Auditor

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission•Washington, DC

27d•Onsite

About The Position

The Auditor is located in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting (OERA) in Washington, DC. The position performs and supports audits, evaluations, and examinations of energy-company market and financial accounting and reporting issues. The work addresses market performance, market behavior and structure, and financial reporting requirements to help ensure efficiency, fairness, and consistency with Commission rules and policies. The Auditor applies professional auditing and accounting principles, techniques, and theories to resolve market and financial accounting issues, develops recommendations for resolving issues, and provides advice to management for FERC decision-making. The role also includes planning and monitoring audit work, preparing written materials such as summaries, notices, financial memoranda, and proposed orders, and communicating analysis and results to teams, management, and company officials. Applicants must hold a valid, current CPA license and meet the stated education and specialized-experience requirements. Transcripts and a copy of the CPA license must be submitted with the application.

Requirements

U.S. Citizen or National.
Valid and current Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license; a copy must be attached to the application.
For the GS-11 grade level, a valid and current CPA license demonstrating the ability to apply auditing and accounting knowledge of GAGAS and GAAP to moderately complex market and financial auditing and accounting issues.
One full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 level conducting audits under Generally Accepted Auditing Standards or Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards.
Meet the position’s education requirements and submit transcripts with the application.
Meet the qualification requirements by the announcement’s closing date.
Generally, male applicants must be registered with the Selective Service.
Complete a background investigation and, if required, a one-year probationary period.
If hired, comply with applicable federal ethics requirements, including possible divestiture of certain energy-related securities.
Complete federal employment suitability and identity-verification processes if selected.

Responsibilities

Develop work plans, milestones, and resource requirements, using industry knowledge to inform the Division’s planning process.
Periodically evaluate progress against work plans and ensure necessary adjustments are made.
Prepare draft summaries of work performed and audit, evaluation, and examination results, including appropriate discussion and recommendations on economic and regulatory policies.
Prepare written products such as notices, financial memoranda, and proposed orders.
Communicate analysis and results effectively within teams, to management, and to company officials.
Assist with audits, evaluations, and examinations of market and financial accounting and reporting issues, including issues related to market performance, market behavior and structure, and financial reporting requirements.
Develop recommendations for the disposition of issues.
Take action to resolve, or coordinate the resolution of, market and financial problems and issues.
Apply professional auditing and accounting principles, techniques, and theories to solve market and financial accounting issues at energy companies.
Provide advice that management may use to make decisions about matters of interest to FERC.