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Auditor
Office of the Inspector General · Posted 16 days ago
About the Role
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Audits.
- →The OIG conducts and supervises independent audits, investigations, and inspections of the programs and operations of DHS, and recommends ways for DHS to carry out its responsibilities in the most effective, efficient, and economical manner possible.
- →The OIG also seeks to deter, identify, and address fraud, abuse, mismanagement, and waste of taxpayer funds invested in Homeland Security.
- →The Office of Audits oversees financial and performance audits, as well as attestation engagements.
- →These audits cover multiple functional and program areas, such as financial statements, cyber security, acquisitions, grants, critical infrastructure, disasters, law enforcement and terrorism, immigration, and transportation security.
- →Auditors examine DHS programs or activities in a formalized, detailed, and in-depth way.
- →Duties and assignments may involve new or controversial issues, shaping major programs, compliance with new legislation, or facilitating the resolution of long-standing problem areas of vital importance to DHS.
- →GS-7: Typical assignments include: Performs audits or major audit segments that are of a complex, highly sensitive and investigative nature involving varied aspects of financial and program operations related to DHS programs, functions, and operations.
- →Develops new approaches where no precedents exist and/or develops creative solutions to controversial problems.
- →Assures that work papers are prepared in accordance with OIG audit procedures and Government Accountability Office (GAO)'s Yellow Book Standards.
- →Prepares various types of reports, briefings, and testimony that cover all major audits for DHS programs.
- →Researches and prepares proposals for various types of audits that cover major DHS programs.
- →Performs other duties as assigned.
- →GS-9: Duties are the same as GS-7,but performed with less supervision.
Requirements
- ✓All applicants must meet this requirement: Degree: auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting.
- ✓OR 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: A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; or Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours.
- ✓Individuals with degrees in Business, Information Technology, Emergency Management, Homeland Security Studies, Criminal Justice, and related degrees are strongly encouraged to apply.
Personality Fit
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