Clarification from the agency

Applicants with status (i.e., current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility) and those eligible for appointment under special hiring authorities; in the local commuting area; and veterans eligible for VEOA appointment.

• Plans audits, evaluations and legislative/regulatory driven modifications or additions involving IT, including the use of computer assisted auditing techniques, information retrieval and reporting and IT auditing of FDIC programs or operations.  Collaborates with managers and assignment teams to establish assignment objectives.  Determines the methodology, techniques and procedures to be used to meet assignment objectives.  Performs research to gather background information about the program and identifying relevant criteria.

• Leads audits, evaluations and legislative/regulatory driven modifications or additions involving IT, including the use of computer-assisted auditing techniques, information retrieval and reporting and IT auditing of FDIC programs or operations.  Communicates the OIG’s strategic and Office operating plans to the team while integrating these plans into the team’s goals, objectives, work plans, products and services.  Provides day to day technical direction, monitoring and guidance to the team and facilitates compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures and standards. Identifies, distributes and balances workload and tasks among team members; adjusts workload in accordance with established priorities, policies and procedures  and Government Auditing Standards or Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation. Tracks and reports on the team’s status and progress of in meeting milestones and deadlines.  Provides leadership to the team in exploring alternatives and formulating and implementing processes and procedure improvements and guides the team in selecting and applying appropriate problem-solving methods and techniques.  Represents the team in dealings with the OIG managers to obtain resources and secure needed information or decisions from management.  Provides information to management regarding team member performance, training needs as well as performance management issues/problems and recommends corrective actions.  Ensures work is completed in accordance with OIG policies and procedures and Government Auditing Standards or Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation.  Trains staff in IT auditing, providing guidance and direction on aspects of the assignment.

• Reviews documents provided by or prepared by program officials to ascertain accuracy and completeness of information provided and/or to test compliance with program controls.  Gathers, analyzes and interprets data to support conclusions and recommendations and determining the evidence that will be used to support conclusions and recommendations.  Leads site visits, conferences briefings, interviews and other meetings with FDIC, financial institution representatives and OIG management.  Prepares, reviews and presents reports encompassing the results and recommendations from audits, evaluations and reviews ensuring the quality and accuracy of all written products.

Conditions of employment

Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.

Employment Conditions.

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

High Risk Position – Background Investigation (BI) required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

1. Degree in: Accounting or 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-

1. 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.

Applicants who are not currently in the Auditing (0511) occupational series must submit a copy of their college transcript showing credit hours and grades.  Education must be from accredited institutions.

In addition to the Basic Requirements, the applicant must the following:

Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in responsibility and scope to the grade 13 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is a minimum of one year of experience as an auditor, auditor-in-charge or equivalent or higher level position including lead auditor, audit manager, senior manager or audit director which routinely required involvement in planning, supervising, leading, overseeing and conducting audits under generally accepted government auditing standards and that addresses IT and/or cyber security concepts, operations and requirements.

Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors - if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement.  Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination.  Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.  

The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below.  Top ranked candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

• A mastery of professional accounting and auditing standards and principles.
• Skills required to develop, modify, select and apply appropriate methods of auditing and evaluation techniques, apply new concepts, theories and related applications.
• Skills required to apply computer technology and applications to auditing practices and principles, including the use of computer-assisted auditing techniques, information retrieval and reporting, and IT auditing and government IT standards.
• Knowledge in areas of IT governance and planning, IT investment portfolio management, system development projects, general support and business system operations and maintenance, information security program management, network administration, database management, quality assurance, problem resolution and service level agreements. 
• Ability to sufficiently prepare and present complicated and intricate written materials in a clear and concise manner.
• Skill in planning, organizing, implementing and monitoring audit assignments or projects within narrow quality tolerances and demanding time frames.
• Ability to work effectively in a team oriented environment, providing leadership, direction and motivation to the assignment team.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs.  Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.