Auditor

Summary

This position serves as an Auditor in the Division of Financial Advisory Services (DFAS). Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM), Office of Management (OM), Office of the Director (OD), NIH. and provides financial advice, participates in the development and implementation of cost policy, resolves audit findings, performs cost analyses and special reviews and negotiates indirect cost rates.

Duties

Advise on or perform systematic examination and appraisal of financial records, financial and management reports, management controls, policies and practices. Audit and review allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement of agency programs, and improper conduct by employees. Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of risk management and internal controls for grants, contracts, accounting, financial, and management reporting systems. Develop detailed audit and review plans for complex and out of the ordinary problems and issues which may have agency-wide impact and require the revision and modification of program procedures and policies. Provide expert advice and guidance to lower graded auditors and others on the interpretation of the regulations and their application to controversial auditing problems, especially where governing laws and regulations are highly interpretive and/or precedents are nonexistent, obscure or conflicting. Evaluate areas for audit/review by obtaining comprehensive data from previous studies, researching and analyzing pertinent laws, legislative history, regulations and management controls. Independently plan, organize, conduct, and report on audits and reviews including objectives, scope, methodology, field work, analyses, findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

Qualifications

In order to qualify for an Auditor position, you must have: A. an accounting degree; 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 accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing". Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor."); OR B. a 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, plus one of the following: a. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This may include up to 6 hours of business law; or b. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or c. Completion of the requirements for a bachelor's 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 response A, provided that (a) I have 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 I have 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 response A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, my education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. In addition, to be qualified for an Auditor, GS-0511 position at the GS-13 level, you must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: 1.) Designing auditing methodology used by others to plan, conduct, and report on Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) compliance audits, and reviews of CAS disclosure statements. 2.) Assessing contractor incurred cost submissions to auditing incurred costs and determine if those are allowable, allocable, and oblige with the contract terms. 3.) Recommending indirect cost rate methodology used by contractor and grantee organizations. 4.) Providing direction to an audit team on cost accounting principles, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations (DEAR), or Department of Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulations (HHSAR). 5.) Applying Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) OR Generally Accepted Auditing Principles (GAAP) while leading audit analysis. AND 6.) Writing summary reports with audit findings/recommendations to organizational leadership that impacted decisions on the acceptance or disallowance of incurred costs. You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Preview application questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13047811

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education.