Senior Oversight Coordinator/Specialist

Akima, LLC

3d • $155,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Tuvli, an Akima company, is hiring for a Senior Oversight Coordinator/Specialist to support our DoS client located in Washington, DC. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today! EUR/ACE requires a Senior Oversight Coordinator/Specialist to coordinate and liaise with Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Department of State’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) with responsibility for communicating and managing requests, audits, and inspections being conducted on foreign assistance programs and activities through inspections of overseas missions and domestic bureaus. The Senior Oversight Coordinator/Specialist plans and conducts inspections and reviews of current and upcoming process related to Ukraine and countries impacted by the war in Ukraine. Support coordination of audits, inspections may include review of foreign assistance implementing mechanisms, such as contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, interagency reimbursable agreements, and government-to-government assistance. In addition, the Senior Oversight Coordinator/Specialist assesses strategic management of foreign assistance programs, including program design, oversight of assistance activities, performance management, and strategic planning.

Requirements

• Bachelors' Degree or higher in related fields (international affairs/foreign policy, research & evaluation, social science, business or other related fields)
• At least 10 years or more if experience in examining, investigating, and reviewing internal records, reports, financial statements, and management practices to ensure legal compliance with statutes, policies and internal regulations.
• Experience leading internal audit and advisory services for program economy, efficiency, and effectiveness or for improvements in governance, risk management, and control processes.
• Experience leading and advising on simple-to-routine in nature or primarily small to medium in scale to determine compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedure.
• Extensive collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data, extracting information that is significant to the audit, advisory services, or other engagements.
• Examines, analyzes, samples, and tests management operations, internal control structures and systems, information technology databases and systems, and accounting records for reliability, adequacy, accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with legal regulations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Communicates the scope and objectives for the assigned portion of the inspection through a risk assessment identifying the functions, programs, activities, and operations to be included within the scope of the inspection.
• Participates and coordinates on pre-inspection preparations and background reviews of relevant information from GAO, OIG, and other accountability entities
• Coordinates and conducts meetings with relevant Department and other agency officials and reviews relevant regulations, directives, and policies.
• Prepares inspection and/or audit work plans, or a separate classified work plan if appropriate, and advises office divisions areas of focus.
• Communicates scope and objectives of the inspection or review and recommends issues that should be examined and the methodology to be used during the inspection.
• Assigns work, deadlines, objectives and inspection tasks as needed to execute work plans or other inquiries
• Conducts on-site fieldwork activities, which may include interviewing personnel, reviewing documents, observing meetings, and conducting walkthroughs of facilities to assess practices.
• Develops and reviews findings and supporting data in the assigned area, to include problems that have been identified, their causes, and their effect on management and operations.
• Ensures all information gathered is appropriately documented and writes clear and concise sections of draft reports for inspection team leadership. Supports all findings with evidence in accordance with CIGIE Quality Standards for Inspection and Evaluation and maintains appropriate records and files.
• Proactively reviews and analyzes implications of non-ACE audits conducted by the IG or GAO to reduce the office’s audit vulnerabilities and improve its management and oversight of foreign assistance.
• Review and assess implications of other foreign assistance audits of other Department bureaus and put forward recommendations for ACE leadership consideration to proactively reduce EUR’s and SCA’s audit vulnerabilities.

Benefits

• The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior