Investigative Support Auditor

Serves as a senior auditor within the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Headquarters (HQs), Office of General Counsel Directorate , Investigative Services (OIS) Division, within one of the Investigative Services Teams.

Plans and conducts analyses of defense contractor's records where SIC or potential fraud has been identified.

Analyzes accounting and cost data for fairness and accuracy. Evaluates labor charging, material disposition, and timing. Investigates improper pricing variables to support active SIC cases and grand jury investigations.

Performs non-audit tests on contractor billing, labor, and controls for SIC/grand jury cases. Uses statistical sampling, improvement curves, and quantitative software to gather and analyze complex accounting data.

Drafts advisory memoranda detailing findings and recommendations for Defense/Military Investigative Organizations (DCIOs/MCIOs), the DoD Inspector General (DoDIG), and DOJ/U.S. Attorneys.

You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

You must meet the minimum qualification requirements as stated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-prof.asp. This position has a positive education requirement.

You must submit proof of education or of certification to be considered for this position.

To qualify for this position you must meet one of the basic requirements described below: Degree: accounting or a related field (such as business administration, finance, or public administration) that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours (or 36 quarter hours) in accounting (may include up to 6 hours of business law).

OR Combination of education and experience: 4 years of accounting experience or a combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge AND 24 semester hours (or 36 quarter hours) in accounting/auditing courses or a certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor.

Specialized Experience: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume.

Specialized experience is defined as: serving as a lead auditor or primary auditor on a complex assignment, developing detailed audit steps to cover unique audit situations; OR working independently to examine accounting data and contract terms, assuring compliance with accounting principles, standards and regulations, preparing working papers and substantiating documents, drafting conclusions, findings and recommendations, supporting audit finding through communicating with the contracting community or negotiations and experience in government contract auditing for both mobile and/or major contractors or experience performing forensic accounting work with investigative agencies; OR experience in independently developing complex data analytics models using data tools (e.g.

Power Query and Power BI). Volunteer Experience: 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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.