education and other preventative mechanisms for reducing risk of non-compliance, fraud and/or abuse.Oversees the operation of TxDOT WATCH, the Departmentandrsquo;s website and telephone hotline established to report alleged fraud, waste, abuse and/or violations of the department's ethics policy.Presents to the Commission reports of investigations and a summary of information relating to investigations conducted at each regularly scheduled commission meeting and at other appropriate times deemed necessary.Provides the State Auditor's Office and appropriate law enforcement officials with information and evidence relating to criminal acts.Researches ethics and compliance issues, advises on ethics/compliance questions and interprets laws, rules and regulations related to ethics/compliance; interprets laws in coordination with General Counsel Division, the agency's primary legal advisor.Responsible for independently and objectively reviewing, delegating, and overseeing the investigation of conduct, criminal activity, allegations of wrongdoing by employees, crimes committed on department property and breaches of department policy.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.