Auditor

Summary

The Department of Energy (Department), Office of Inspector General (OIG) is currently looking for an Auditor in the Office of Audits. Join our professional team to help support the Department's mission through performance and financial audits, inspections, and investigations into alleged violations of law.

Duties

• As an Auditor, you will: Assist in completing audits by carrying out a variety of audit procedures and reporting on conditions found. Audit assignments may involve a broad range of program areas within the Department of Energy. Apply knowledge of professional accounting and auditing principles, concepts, and practices to independently perform assignments using traditional and advanced methods and techniques, including statistical techniques to collect and analyze data. Conduct examinations on a variety of records to determine compliance with governing regulations, legislation, and operating controls by ensuring that expenses are allocated correctly. Gather, organize, and evaluate data and separate essential from nonessential data. Maintain communications with internal and external stakeholders to plan, arrange, and coordinate audit work efforts and present information. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. This announcement may be used to fill both Auditor (Performance) and Auditor (Financial) GS-0511-7/9 positions within the Office of Audits. Candidates may be placed on an Incurred Cost, Cyber and Financial, or Performance Audit Team as determined by their specific qualifications and agency needs.

Qualifications

Eligibility Requirements In order to be eligible for an appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduate Program you must meet the following requirements: You must be a recent graduate who has completed, within the previous two years (or who will complete, by February 3, 2027), an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution such as an accredited technical or vocational school; a 2- or 4-year college or university; a graduate or professional school (e.g., law school, medical school); or a post-secondary home school curriculum. Note: Certificate program is defined as post-secondary education in a qualifying educational institution equal to at least one academic year of full-time study that's part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum. Veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty; however, eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree or certificate was obtained. The date of release or discharge from active duty should be later than the date the degree or certificate was obtained. Qualification Requirements Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected To qualify for this position, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement (or by February 3, 2027, if applicable) as designated for the specified grade level. BASIC REQUIREMENT (GS-07; GS-09): In accordance with OPM's Individual Occupational Requirements for the GS-0511 series, applicants must meet the following basic requirement: Degree (bachelor's or higher): auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting. -OR- Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in Performance Auditing, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional auditing knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; -OR- Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours. -AND- For the GS-07: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting two or more of the following: Applying basic knowledge of accounting and/or auditing principles, laws and regulations, concepts, and techni…

Education

Continuing from the Qualifications Section Above: QUALIFICATIONS (GS-09) CONTINUED: -OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of graduate credit hours earned in excess of the number of semester hours or quarter hours equivalent to one full year of study at the academic institution (i.e. 18 semester hours; 27 quarter hours) and divide by that same value. Then, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Add the percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined above by the closing date of the announcement (or by February 3, 2027). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Auditing Series 0511 Volunteer Experience: "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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 has a Basic Requirement/Positive Education requirement. See the Qualifications section above for detailed requirement. If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), grade-point average or class ranking, and date degree conferred. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you…