For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 23-NM-12078807-DE.

Duties

The United States Attorney's Office (USAO) District of New Mexico is seeking an Auditor to work within the Office's Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) unit. The Auditor will perform audit activities related to the detection and investigation of fraud, waste, or abuse in Government programs, including health care fraud, defense procurement fraud, contractor fraud, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud, and other government program fraud. Typical work assignments will include: Conducting audits in support of investigations and litigation involving the government's affirmative civil enforcement of federal laws, particularly the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§3729-3733, the Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)(1)(A), and the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn(a); Reviewing, auditing, and understanding complex data, including Centers for Medicare & Medicaid claims data and PPP loan data, and activities of entities and individuals involved in health care fraud, defense procurement contract fraud, and other government program fraud; Reviewing, analyzing, and auditing a variety of financial and accounting data for suspected fraud in complex organizational dealings and unraveling sophisticated techniques for moving funds and shielding illegal activity; Examining financial and audit documents and reconstructing partial or inadequate records of financial transactions; Conducting investigations to make net worth determinations regarding the ability of individuals and organizations to pay settlements and judgments; and Preparing concise and accurate audit reports, charts, summaries, and schedules that draw conclusions from your analysis and investigation. Conducts conferences and interviews with members, officers, directors, and representatives of financial institutions, Federal contractors and grantees, health care providers and related entities, law enforcement agents of Federal, state, tribal and city governments and other branches of the Federal government (including DOJ personnel), Certified Public Accountants and others within the accounting and financial fields/professions, attorneys (including relator's counsel), and others as necessary. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

In order to be found qualified for this position, you must meet one of the basic requirements described below in A AND the minimum qualifications described below in B. A. Basic Qualification Requirements: Degree: A bachelor's or higher degree in accounting; OR A bachelor's or higher degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; OR Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. All applicants must include a copy of transcripts to verify education AND B. Minimum Qualifications: GS-13: To be eligible at the GS-13 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. Specialized Experience is defined as: Experience conducting reviews and investigations to determine whether there have been violations of various Federal Statutes primarily concerning fraud and involving various federal relationships, with an emphasis on the healthcare, defense and energy sectors ; Preparing concise and accurate reports; Conducting document review on Relativity and other platforms; Conducting and documenting witness interviews; Examining and analyzing a variety of records and other evidence of transactions and activities of entities and persons under investigation; Conducting ability-to-pay analyses; and Calculating damages. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) -VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement. Special Employment Consideration - Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address District of New Mexico 600 E Street NW Washington, DC 20002 US
• Name: Jessica Sierra
• Phone: (505)224-1483
• Email: [email protected]