Auditor (National Statistical Specialist)

Office of Inspector General; Birmingham (AL); Remote; USD 126,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of Inspector General (OIG) in the Department of Health and Human Services is seeking an Auditor (National Statistical Specialist) located in the Birmingham, AL area. The role focuses on auditing principles, statistical sampling, and program specialty areas within PHHS or CMSAD.

The incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert for extensive health programs, guiding audits and applying advanced statistical techniques across nationwide programs with substantial funding.

Qualifications

• Experience auditing government health programs.
• Strong knowledge of statistical sampling methods.
• Ability to analyze data and draw audit conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and implement audits using sampling and analysis techniques.
• Serve as SME for PHHS or CMSAD divisions on Medicare/Medicaid programs.
• Assess efficiency, effectiveness, economy and fraud risks across programs.
• Synthesize political, social, economic and administrative factors affecting programs.

Skills

Auditing principles

Statistical sampling

Data analysis

Auditor independence

Job description

Auditor (National Statistical Specialist)

• Hiring Agency: Office of Inspector General
• Department: Department of Health and Human Services

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services.

Key Responsibilities

The incumbent of this position serves as an Auditor utilizing a professional knowledge of auditing principles and procedures in carrying out complex assignments in one or more OAS administrative programs. The incumbent also plans, coordinates, and implements a continuing program for maintaining current state-of-the-art application of statistical sampling, mathematical, and audit techniques throughout the nation.

The incumbent serves as an OIG subject matter expert in either the public health and human services (PHHS) division or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Audit division (CMSAD).

The incumbent in the PHHS division is a subject matter expert of about 100 designated HHS PHHS programs that fund medical research and the development of health resources and services and assist the elderly, disadvantaged and handicapped children, youth, families, Native Americans, and other people with special needs.

These programs are a high priority to OIG and are of huge magnitude (over $100 billion in grants annually and over $25 billion in contracts annually), of great diversity and very large in number, of broad scope (thousands of grantees and contractors), of differing funding methods (such as block grants, categorical grants, contracts, and loans) and of unusual complexity (multi-Governmental, public and private administrative structures including the complex and extensive administrative structure of the Department and have differing program requirements and regulations).

The incumbent in CMSAD serves as a subject matter expert for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs which are extremely large (approximately $1.5 trillion in annual spending) Federal healthcare programs with very complex rules and regulations. The incumbent assists in directing PHHS or CMSAD audits that focus on applicable OIG priority outcomes.

The incumbent develops an understanding of and synthesizes the political, social, economic, technical, and administrative factors that affect the program area with respect to efficiency, effectiveness, and economy, as well as fraud, waste, and abuse.

Requirements & Education

Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Office of Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $125776 – $197200/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-18.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.