Supervisory Auditor

About this role

Education Requirement: Applicants must meet the education requirements described in paragraphs A or B below: A. an accounting degree; 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".

Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor."); OR B. 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, plus one of the following: a. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality.

This may include up to 6 hours of business law; or b. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or c. Completion of the requirements for a bachelor's 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 response A, provided that (a) I 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 I have 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 response A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, my education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

AND Basic Qualification Requirement: In addition, to be qualified for an Auditor, GS-0511 position at the GS-15 level, you must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following types of tasks: serving as the organization's lead or policy official for the Single Audit resolution process; serving as lead or senior auditor for negotiation of indirect cost rates for commercial organizations; performing and/or reviewing a variety of difficult and complex assignments such as incurred cost submissions, pre-award financial reviews, price and cost analysis; facilitating communication and coordination with procurement officials across multiple levels of authority; analyzing the impact of acquisition regulations on contractors and grantees.