This position is part of the Interior Business Center (IBC), Financial Management Directorate (FMD), IBC Financial Management Directorate. The incumbent will be responsible for serving as a team subject matter expert of indirect cost audits, providing services and guidance to external customers and audit team members.

Duties

Reviews, analyzes, and audits the most complex Indirect Cost Rate Proposals (ICP) submitted by customers for review and negotiation of indirect cost rates. Conducts extensive quality reviews of and approves indirect cost rate negotiations performed by team members, ensuring negotiation agreements and supporting documentation meet regulatory and program requirements. Responds to a variety of customer inquiries, including local government officials and nonprofit officials regarding indirect cost rate matters, interpreting the uniform guidance (2CFR200) and advising the clients indirect cost rate issues. Conducts training on the federal indirect cost rate negotiation process for federal grant officers, program staff, OR the non-federal grantee community.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirement: The GS-0511 series requires applicants to possess a qualifying degree or combination of education and experience as defined below. This is in addition to also meeting the specialized experience requirements. Degree: accounting, auditing; or a degree including auditing courses 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: 1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; 2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or 3. 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. NOTE: YOU MUST PROVIDE LEGIBLE TRANSCRIPTS SHOWING COMPLETED COURSEWORK AND DEGREE(S) AWARDED AS VERIFICATION OF YOUR EDUCATION. In addition to meeting the basic eligibility requirements, applicants also meet the following specialized experience requirement. At the GS-13 level, you must meet the following qualification: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes experience demonstrated knowledge of 2 CFR 200 regulation on cost principles and negotiated indirect cost rates, experience in reviewing and negotiating complex indirect cost rates with non-federal entities such as Tribes, State and local governments, non-profit or for-profit organizations, experience ensuring negotiated indirect cost rates are in compliance with federal regulations, policies, and procedures, preparing and reviewing detailed work paper files and schedules to appropriately document findings and results, providing technical guidance and interpretation of indirect cost rate regulation and policy matters to internal and external customers. Applicants must carefully review the information in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section for important information and instructions pertaining to the multi-hurdle assessment process for this position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or 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.

Only education from institutions which are accredited or preaccredited/candidate for accreditation may be used to meet education requirements.

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 specializes 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 IBC Financial Management Directorate 1849 C. Street NW Washington, DC 20240 US
• Name: Amy Britt
• Phone: 3039803803
• Email: [email protected]