Supervisory Auditor

Summary

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.

Duties

• This position is in the Quality Management and Training Branch (QMT), Office of Audits (OA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). QMT manages matters pertaining to quality assurance and compliance. QMT provides the OIG with the ability to examine a program or activity in a formalized, detailed, and in-depth way. This Branch is primarily responsible for implementing strategies to improve the quality of work products and ensure a skilled workforce for accomplishing OA's mission. QMT also conducts Single Audit desk and quality control reviews of audits to assess compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. The Single Audit Act requires Federal grantees expending over $1 million in Federal funding in a year to have a Single Audit performed by an Independent Public Accountant (IPA). The Federal grantee and its IPA submit the Single Audit report and accompanying audited financial statements to the US Government, through an electronic portal to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB assigns grantees' Single Audit oversight to Federal agencies based on funding expended. Offices of the Inspector General review the Single Audits as a part of their oversight responsibilities, and report to Congress the results of that review in the Semi-Annual Report to Congress. QMT is responsible for determining whether Single Audit reports and selected independent auditors' work are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. QMT also communicates the review results clearly and concisely to all relevant parties. Typical assignments include: Planning, performing, directing, and managing Single Audit reviews in accordance with standards, regulations, policies, and procedures. Supervising subordinate professionals in the performance of Single Audit desk reviews and quality control reviews. Establishing internal policies and procedures for conducting Single Audit desk reviews. Developing annual and long-range plans and providing technical advice and guidance to subordinate staff for OA's Single Audit activities. Leading, counseling, and evaluating subordinate staff.. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. 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). You must meet the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for the Supervisory Auditor position, as described below: Applicants must have 1-year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience at this level includes: Demonstrating knowledge, understanding, and application of Government Auditing Standards and Federal Regulations by evaluating audits, inspections, and evaluations for compliance with applicable standards; Addressing comments and implementing corrective actions in response to external and internal quality assurance review or peer review recommendations; and Providing guidance to audit teams in meeting Government Auditing Standards by creating templates, policies, and procedures for specific areas needing attention, and providing consistency among various audit areas. This includes communicating information clearly and succinctly in both written and verbal form. Selective Placement Factor: In addition to the minimum qualifications described above, you must meet the following requirement(s) to be considered qualified for the position. Make sure this Selective Placement Factor is evident in resume to be considered. Experience implementing Government Auditing Standards quality control requirements in an Audit Organization, addressing peer review and quality assurance review findings, and implementing subsequent recommendations. 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. The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date 09/22/2026 of this announcement. Current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level or equivalent grade band in the federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date 09/22/2026of this announcement. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

All applicants must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement:Degree: 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. OR 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. Must submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) or a list of coursework with hours completed proof of Individual Occupational Requirement. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.

How to apply

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Additional identical positions may be filled from this announcement at a later date. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: 1. To begin the application process, click the Apply Online button. 2. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. 3. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. 4. After submitting an online application, you will be notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. This message will be delivered to you both on screen and via email notification. 5. If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system. Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments. Click here for Computer System Requirements https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=USA_Hire_System_Requirements 6. Note, set aside at least 3 hours to take these assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue at a later time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found on the Additional Application Information page that can be located in the application record in your USAJOBS account. To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login). There you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Update Application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account: https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login. All of your applications will appear on the Welcome page. The application record in your USAJOBS account provides an Additional Application Information page that provides information regarding the documentation you submitted and any correspondence we have sent related to this application. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.