OSA Weekly Update - 12/12/2025
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: Key Reporting Requirements Calendar for Fire Relief Associations
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Watch Out for Scammers Using Phishing or Smishing Email and Text Messages
4. Job Openings
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
We're hiring! The Office of the Minnesota State Auditor is seeking a Senior Local Government Auditor. Enjoy excellent benefits, flexible telework, and the security of a state pension while doing work that strengthens public accountability.
In this role, the ideal candidate will lead audit engagements and handle complex financial work. After training, the role requires just one day a week onsite at the St. Paul office.
The job posting will close on December 29, 2025. If you have any questions, contact Human Resources Director Belle Sarff.
2. Available: Key Reporting Requirements Calendar for Fire Relief Associations
The 2026 Key Reporting Requirements Calendar is now available on the OSA website. The calendar lists each reporting form that fire relief associations must submit to the OSA, reporting reminders, and deadlines for additional required State reporting. Links to the forms are provided within the document.
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Watch Out for Scammers Using Phishing or Smishing Email and Text Messages
Each year, the IRS releases its “Dirty Dozen” of common tax-related scams. For 2025, the category related to email phishing scams may be of particular relevance to local governments and their employees. The IRS describes these scams as follows:
- Phishing is an email sent by fraudsters claiming to come from the IRS. The email lures the victims into the scam with a variety of ruses such as enticing victims with a phony tax refund or threatening them with false legal or criminal charges for tax fraud.
- Smishing is a text or smartphone SMS message where scammers often use alarming language such as, "Your account has now been put on hold," or "Unusual Activity Report," with a bogus "Solutions" link to restore the recipient's account. The promise of unexpected tax refunds is another potential tactic used by scam artists.
This IRS news release, dated February 27, 2025, as well as guidance on where to report attempted scams can be viewed on the IRS website.
A more general IRS Dirty Dozen link – which includes 2025 and prior year information can be viewed on the IRS website.
The full Avoiding Pitfall is available on the OSA website.
4. Job Openings
Local Government Auditor, Senior (St. Paul)
The OSA is seeking a Senior Local Government Auditor. Enjoy excellent benefits, flexible telework, and the security of a state pension while doing work that strengthens public accountability.
In this role, the ideal candidate will lead audit engagements and handle complex financial work. After training, the role requires just one day a week onsite at the St. Paul office.
Start date of approximately January 12, 2026, or after.
The job posting will close on December 29, 2025.
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