This position is located within the Office of the Deputy Inspector General for Audit. You will conduct performance audits of DoD operations or audits of DoD finance and accounting systems. Candidates applying to the Ft. Meade location - If you do not have an active TS/SCI clearance, you will temporarily work at our headquarters, which is located in Alexandria, VA. Once your clearance is finalized, you will be assigned to the Ft. Meade office.

Duties

Research applicable laws, directives and other regulatory material to gain audit knowledge. Develop audit guides and provide a clear path for developing findings, identifying root causes, explaining the effect, and preparing actionable recommendations. Lead assigned audit team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks among employees to accomplish the overall mission. Research, learn, and apply a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to identify, analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work products. Utilize audit data to evaluate results and develop audit reports, findings, and recommend solutions. Lead meetings with internal and external officials.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S Citizen
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov).
• This position requires a security clearance at the Secret (Non-Critical Sensitive) or TS/SCI (Special Sensitive) level.
• 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.

Qualifications

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: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; or 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must meet the specialized experience described below. GS-11 Specialized Experience: Applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent under GS or another pay system that demonstrates skill in researching applicable laws, directives, and other regulatory material to provide assistance in planning and conducting audits in accordance with appropriate standards, provide assistance in collecting audit data and drafting audit reports within established guidelines. GS-12 Specialized Experience: Applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent under GS or another pay system that demonstrates skill in researching applicable laws, directives, and other regulatory material to plan and conduct audits in accordance with appropriate standards, collecting audit data, drafting audit reports within established guidelines, and providing recommendations to correct deficiencies found during audits. GS-13 Specialized Experience: Applicant must have 52 weeks of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service or another pay system that demonstrates skill in utilizing professional knowledge of the theory, concepts and practices of accounting or auditing to ensure quality work when conducting audit reviews; analyzing data, drawing conclusions and recommending corrective action; and ensuring overall project is accomplished within appropriate standards, or other established guidelines and timelines. 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

GS-11 Three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement.

There is no substitution of education for the qualifying experienceat the GS-12 & GS-13 grade level.

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, conferred date, 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.

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]