Audit Manager - Finance & Pricing

USPS OIG; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

USPS Office of Inspector General (USPS OIG) invites qualified professionals to join as an Audit Manager in the Finance & Pricing Directorate with offices in Arlington, VA; Bethesda, MD; or Eagan, MN. You will supervise staff and lead financial and pricing audits aligned with the Postal Service's strategic goals.

The role requires strong project leadership, clear communication of findings, and adherence to GAGAS standards, while collaborating with management and external stakeholders to drive

Qualifications

• Experience supervising staff performing audits and reviews.
• Experience managing financial and pricing/costing audits.
• Ability to present findings clearly to management.
• Knowledge of GAO/GAGAS auditing standards.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff in performing audits and reviews aligned to the Postal Service's strategic goals.
• Manage audit projects from planning through reporting to ensure quality and timeliness.
• Prepare reports, briefings, and deliverables with clear findings and recommendations.
• Present oral briefings to management and external stakeholders.
• Communicate project status and results to stakeholders and advocate recommendations.
• Develop audit plans, assign staff, and manage budgets in line with department needs.
• Review working papers and oversee contractor coordination to meet standards.

Skills

Staff supervision

Audit management

Project planning

Communication

GAGAS knowledge

Job description

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


• Eagan, MN

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.