Auditor.
Food Safety and Inspection Service · Urbandale, IA · 2 wk ago
AccountingFull-time
Duties
- Led financial reviews, operational analyses, and compliance assessments for federally funded programs, ensuring adherence to policies, OMB cost principles, and statutory requirements under the FMIA, PPIA, and EPIA.
- Congnected with Federal and State partners to interpret regulatory requirements, align financial practices, and resolve complex compliance issues across multiple jurisdictions.
- Conducted onsite and virtual evaluations of State financial systems, internal controls, and cost-allocation practices to assess compliance with Federal requirements, issuing findings and recommending corrective actions.
- Reviewed and analyzed administrative and program expenditures, indirect cost proposals, and supporting documentation.
- Performed desk reviews of grant financial reports and documentation to verify compliance with grant terms, cost principles, and audit requirements, ensuring deficiencies were corrected and non-recurring.
- Developed clear, well-organized, and fully cross-referenced audit work papers supporting conclusions, facilitating internal review, and strengthening audit defensibility.
Requirements
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
Qualifications
- Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing duties which included:
- Led financial reviews, operational analyses, and compliance assessments for federally funded programs, ensuring adherence to policies, OMB cost principles, and statutory requirements under the FMIA, PPIA, and EPIA.
- Congnected with Federal and State partners to interpret regulatory requirements, align financial practices, and resolve complex compliance issues across multiple jurisdictions.
- Conducted onsite and virtual evaluations of State financial systems, internal controls, and cost-allocation practices to assess compliance with Federal requirements, issuing findings and recommending corrective actions.
- Reviewed and analyzed administrative and program expenditures, indirect cost proposals, and supporting documentation.
- Performed desk reviews of grant financial reports and documentation to verify compliance with grant terms, cost principles, and audit requirements, ensuring deficiencies were corrected and non-recurring.
- Developed clear, well-organized, and fully cross-referenced audit work papers supporting conclusions, facilitating internal review, and strengthening audit defensibility.
- Education: Bachelor's or higher in accounting, auditing; or a degree including auditing courses 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. (You must submit a copy of your transcripts for verification.)
- 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.
- A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination.
- 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.