Clarification from the agency

This Merit Promotion position is open to Current Federal Employees and Former Federal Employees with permanent status or reinstatement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply such as Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A), former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Vista volunteers; certain Military Spouses, or individuals eligible under various programs for Veterans (VRA, VEOA, 30% disabled).

• Participates with others of higher grades in the planning and execution of large and complex audits and is given responsibility for directing one of more phases of such audits.
• Gathers, analyzes, and interprets data and determines the evidence that will be used to support conclusions and recommendations.
• Participates in opening and closing conferences with agency officials, discusses factual differences of opinion, and resolves when possible, and attempts to obtain maximum cooperation with minimum friction.

Conditions of employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation.
• May need to complete a Probationary Period.
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date.

Qualifications

You must meet these Basic Education Requirements:

Basic Requirements for Performance Auditors

1. Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in Performance Auditing, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional auditing knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:

   1. A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; or
   2. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

In addition to the Basic Requirements above you must have the following:

You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service or comparable pay band system related to the work of this position.  This specialized experience is defined as planning and executing major segments of highly-complex complex individual audits, helping to identify areas that should be examined, and making presentations to top-level management.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

There is no education substitution at the GS-12 level.

Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA):  If you are applying for a VEOA appointment, you must be a veteran and must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed 3 or more years of active service. ("Active Service" under this law means active duty in a uniformed service and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, full-time National Guard duty, and attendance, while in the active service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary concerned.) A veteran who is released under honorable conditions shortly before completing a 3-year tour is also eligible.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities:  The following links contain information on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority:

• Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments
• Hiring Authorities for Veterans
• People with Disabilities

Important Note:

The review of your resume will determine your final rating and should provide sufficient information regarding how your education and experience relate to this position, including the major duties and qualifications criteria listed.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your resume will be used to evaluate your experience, education, and/or training that address the competencies below:

1. Knowledge of the total audit process, including the planning, execution, and reporting phases.  This includes researching an appropriate operating plan and adapting standard operating procedures and techniques to the situation, applying the methods and techniques of gathering and evaluating evidence, validating findings, establishing conclusions, formulating recommendations, and preparing reports.
2. Knowledge of auditing to review unit operations and control systems to assess the amount and appropriateness of costs and compliance with government regulations.
3. Ability to conduct interviews to give or receive information and to persuade, to participate in or to lead conferences with management, and to make oral presentations.