Job opening: Auditor (Performance)
Salary: $53 105 - 84 441 per year
Published at: Nov 01 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
You will assist in conducting performance audits of DoD operations or audits of DoD finance and accounting systems.
In order to be considered for this position, you must have graduated or plan to graduate within the next nine months. Transcripts must show the date the degree was awarded. If you are not yet graduated, provide a letter or e-mail (obtain this from your advisor or registrar's office) showing your anticipated graduation date. See education requirements below for more details.
Duties
Research applicable laws, directives and other regulatory material to gain audit knowledge.
Identifies applicable personnel and relevant data related to the area being audited.
Organizes and summarizes audit data to support finding elements.
Assists in writing segments of draft and final reports.
Assists in developing audit recommendations for management action.
Holds discussions with audit clients to discuss audit work and explain conclusions.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National.
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov).
- Suitable for federal employment.
- This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
- Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with DoD OIG.
- The incumbent must adhere to the DoD Standards of Conduct.
- This position requires a security clearance at the Secret (Non-Critical Sensitive) or TS/SCI (Special Sensitive) level.
Qualifications
Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting.
or
Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in Performance Auditing, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional auditing knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; or
Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must meet the specialized experience described below.
GS-7 Specialized Experience: You must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Demonstrates skill in utilizing basic knowledge of auditing principles and procedures; working as part of an auditing team; and accomplishing basic auditing data collection.
GS-9 Specialized Experience: You must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Demonstrates skill in utilizing basic knowledge of auditing principles and procedures in the planning and execution of audits, working as part of an auditing team; and accomplishing basic auditing data collection.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience.
Only experience and/or education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
Education
Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:
GS-07 One full year of graduate level education or
Superior Academic Achievement may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
GS-09 Two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education, Master's or equivalent graduate degree, may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.
Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be used to substitute for the specialized experience requirement.
ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide unofficial transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more that 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specialized in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address DoD OIG - DIG FOR AUDIT
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350
US
- Name: IRIS RIVERA
- Phone: 703-604-8956
- Email: [email protected]
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