Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates, Noncompetitive, Former Federal Employees with Reinstatement Eligibility, Land & base management, VEOA, Individuals with Disabilities, Military Spouses, Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Vista, Eligible Family Member, Special authorities, ICTAP, and CTAP.

The incumbent will serve as AUD Compliance Manager (Supervisory Auditor), under the general direction and supervision of the AOQC Director. 

As a Supervisory Auditor (Performance) Compliance Manager you will:

• Perform compliance analyses on responses to open recommendations related to final audit and evaluation reports.
• Research technical questions and coordinates briefings and meetings in furtherance of seeking resolution of open recommendations.
• Identify material instances of noncompliance with and/or untimely responsiveness to open recommendations and follow up as appropriate.
• Update recommendation status in databases and spreadsheets in a timely and accurate manner and periodically reviews and compares database information with actual correspondence to ensure database and spreadsheets are accurate.
• Provide technical and administrative direction to subordinate employees performing the work and functions of the organization. Setting priorities and deadlines for the work to be accomplished.
• Define jobs, selects employees, and assigns work to staff; defines technical work requirements and milestones; assesses employee accomplishments by accepting or rejecting work products.
• Recommend employee promotions and recognition; approves leave; implements performance modifications; and takes corrective actions as appropriate.
• Provide advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on administrative and work matters and ensures a continuing affirmative application of OIG policies concerning equal opportunity.
• Review all AUD reports to assess soundness, clarity, and consistency of recommendations.
• Identify potential difficulties that action offices may have when implementing recommendations included in the report and proposes modifications to the project team.
• Oversee statistical and other highly technical methodological support (including data analytics) for AUD teams.
• Provide feedback on statistical sampling and other methodological issues included in audit and evaluation reports and providing alternatives to address any issues identified.
• Responsible for planning, directing, and administering compliance follow-up review projects.
• Provide information for the agency to use to improve program performance and operations; reduce costs; facilitate decision making by parties responsible for overseeing or initiating programs; and contributing to public accountability.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• You will be subject to random drug testing.
• One-year probationary period may be required, unless excepted by regulation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance
• If selected, you will be required to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure (OGE Form 450).
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the 1-year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within-grade Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s with an effective date more than one year old).

All applicants MUST meet one of the basic qualification requirements described below for this position:

BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting.  (OIG will also consider degrees in: economics, public policy, international relations, international affairs or political science)

   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.

Note: All applicants MUST submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement OR a certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination as described under Combination of Education and Experience above by the closing date of this announcement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you WILL lose consideration for this position.

IN ADDITION to meeting one of the basic qualification requirements listed above, to qualify for this position the applicant MUST have at least 1-year of specialized experience that has equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the federal service. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience in overseeing compliance process; providing day-to-day management and supervision of the on-going compliance analysis; reporting on audit recommendations.  
• Experience in supervising auditors and providing technical and administrative direction to subordinate employees performing the work and functions of the organization.
• Experience in conducting independent audit review work and follow-up reviews on selected audits and/or recommendations issued by an Office of Audits.
• Experience in providing leadership to assigned staff that contribute to or conduct compliance analysis and reporting and subject matter experts in statistical and data analysis. 

In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:

• Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; 
• Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
• Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations;
• Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
• Capacity to "see the job through."

How you will be evaluated

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

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics that are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by information in your resume:

• Superior knowledge of professional standards, theories, practices, methods, and techniques of performance auditing and evaluations sufficient to review audit and evaluation reports and to perform compliance on recommendations included in those reports.
• Superior ability to verbally communicate effectively to present briefings, lead meetings, or otherwise represent OIG at internal or external functions or events.
• Superior ability to communicate effectively in writing to develop clear, concise, and accurate compliance follow-up review reports appropriate for the type of audience that would use the reports.
• Superior organizational, managerial, and leadership skills, including the ability to effectively manage the professional development of staff.
• Ability to plan, organize, schedule, and prioritize the workflow of a project.
• Ability and skill to assesses required components of audit and evaluation reports to ensure that findings included in the reports support the recommendations being made, in accordance with professional standards.
• Knowledge of goals, objectives, and strategic and performance plans sufficient to support the accomplishment of goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable generally to topics being reviewed.

Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume should include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. For assistance with creating a resume, please click here.

Qualified candidates are assigned a score between 70 and 100. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) candidates must be rated "Well Qualified" for the position and earn a score of at least 85 (when applicants are rated in a range of 70 to 100) to receive consideration for selection priority. If, after reviewing your resume and self-assessment questionnaire responses and a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, a score will be manually determined that reflects your documented experience. This may result in a lower score, which may also eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Applicants must meet all the qualification requirements and submit any required supporting documentation by the closing date of this job opportunity. Your application package must contain sufficient information to make a valid determination that you fully meet the basic/specialized experience requirements as stated in this job opportunity announcement for each grade level(s) for which you are applying. Applicants found to be among the top qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring official for further consideration and possible interview.