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About Our Directorate:
The Finance & Pricing Directorate conducts audits and reviews that examine how the Postal Service's activities, organization, and policies relate to its strategic vision and mission. These audits and reviews focus on a variety of areas, including retirement and other long-term obligations, cash and liquidity, executive compensation, accounting records and processes, and other areas of financial risk to the Postal Service. The directorate also supports the independent public accountant in the annual audits of financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, and issuing the opinion on the Postal Service's reclassified financial statements in support of the governmentwide financial statement audit.


About the Position:
As the Audit Manager, you will supervise the activities of staff engaged in performing audits and reviews that examine how the Postal Service's activities, organization, and policies relate to its strategic vision and mission. As a successful candidate, you will have relevant experience in:

• Managing staff responsible for performing financial and pricing and costing related audits, evaluations, assessments, and/or reviews.
• Actively managing audit projects to ensure that professional standards are maintained throughout the planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases, including the accumulation and documentation of evidentiary data that is technically sound and in accordance with OIG policies and procedures and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
• Preparing reports, correspondence, briefings, and other deliverables in a clear and concise manner so that audiences easily understand findings, conclusions, recommendations, or related information.
• Presenting oral briefings to management and other stakeholders.
• Communicating project status and results to all levels, as needed, internally and externally, and advocating audit recommendations, and influence approval and implementation of agency-wide solutions and plans.
• Developing audit plans, including scheduling projects and staff assignments and manages budget to comply with the organization's needs and reviewing and approving the objective, scope, methodology, data analysis and plan of each project.
• Conducting and overseeing research on complex audit issues involving major uncertainties in approach and interpretation.
• Functioning as a member in a high-performing team.
• Supervising, coaching, mentoring, and developing staff. Accomplishes results by communicating job expectations; monitoring and appraising job results; addressing performance issues; and providing actionable feedback and career development opportunities.
• Establishing and maintaining productive working relationships and consistent professional communications with Postal Service management and staff and other pertinent internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing leading critical thinking and audit and programmatic knowledge, including identifying issues and determining innovative solutions; maintaining awareness of related developments and trends; prioritizing work; and managing and summarizing data analysis.
• Ensuring team members meet acceptable standards for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and completeness.
• Reviewing working papers, reports, or other written products to ensure they are accurate, timely, and clear.
• Providing oversight and coordination of contractors to accomplish Office of Audit mission and objectives while adhering to established regulations, guidance and policy, and meeting acceptable standards for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and completeness.
• Assisting in implementing agency-wide program goals, assessing performance measures, and recommending program improvements.
• Representing the organization in meetings with high-level officials from the Postal Service, other agencies, vendors, and members of external organizations.
• Leading equitable requirement, selection, training, awards, and assignments under the Equal Opportunity Program.

The duties and responsibilities associated with this position may vary based upon the agency's needs at the time of hire. The preceding description of major duties and responsibilities is only intended to give applicants a general overview of the expectations.

Compensation: The USPS OIG is an Excepted Service agency, uses a Pay Banding system, which is equivalent to the Federal GS scale. Grade and salary determinations will be made based upon a candidate's education and professional experience.

This position is being advertised at the Manager Band level, equivalent to a GS-14. The salary range for this position is $143,504.00 - $191,504.00. The salary figures include locality pay. For locality table specifics, visit: OPM's General Schedule (GS).

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to pass a drug screening.
• Must be able to pass a background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Moderate Background Investigation (MBI) clearance.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government-issued credit card.
• May be required to successfully complete a 12-month probationary period.

Qualifications

Position Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory)
You must meet all the minimum qualifications listed below.

Professional Experience (Mandatory)

• Four (4) or more years of professional, full-time experience conducting and leading complex, multi-location (organization-wide) performance audits, evaluations, or similar oversight work performed in accordance with GAGAS at an OIG or similar audit organization. Your resume must reflect where, when, and how you gained this experience.

Education Requirement (Mandatory)

• Degree in auditing or in a related field (see below list for acceptable fields) such as business administration, public administration, or technically related. (Transcripts Required)

OR

• A combination of education and experience - four (4) years of professional, full-time experience conducting performance audits, evaluations, or similar oversight work, 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:
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) OR
  • Completion of a degree with at least fifteen (15) semester hours in accounting or auditing. (Transcripts Required)

Related Degrees (Optional/Acceptable Fields)

Business-Related Fields

• Auditing, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics/Mathematics, Finance, International Business, Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior/Psychology, etc.

Government-Related Fields

• Criminal Justice, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Policy, Law, Public Relations/Communications, etc.

Technical Fields

• Data Science/Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Human Resources, Information Technology, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Logistics, Contract/Supply Chain Management, etc.

Desirable Qualifications (Optional)

• Knowledge of Postal Service financial operations and Sarbanes Oxley internal control processes.
• Knowledge of Financial Accounting Standards Board, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 and Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control-Integrated Framework requirements.
• Advanced degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, law, public administration, public policy, or a related field.
• Intellectual curiosity and experience in imagining strategic solutions to complex problems.
• Detail orientated and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• In-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards.
• Professional certification(s), i.e. CPA, CIA, Certified Fraud Examiner, etc.

Evaluation Factors | How you will be evaluated:

You must have the experience, knowledge, and skills as listed in each of the evaluation factors listed below. Include your major accomplishments relevant to the position requirements and factors in your resume.

• Mastery of a professional knowledge of the theory, concepts, principles, and practices of financial and performance auditing sufficient to conduct difficult assignments involving interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, systems, functions, policies, and various issues.
• Knowledge of the Office of the Inspector General or similar organization, its mission, program objectives and operations, and the relationship of audit functions with agency management functions.
• Skill in planning work to be accomplished by subordinates; setting priorities; evaluating performance; giving advice, counsel, and instructions; effecting minor disciplinary actions; and identifying developmental and training needs.
• Skill in defining problems, analyzing alternatives, and recommending solutions to difficult challenges.
• Ability to express and present ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Failure to demonstrate that you meet all the preceding evaluation factor requirements will result in a score of zero (0), an ineligible status, and you will not be referred for further consideration.

How you will be evaluated

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

How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be assessed on:

• Minimum qualifications
• Evaluation factors
• Quality of resume and supporting documents
• Interview performance (if recommended/selected)

Important Application Rules (Disqualification Triggers)
You will not be considered if you:

• Fail to attach all required documents
• Submit a resume exceeding two pages
• Submit materials showing you do not meet minimum qualifications
• Receive a zero rating on any evaluation factor
• Use AI tools during the interview (except approved accessibility tools)
• Fail to qualify during the interview

Top-rated applicants will be referred to an interview panel or selecting official for the required interview. Ratings may be further adjusted or determined as ineligible by the interview panel or the selecting official based on interview performance. Applicants may be interviewed one or more times in-person or virtually as part of the hiring process. Once all applicant scores are finalized, the selecting official will make a final decision.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications or virtual assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) is prohibited during interviews. An exception for accessibility tools must be submitted through reasonable accommodation. Applicants who fail to follow these rules will be disqualified from the hiring process.