The Office of the Inspector General is one of the best places to work in the Department of Justice and is one of the premier inspector general offices in federal government. We offer telework and excellent work-life flexibilities and encourages Schedule A and diverse applicants.
The OIG's Audit Division is seeking highly motivated professionals with experience overseeing financial statements audits; to ensure DOJ's systems of accounting, financial management, and internal controls.
As a GS-13 Financial Auditor, the individual is responsible for planning, coordinating, and conducting or overseeing comprehensive engagements of major scope and complexity. The auditor monitors and provides oversight of engagement teams from contracted independent public accounting firms performing highly complex federal financial statement audits and ensures the quality and integrity of all related products.
The auditor may also serve as the auditor-in-charge of an audit or attestation (or lead a portion of larger engagements) performed by the Financial Statement Audit Office.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: Providing technical guidance and expert advice to other auditors and engagement teams from contracted independent public accounting firms on the interpretation of federal accounting principles, concepts, and practices; and the application of government auditing standards as prescribed by the Government Accountability Office.
Developing new approaches and innovative audit techniques to evaluate the Department's bureaus, functions, and operations. Developing audit and attestation program guides for engagements performed by the Financial Statement Audit Office.
Exercising technical direction over the collection and analysis of data; and ensuring that evidence collected is sufficient, competent, and relevant to support conclusions reached in audit and attestation reports; and properly documented and reviewed in the audit working papers.
Providing effective team leadership including: (1) proactively identifying and resolving problems that could impact engagement goals; (2) establishing priorities and adjusting schedules to accomplish the work as timely as possible; and (3) effectively utilizing resources. Drafting audit and attestation reports that consolidate and integrate the work of others.
The reports should provide a logical structure for presenting results, answering all of the audit objectives, and ensuring that all elements of a finding are supported by the data. The Financial Auditor also performs quality control reviews of the independent public accounting firm's audit documentation, summaries, notifications of findings and recommendations, and draft audit reports.
Additionally, the Financial Auditor reviews the auditees' responses for reasonableness, factual accuracy, and responsiveness to the findings and recommendations. Assisting in developing the message and drafting significant portions of other products, such as briefings, meetings, reports, testimonies, and fact sheets; and ensuring all products are clear, convincing, accurate, and thorough.
Planning for and conducting or participating in status meetings with key officials of audited activities to obtain information, advise them of the engagement's progress, and develop honest and productive relationships with these parties. Providing coaching, mentoring, and feedback to team members, as well as, the engagement manager on performance and providing informal mentorship and guidance to junior staff (e.g., GS-11 and GS-12 Financial Auditors).
Identifying new areas for audit and planning new engagements by submitting tactical plan suggestions that support the OIG strategic plan as well as audit proposals that detail the benefit of committing resources to performing the work. Assisting in developing statements of work, participating on a technical selective panel to evaluate contract proposals, monitoring contract milestones, and inspecting contract deliverables and Performance.
Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.
You must submit a legible unofficial copy of your unofficial transcript or certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination to meet the positive education requirement for this position. All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see www.ed.gov. For foreign education, see: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs
This position is with Office of the Inspector General, Department of Justice.
The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-15.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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