Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens - Current career United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General, United States Postal Service and United States Postal Inspection Service will not be considered or selected from this vacancy announcement.

NOTE: This posting will be used to fill near future vacancies within our agency. Official offers will be made when a vacancy opens.

Please note that the duties and responsibilities associated with this position may vary based upon the agency's needs at the time of hire. The following description of major duties and responsibilities is only intended to give applicants a general overview of the expectations at the GS-11/12 level.

• Performs all necessary functions of an audit, individually and as a member of an audit team, with limited oversight in accordance with OIG policies and procedures and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards. Assesses such matters as general, application, and security controls; data integrity; systems life cycles; acquisitions; and information technology management.
• Plans audits by considering organization objectives, structure, policies, processes, internal controls, and external regulations; identifying risk areas; preparing audit scope and objectives.
• Develops individual audit programs and plans including functional responsibilities; specific project assignments; audit objectives and requirements; advanced field work knowledge, skills and abilities; references; formats for data display and reports; and special instructions covering contingencies.
• Ensures audit plans address the objectives and provide a clear path for developing convincing findings and actionable recommendations.
• Leads data collection efforts, ensuring that evidence collected is reliable, sufficient, relevant, and properly documented in the project work papers; ensures compliance with applicable professional standards and OIG policy.
• Selects and applies appropriate information systems software, tools and testing methods to collect, arrange, process, analyze, and present data; develop conclusions; and make recommendations.
• Reviews and interprets complex systems data and reports; policies; standard operating procedures, and contracts to determine validity and compliance with procedures, internal directives and regulatory requirements.
• Performs or assists with tests and evaluations, obtains samples, and retrieves and analyzes computer processed information.
• Uses critical thinking, data analytics, and applied logic to discern meaning of and interpret data, identify risks, evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, develop novel approaches to problems, and reach insightful conclusions.
• Develops well supported findings and appropriate recommendations that are cost-effective and actionable.
• Produces audit documentation such as internal review reports, management agreements, followup assessment reports, findings, corrective and preventive action plans, internal reviews, scopes of work, policies, standard operating procedures, process flow charts, and work instructions, to effectively communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Drafts audit reports and other documents that are clear, convincing, accurate, technically thorough, and appropriately targeted to the OIG's customers' needs.
• Assumes Auditor-in-Charge (AIC) duties as assigned, coordinating the activities of an audit team including developing project budget, tracking staff hours, establishing and monitoring milestones, and mentoring junior staff. Represents the audit team at meetings with OIG and USPS management.
• Conducts research; identifies issues and risks; and makes recommendations to Office of Audit concerning possible subjects for audit.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Makes recommendations to Office of Audit management concerning improvements to audit policies and procedures.
• Maintains liaison with other offices, agencies and other appropriate organizations as needed.
• Responds to inquiries, including requests from the media through the Director of Communications, Congressional staff and the Board of Governors.
• Acts as a mentor to peer auditors, providing training and managing work and projects as necessary.
• Conducts followup reviews of management actions taken to correct identified deficiencies.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must be able to pass a drug screening
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (Tier 5) security clearance and background investigation
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government-issued credit card
• May be required to successfully complete a 12-month probationary period

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

You must meet ALL of the minimum qualifications listed below.

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, business administration, finance, accounting, or public administration from an accredited college or university (You must submit transcripts.) PLEASE NOTE: To be eligible for the Auditor (0511), a degree is needed 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.
• Four (4) years of experience conducting financial, program or performance audit analysis in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of programs, functions, and operations. You may substitute up to 4 years of specialized United States Postal Service experience for the auditing experience.

• Knowledge of IT Information Systems and Information Security
• Advanced degree in Accounting, Business, or any other related business degree
• Professional certification(s), i.e.: CPA, CIA, FSCM, CPIM, CFCM, CPCM, etc.
• Experience in TeamMate

• Mastery of a professional knowledge of the theories, concepts, principles, and practices of information systems auditing sufficient to conduct difficult assignments involving interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, functions, policies, and various issues.
• Skill in analyzing various information systems related problems and in developing findings, recommendations, and technical solutions for emerging technologies.
• Ability to evaluate computer security associated with various information technology environments, operating systems, hardware, software components, systems, and/or subsystems.
• Ability to select and use appropriate data analytics methods and tools applicable to large data sets in order to reach conclusions based on fact.
• Ability to use computers, auditing, statistical and business intelligence software packages such as SAS, ACL, PowerBI, or standard MS Office products at a level sufficient to identify and utilize appropriate techniques to plan and track audits, analyze, interpret, and display complex data results, and present findings.
• Ability to write communications that convey concise and comprehensive information on matters of a complex nature which are appropriate for the targeted audience and require minimal editing.
• Ability to communicate verbally and deliver presentations to convey information and issues of a complex and technical nature, incorporating information obtained through research in a manner understandable to a non-technical audience.

How you will be evaluated

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

Candidates resumes will be evaluated on the skills that they possess that are directly related to the duties of the position and the experience, education and training that indicate the applicant's ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position. The candidates will be evaluated based on the Self-Assessment Questionnaire and supported Required Documents.

The Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications required for this position. You will no longer be considered for this position if you: receive a zero (0) rating on any evaluation factor; fail to attach all required documentation; if your application materials indicate that you are not minimally-qualified for this position; or if you fail to qualify on the interview. Only the top-rated candidates will be referred to a review official or the selecting official for further consideration. Top-rated applicants may be required to participate in an interview. Your rating may be further adjusted or rated as ineligible by the review official or the selecting official based on your interview performance. Once all applicant scores are finalized, the selecting official will make a final decision. NOTE: If you receive a zero (0) rating on any evaluation factor or on the interview, you will be considered NOT MINIMALLY QUALIFIED for the position and rated ineligible.

A 2-part structured interview will be conducted for the top rated applicants. Part 1 will include a 1-way video interview. For part 2, top rated candidates may be invited to participate in a panel interview.