Auditor (Financial)

US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The incumbent serves as a Forensic Auditor in the Financial Investigative Services Division (FISD) within the Office of Science and Technology (OST) at the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The position requires specialized accounting/auditing experience, including leading financial investigations and preparing reports and findings for investigators, prosecutors, and others.

Candidates must meet the degree/education and experience requirements and will undergo USA Hire

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting or auditing with 24 semester hours in accounting.
• Combination of education and experience acceptable with CPA/CIA or substantial coursework.
• Specialized experience in forensic accounting and auditing required.

Responsibilities

• Apply forensic accounting/auditing techniques to investigations.
• Conduct financial investigations or complex audits involving multiple entities.
• Lead financial assignments and teams and develop reports with findings.

Skills

Forensic accounting

Auditing

Financial investigations

Leading teams

Report writing

Education

Accounting coursework 24 sem hrs

CPA certification

CIA certification

Job description

The incumbent serves as a Forensic Auditor in the Financial Investigative Services Division (FISD) within the Office of Science and Technology (OST), Financial Investigative Services Division. FISD is comprised of professionally credentialed Forensic Auditors who provide comprehensive financial investigative services supporting criminal investigations under the Bureau's jurisdiction.

To qualify for the Auditor (Financial) at GS-0511-12 position you must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Minimum Requirement:

Degree:

accounting, auditing; or a degree including auditing courses in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.

OR Combination of education and experience:

at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

AND Specialized experience

is demonstrated experience, which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. Experience must be in the normal line of progression or must be related to the work of the position advertised and must be reflected in resume.

Specialized experience must include all of:

• Applying experience in forensic accounting/auditing; AND
• Conducting financial investigations or complex audits involving multiples businesses; AND
• Leading financial assignments and teams; AND
• Developing reports and work products in compliance with standards and presenting findings to the auditee, team members, criminal investigators, prosecutors and/or triers of fact both orally and in writing.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.

After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required of you. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement (11/04/2026) to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.