Ready to lead with purpose? Join the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) as an Audit Manager in our Finance & Pricing Directorate, located in Arlington, VA Bethesda, MD Dallas, TX Eagan, MN Long Beach, CA Saint Charles, MO Bring your skills and voice to our team!
About Our Directorate: The Finance & Pricing Directorate conducts audits and reviews that examine how the Postal Service's activities, organization, and policies relate to its strategic vision and mission. These audits and reviews focus on a variety of areas, including retirement and other long-term obligations, cash and liquidity, executive compensation, accounting records and processes, and other areas of financial risk to the Postal Service.
The directorate also supports the independent public accountant in the annual audits of financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, and issuing the opinion on the Postal Service's reclassified financial statements in support of the governmentwide financial statement audit.
About the Position: As the Audit Manager, you will supervise the activities of staff engaged in performing audits and reviews that examine how the Postal Service's activities, organization, and policies relate to its strategic vision and mission. As a successful candidate, you will have relevant experience in: Managing staff responsible for performing financial and pricing and costing related audits, evaluations, assessments, and/or reviews.
Actively managing audit projects to ensure that professional standards are maintained throughout the planning, fieldwork, and reporting phases, including the accumulation and documentation of evidentiary data that is technically sound and in accordance with OIG policies and procedures and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
Preparing reports, correspondence, briefings, and other deliverables in a clear and concise manner so that audiences easily understand findings, conclusions, recommendations, or related information. Presenting oral briefings to management and other stakeholders. Communicating project status and results to all levels, as needed, internally and externally, and advocating audit recommendations, and influence approval and implementation of agency-wide solutions and plans.
Developing audit plans, including scheduling projects and staff assignments and manages budget to comply with the organization's needs and reviewing and approving the objective, scope, methodology, data analysis and plan of each project. Conducting and overseeing research on complex audit issues involving major uncertainties in approach and interpretation. Functioning as a member in a high-performing team. Supervising, coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.
Accomplishes results by communicating job expectations; monitoring and appraising job results; addressing performance issues; and providing actionable feedback and career development opportunities. Establishing and maintaining productive working relationships and consistent professional communications with Postal Service management and staff and other pertinent internal and external stakeholders.
Providing leading critical thinking and audit and programmatic knowledge, including identifying issues and determining innovative solutions; maintaining awareness of related developments and trends; prioritizing work; and managing and summarizing data analysis. Ensuring team members meet acceptable standards for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and completeness. Reviewing working papers, reports, or other written products to ensure they are accurate, timely, and clear.
Providing oversight and coordination of contractors to accomplish Office of Audit mission and objectives while adhering to established regulations, guidance and policy, and meeting acceptable standards for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and completeness. Assisting in implementing agency-wide program goals, assessing performance measures, and recommending program improvements.
Representing the organization in meetings with high-level officials from the Postal Service, other agencies, vendors, and members of external organizations. Leading equitable requirement, selection, training, awards, and assignments under the Equal Opportunity Program. The duties and responsibilities associated with this position may vary based upon the agency's needs at the time of hire.
The preceding description of major duties and responsibilities is only intended to give applicants a general overview of the expectations. Compensation: The USPS OIG is an Excepted Service agency, uses a Pay Banding system, which is equivalent to the Federal GS scale. Grade and salary determinations will be made based upon a candidate's education and professional experience. This position is being advertised at the Manager Band level, equivalent to a GS-14.
The salary range for this position is $134,969.00 - $197,200.00. The salary figures include locality pay. For locality table specifics, visit: OPM's General Schedule (GS).
Education must be accredited by an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation here: www.ed.gov. Special Instructions for Candidates with Foreign Education: Education completed outside the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in U.S. education programs. You must submit all necessary documents to a private U.S.
credential evaluation service to interpret equivalency of your education against courses given in U.S. accredited colleges and universities. For further information visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Position Level & Compensation USPS OIG is an Excepted Service agency and uses a Pay Banding system equivalent to the Federal GS scale. This position is at the Manager Band level, equivalent to a GS-14. Salary range for this position is $134,969.00 - $197,200.00, including locality pay for all announced locations. For locality table specifics, visit: OPM's General Schedule (GS). Grade and salary are determined upon candidate's education and professional experience.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) status: Exempt (non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime pay; exempt employees are not). Comprehensive Benefits USPS and OIG employees transitioned from Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to the Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) Program effective January 01, 2025. Learn more about the PSHB Program by visiting https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/pshb/.
Health, dental, vision, life, long-term care insurance, and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options are available. Three-tiered retirement benefits plan under the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS), including Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), Basic Benefit Plan, and Social Security.
Visit the USPS OIG benefits page to learn more: https://www.uspsoig.gov/work-for-us/compensation-benefits Work Life & Flexibilities Flexible work schedules available Employee assistance programs offered 11 paid holidays, 13 paid sick days, and 13 to 26 days of annual leave depending on years of service
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This position is with Office of the Inspector General, USPS, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.
The posted pay range is $134969 – $197200/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-23.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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