Auditor

Duties

• Serves as an Internal Auditor of fiscal/purchase cards programs and participates along with Budget Analysts - Assistant Chief Financial Officer - and the Chief Financial Officer in systematic internal reviews - quality assurance programs - safety inspections - control point audits - and many other program audits involving cost obligation - receivable accounting systems - and purchase card program
• Prepares audits and reconciles numerous financial reports including Station Activity Listing - Operating Ledger - Appropriation Ledger - Reimbursable Earnings and Collections - Status of Funds - Listing of Unconfirmed Deposits - Cost Reports - Inventory Accounts - Supply Funds - Undelivered Order Listings - Accrued Services - Advance Payments - Fiscal Year End Closing - Entries Report Listings - Purchase Card Program - General Ledger Accounts - and Monthly Obligation Reports
• Analyzes all unusual or irregular transactions and when such analysis discloses a transaction not covered entirely or sufficiently by existing financial procedures - devise a satisfactory method of entry
• Provides adequate reporting and reconciliation of individual account balances with related General Ledger and Purchase accounts
• Ensures that all cardholders and approving officials maintain compliance of Veterans Health Administration and contractor's policies and regulations governing the purchase card program
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: For Financial Auditors (Transcript Required): A Bachelor's Degree (or higher) with a major 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 twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting
• B Combination of education and experience of at least four (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 (24) 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. - fifteen (15) semester hours - but that does not fully satisfy the twenty four (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 four (4)-year course of study described in paragraph A and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of twenty four (24) semester hours in accounting - the applicant's education - training - and experience fully meet the specified requirements
• In addition to the above requirements - applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following requirements to qualify for this Auditor position:
• GS-9 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Possess one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position - and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled To be creditable - specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization Specialized experience includes: auditing and reviewing purchase card accounts - preparing reports on identified inconsistencies - noncompliance or weaknesses exercising judgment and problem-solving methodologies - adhering to instructions - policies - and guidelines to resolve commonly accounted auditing issues and deviations utilizing various computerized financial systems and/or software NOTE: This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit
• GS-9 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Successfully completed two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree Education must have provided the knowledge - skills - and abilities necessary to do the work of the position
• GS-9 COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education in excess of one (1) year - combined with specialized experience described above may be used to meet total experience requirements
• GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Possess one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position - and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled To be creditable - specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization Specialized experience includes: performing audits of other management interest including data validation issues - financial integrity - system errors - etc. to identify or prevent serious problems from developing and assuring quality assurance policy and audit techniques are met using cost accounting methods to manage funds - and preparing reports of summarized data including details of corrective actions needed NOTE: This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit
• GS-11 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Successfully completed three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree Education must have provided the knowledge - skills - and abilities necessary to do the work of the position
• GS-11 COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education in excess of two (2) years - combined with specialized experience described above may be used to meet total experience requirements