Foreign Service Auditor - usajobs.gov - Washington, DC

About the Agency

This position is with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Audits, Performance Audits Divison. You will provide assistance to a range of tasks associated with high quality performance audits in compliance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards.

The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recovering from disaster, or striving to live in a free and democratic country. USAID has been a principal U. S. agency in extending assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.

OIG is responsible for preventing and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, and violations of law, and for promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of USAID programs through auditing and investigating USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Inter-American Foundation (IAF), Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the United States African Development Foundation (ADF). OIG is organized into three operational units: Audit Investigations, and Management. OIG maintains overseas offices in Cairo, Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Manila Philippines; Pretoria, South Africa; San Salvador, El Salvador; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Islamabad, Pakistan; Kabul, Afghanistan; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Frankfurt, Germany.

This position has promotion potential to the FS-01 level. TRAVEL REQUIRED

50% or Greater

Overseas travel required. RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

No KEY REQUIREMENTS

U.S. Citizen

Must be able to obtain and maintain a TOP SECRET security clearance

Designated and/or random drug test required.

Overnight/Overseas travel required.

Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service

Medical Exam required DUTIES:
Assist lead auditor in defining audit scopes and objectives.

Coordinates information and schedules with relevant mission or headquarter entities.

Reviews audit information to develop findings and draft portions of audit reports.

Performs research prior to and during audits to address program or operation changes.

Participates in the entrance and/or exit conferences. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor’s or graduate degree in accounting or in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration 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 (the term “accounting” means “accounting and/or auditing” in this standard. Similarly, “accountant” should be interpreted, generally, as “accountant and/or auditor.”); OR

You must have a combination of education and experience — at least 4 years of experience in accounting or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. Your background also must include one of the following:

Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; OR

A certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; OR

Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) you have successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that you demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, your education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements

(MUST PROVIDE TRANSCRIPT(S) TO VERIFY ACCOUNTING HOURS).

FS-05: In addition to the Basic Requirement listed above, to qualify at this grade level you must demonstrate the following:

At least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the FP-06 (or GS-09) level that included applying a variety of standard and advanced audit techniques to conduct an audit operation; performing analyses and reviews of information in order to develop audit recommendations to issues; and preparing oral and written presentations and reports of audit findings; OR have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M.; OR have some specialized experience as described above, but less than one year; and have more than two years but less than three years of education as described above. The computed percentage of the requirements must total at least 100%. (To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond two years by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.)

FS-04: In addition to the Basic Requirement listed above, to qualify at this grade level you must demonstrate the following:

At least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the FP-05 or GS-11 level that included utilizing theories and concepts to plan and execute complex audits; interpreting audit regulations in support of audit reviews and to ensure compliance; developing methods and procedures in order to resolve problem areas identified before and during audit operations, and presenting oral and written reports to management officials.

Time-in-Grade: Career or career-conditional current and former Federal employees who select to apply under merit promotion procedures must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level of this position.

All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program. For further information, click on foreign education .

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
We use a multi-step process to evaluate and refer applicants: Qualified applicants receive a score of 70 to 100. You will be rated on your qualifications for this position as evidences by the work experience, and training you report on relative to this positions that show the degree to which you possess the Competencies listed on this vacancy announcement.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. USAID must be able to conduct reference checks as part of its assessment process. Applicants who do not permit reference checks from previous employers may be disqualified.

The assessment questionnaire is designed to measure the following competencies that are required for this position:

Auditing

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Problem Solving

IMPORTANT: If you are found to have rated your self-assessment higher than the information in your on-line application, supporting documentation narratives, and/or any other relevant part of your application package; including attachments, a score will manually be determined that reflects your documented experience. This may result in a lowered score and may also eliminate you from the best qualified list.

To preview questions please click here .

BENEFITS:
You can review our benefits at:
https://careerconnector.jobs.treas.gov/cc/usaid/vacancy/preview!benefits.hms?orgId=664&jnum=132081 You can review the General Requirements for the Foreign Service at: http://oig.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/fs_vacancy_requirements.pdf

OTHER INFORMATION: Applicants must be available for and willing to accept assignments throughout the world, including assignments to Washington, D.C. They must also be willing to travel frequently on short notice. In cases where both husband and wife are foreign affairs agency employees, both are expected to be willing to accept assignments to a post other than that of the tandem spouse in order to meet the needs of the Service.

This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

The U.S. Agency for International Development is a part of E-Verify. E-Verify provides an automated link to Federal databases to help employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of the social security numbers.

These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP’s) under the Agency’s approved Drug Free Work Place Program. Applicants must submit to drug testing and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position. Applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

Additional selections may be made from any certificate of eligible that result from this announcement.

DIRECT DEPOSIT: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.

Please note that travel and relocation expenses will not be paid.

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Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/ .

Disability: www.opm.gov/disability/mngr_3-13.asp

Career Transition Program: This program applies to Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed, or employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria for CTAP or ICTAP; 2) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility; and 3) be rated well-qualified for the position. To be well qualified the evaluation of your resume and supporting documentation must place you at an 85 or above for consideration under merit promotion procedures.

For information on eligibility criteria and required documentation, go to: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .

HOW TO APPLY: The following instructions outline our application process. You must complete this application process and submit any required documents by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, please contact us by noon ET on the announcement’s closing date.

Please note that all required documents must be received by the closing date, via online or alternative methods, and that we will determine your eligibility and qualifications based solely on the material received by the closing date.

Step 1 – Review the Job Announcement

Before you apply, we suggest you review the entire job announcement. Pay close attention to the Major Duties section and the How You Will Be Evaluated section where you will see the areas upon which your application will be evaluated and a link for previewing online questions.

Step 2 – Create or Upload a resume with USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov)

• Create or upload a resume in USAJOBS. You may wish to customize your resume to ensure it supports your responses to the online questions and addresses the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section of the job announcement. For resume tips, click here.


• Although you must enter your Social Security Number (SSN) for USAJOBS, we will only see the last four digits for identification purposes.

Step 3 – Apply Online

Click the “Apply Online” button on this announcement and then select the resume you wish to submit with your application. You will be redirected to the Department of the Treasury’s CareerConnector website to complete the application process.

Step 4 – Answer the Online Questions and Submit Your Online Application

If this is your first time on Treasury’s CareerConnector website, you will be prompted to register by answering questions related to your eligibility for Federal employment. The system will save these responses and take you back to the main screen so that you can answer the job-specific questions. Select “Take me to the assessment” and click on the “Next” button to answer the job-specific questions. You must answer all the questions and click the “Finish” button.

Step 5 – Review and Confirm Your Submission

You will now have the option to upload a document or print fax cover-sheets for documents (see Step 6 for details). Once you click “Done,” you will see a summary of your application for your review. You may also print a copy for your records. When you click “Finish” at the bottom of the page, you will then be directed back to USAJOBS where you can confirm that your application has been submitted and track your application status.

Step 6 – Submit Documents

You can submit any applicable required or optional documents (see below) by document upload, fax, or e-mail. Whichever method you choose, please include the job announcement number with your documents. To protect your privacy, we encourage you to remove your SSN from any documents that you submit.

Document Upload : You may upload documents in one of two ways:

1. Once you finish answering the questions in the job announcement, you will be prompted to upload your document(s) to your application. You will be given the choice to either upload the document as part of the application process or you can select a document that you’ve already loaded on USAJOBS. Or

2. You can upload a document to an existing application by logging into your USAJOBS account profile. Click on “My Applications” and search for the vacancy. Once you’ve located the vacancy, click on the vacancy and select “Apply Online.” Move through your existing application to the Documents page and select Upload in order to add a document to your application. Be certain to review your complete application for confirmation that the document uploaded.

In the Application Review section, you may verify acceptance of your documents in Career Connector if you see them listed on the “Vacancy Documents” screen. Then, click on “Finished” to be returned to USAJOBS.

Fax: Print a fax cover-sheet in Career Connector by following the “Faxing Supporting Documentation” instructions. The fax number will be provided on the cover-sheet.

If you are having difficulty within the Career Connector system and need technical assistance please email the help desk at careerconnectorhelp@treasury.gov . The help desk is available to assist you during the hours of 8:00 am- 4:30 pm EST.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Resume showing relevant experience.

Veterans’ documentation, if requesting consideration under any veterans’ hiring eligibilities such as VRA, preference point entitlement (e,g, DD214, SF-15, and Veteran’s Administration Letter). For a detailed list of documents, click here .

Supporting documentation if seeking eligibility based any other special hiring authority (e.g., disabled veteran, Schedule A) For a detailed list of documents, click here .

Status candidates can submit a recent copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).

Proof of government service documenting that you have met the time-in-grade requirements. AGENCY CONTACT INFO: Amanda Gailor

Phone: 202-712-4189

Fax: 000-000-0000

Email: Recruitmentoig@usaid.gov

Agency Information:
United States Agency for International Development

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington,

DC

20523

US

Fax: 000-000-0000