Auditor (Performance)

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Are you interested in a rewarding and challenging career? This position is located in the SBA OIG Audit Disaster Assistance Programs Group within the Auditing Division. SBA OIG promotes open and honest communication to create a positive work environment. In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient evidence of experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the duties of the position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a thorough resume that directly relates to this position. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet any basic requirements and specialized experience. Basic Education Requirement: Degree: 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. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site. Specialized Experience Statement: GS-9: To qualify at the GS-9 level, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 level that includes serving on an audit team and assisting in performing audit tasks to include: researching laws, regulations, guidelines, or procedures for projects or assignments; collecting, organizing or analyzing information; ensuring that evidence collected is sufficient, relevant, competent and properly documented; contributing to the development of audit findings that are convincing and well-supported and contain all required elements; participating in meetings with key officials of the audited activities to obtain necessary information and discuss audit findings; and preparing segments of audit or inspection reports that provide a logical structure for presenting the audit results. GS-11: To qualify at the GS-11 level, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 level that includes serving on an audit team and assisting in performing a variety of complex performance audit assignments to include: contributing to the development of audit programs and plans; collecting and analyzing data; ensuring that evidence collected is sufficient, relevant, competent and properly documented; developing audit findings that are convincing and well-supported and contain all required elements; conducting segments of meetings with key officials of the audited activities to obtain necessary information and discuss audit findings; and preparing segments of audit or inspection reports that provide a logical structure for presenting the audit results. 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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled. All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 06/10/2026.

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