AUDITOR (Title 5)

Army National Guard Units•Rapid City, SD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This National Guard position is for an Auditor, GS-0511-12, Position Description Number NGT5145P01, in the South Dakota United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) in Rapid City. It is a permanent, Title 5 Excepted Service position. The area of consideration is onboard South Dakota National Guard technicians with tenure 1, 2, or 3. The incumbent serves as an agent of the USPFO on accounting, financial, and managerial issues requiring examination by a financial professional. Work includes quick-response reviews, consulting and advisory services, risk management, liaison with external audit organizations, audit compliance and follow-up, and staff and systems accounting duties to analyze records and improve financial reports and operational data used by local management. The position is in the USPFO Internal Review Division and reports to the Internal Review Division Chief. As the senior evaluator, the incumbent performs the unit's most difficult work, distributes and monitors the workload of lower-graded evaluators, and provides them with advice and assistance. The position is designated as essential personnel and may require duty in preparation for or response to a state emergency or disaster declaration. Irregular and compensatory hours may be required to support operational needs or contingencies. The incumbent must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance and comply with Department of Defense and Department of the Army Financial Management Level 2 certification requirements.

Requirements

Meet the basic qualification requirement through either a degree in accounting or auditing, or a related degree that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours may be business law); or qualifying performance-auditing experience or an equivalent combination of experience, college education, and training, together with the specified accounting/auditing coursework or CPA/CIA certification.
For the experience-based basic qualification, have at least 4 years of performance auditing experience, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training providing professional auditing knowledge.
Have at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, with a validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the audit occupational series and grade.
Collect and analyze data effectively, efficiently, and accurately; read and interpret program material and apply procedures and directives.
Use problem-solving and negotiating techniques; present formal training presentations and briefings; and prepare reports and presentation formats.
Know accounting and auditing theories, practices, techniques, and standards; fiscal law; organizational programs, functions, and policies; and accounting systems and their review and enhancement requirements.
Independently plan varied assignments and evaluate complex data; assess program goals; develop clear findings and corrective-action reports; and brief local commands and higher echelons on managerial and financial accounting systems and reports.
Meet Department of Defense and Department of the Army Financial Management Level 2 certification requirements as a condition of employment.
Obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance and meet federal employment suitability requirements determined by a background investigation.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
Participate in direct deposit; successfully complete a trial period if required; and be available for irregular or compensatory hours and essential-personnel duties when required.

Responsibilities

Examine accounting, financial, and managerial issues as an agent of the United States Property and Fiscal Officer.
Perform quick-response reviews, consulting and advisory services, and risk management.
Liaise with external audit organizations and conduct audit compliance and follow-up.
Perform staff and systems accounting duties, analyze accounting records, and enhance financial reports and operational data used by local management.
Plan assignments and gather, organize, and evaluate data in complex areas, separating essential from nonessential information.
Assess whether program goals are being met and develop findings and reports that identify operational problems and corrective actions.
Provide local commands and higher echelons with detailed briefings or position papers on the adequacy and accuracy of managerial and financial accounting systems and reports.
Perform the unit's most difficult evaluation work as senior evaluator.
Distribute and monitor the workload of lower-graded evaluators and provide them advice and assistance.
Complete and maintain the required Financial Management Level 2 certification.
Support operational requirements or contingencies with irregular or compensatory hours as required, and perform essential-personnel duties for state emergency or disaster declarations as applicable.