Auditor

The position is within the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of Audits. The Auditor serves as a member of an audit team conducting oversight of mandatory audits completed by the OIG's independent public accounting firm and leading internally conducted discretionary audits and inspections.

Qualifications Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement. BASIC REQUIREMENT A. Degree accounting auditing or a degree 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 B. 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. The applicant's background must also 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 A certificate as 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) the applicant has 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 the applicant has 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 the applicant's education training and experience fully meet the specified requirements. AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT In addition to the Basic Requirement listed above you must meet the required specialized experience listed below. You may qualify at the GS-13 level if you fulfill the following qualification requirement One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to 1) support an organization's compliance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards 2) gather organize and analyze data to support a mandatory audit program and 3) draft audit and/or inspection reports. Note Education is not substitutional at this grade level. 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. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 26-OIG-ST- -SM using Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. If interested refer to that announcement to determine if you meet MP requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions if additional vacancies occur.