This position is located within Financial Management Service of the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS). The auditor performs internal reviews and evaluations of fiscal related activities of various services, centers and clinics within the VALLHCS to ensure accuracy of accounting, financial data, and compliance with government guidelines regulations.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Assists management's efforts to review analyze and evaluate the facility's accounting records, financial procedures, and internal controls. Audits and Performs or assists in special reviews generated by higher-level organizations such as Veterans Integrated System Network (VISN) 22, Management Quality Assurance Service (MQAS), Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act 2010 (IPERA), VA Office of Inspector General (IG), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Joint Commission and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in accordance with established directives and handbooks. Manages activities related to the detection of fraud, waste and abuse; examines and tests operational records and controls to obtain problems and issues that occur. Prepares audit reviews and offers recommendations based on findings and also completes one-time, daily, monthly or quarterly reports, as required. Maintains and provides outcomes regarding financial dashboard items. Performs internal reviews outlined in the VHA Fiscal Quality Assurance Program to evaluate the quality of work performed within fiscal operations. Analyzes accounting records and fiscal data to determine degree of accuracy. Investigates financial procedures and controls to assess compliance with established fiscal policies, procedures and regulations. Conducts joint reviews with the Agency/Organization Program Coordinator (A/OPC) of purchase cardholders and approving officials to determine compliance with applicable policies and procedures of the Government Purchase Card Program. Performs the reviews of the purchase card programs with an emphasis on supporting the most efficient acquisition process and to confirm that there are proper cost, oversight, adherence to timeliness standards, existence of adequate supporting documentation, and adherence to dollar limitations and adequate security of the purchase card. Reviews complex internal operating programs. Designs and/or modifies methods used to track and maintain reliable financial records. Serves as a consultant to operating officials providing not only the auditor's findings on financial transactions but also assisting through objective appraisal of the manner in which financial accounting policies are carried out. Reviews internal controls to prevent waste, embezzlement and unauthorized use of funds. Identifies areas of waste, fraud and abuse and provides recommendations for corrective action. Researches regulations and meets with subject matter experts to develop constructive recommendations for improvements to the financial position of the activity focusing on improving productivity, cost-effectiveness, and quality of work processes. Reports on the financial management of the activities audited and summarizes results of each completed review with particular emphasis placed on describing areas in need of improvement. Collects information about the financial systems or functions scheduled for audit and determines the objectives, phases and required integration for multi-issue audit. Performs prescribed audit functions that are based on precedents and uses conventional audit of complex internal operating financial programs in which there is latitude for a wide variety of processes, system design and implementation methods utilized. Serves as a consultant to operating officials providing not only the auditor's findings on financial transactions but also assisting through objective appraisal of the manner in which financial accounting policies are carried out. Develops adequate financial accounting policies and effective internal controls. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday-8:00 AM- 4:30 PM Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Position Description/PD#: Auditor/PD028520 and PD028750 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/11/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Basic Requirements: Individual Occupational Requirements: This occupation also has Individual Occupational Requirements. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. To qualify for the GS 0511 occupational series, applicants MUST have one of the following: 1. Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in auditing. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. OR 2. 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. NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF CONFERRED DEGREE BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING. LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirements, you must also meet specialized experience as described below to qualify for the Auditor position at the GS-9, and/or GS-11 grade level. GS-9 QUALIFICATIONS GS-9 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying professional, concepts, practices, principles, methods and techniques to programming, budgeting and financial systems; utilizing analytical tools and research techniques to solve accounting issues and providing recommendations for improvement; preparing financial statements and reports; monitoring, analyzing, and reconciling a variety of auditing reports, and data utilizing financial management and automated accounting systems; providing training on queries to standard systems and the use of individual applications; developing new systems and procedures for conducting audits and gathering new types of data and information that incumbent utilizes in VHA Handbook 1730.02. OR EDUCATION: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree OR COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this GS 09 level. GS-11 QUALIFICATIONS GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying professional auditing, concepts, practices, principles, methods and techniques to programming, audits facility programs as they pertain to their associated accounting and/or reporting systems. ; utilizing analytical tools and research techniques to solve accounting issues and providing recommendations for improvement; prepares and submits official reports; correspondences, and completed working papers to reflect methods and procedures in effect; internal controls exercised; adequacy of administrative operation; deficiencies, irregularities and exceptions noted; effectiveness of the overall program, determination of areas of weaknesses; detection of theft or fraud; completes files are made available to all inspection and audit teams from higher echelons for review. Follow-up and correction of all exceptions and irregularities noted by such teams are made from Auditor and Fiscal Officer is advised to the appropriate action taken in each case. OR EDUCATION: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR COMBINATION OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this GS 11 level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementAuditingCustomer ServiceOrganizational Awareness 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 US
• Name: Julia Herrera
• Phone: (909) 583-6177
• Email: [email protected]