FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STUDENT TRAINEE (AUDITING)

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA); Boyers (PA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) invites qualified undergraduate and graduate students to join the DCSA Student Experience (DSE) Summer ’27 Cohort. Participants must stay enrolled full-time through October 2028 and commit to a minimum 10-week program (400 hours), with start dates on 31 May 2027 or 14 June 2027.

As a team auditing trainee, you will assist with audits under supervision, collect and analyze data, prepare working papers, and present findings in briefings

Qualifications

• Must be a US citizen enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student with full-time status through October 2028.
• GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher required to maintain eligibility.
• Telework eligible but not full-time; routine in-office reporting required.

Responsibilities

• Works as a team auditor trainee under supervision.
• Assist in audit assignments to gain experience planning and conducting audits.
• Apply conventional audit techniques to simple evaluations (cost data, inventory).
• Research directives, laws, and operating instructions related to DCSA functions.
• Collect data via interviews and review of records.
• Document audit results and analyze data.
• Present data in briefings and written products.
• Prepare audit working papers to support steps taken.
• Participate in meetings to discuss progress and findings.
• Prepare outline and rough draft findings with recommendations.
• Prepare briefing materials for status updates and exit conferences.
• Maintain effective agency relations during audits.

Skills

Team auditing

Data collection

Data analysis

Briefings

Interviews

Education

Full-time student

GPA 3.0+

Job description

Summary

The DCSA Student Experience (DSE) '27 Cohort. Open to undergraduate and graduate students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0, who will remain full-time students through October 2028. Summer Cohort Start Date: 31 May 2027 (alternate: 14 June 2027); End Date: 20 August 2027. Students must attend for a minimum of 10 weeks (400 hours).

Selection Office(s): Office of the Inspector General

Duties

• Works as a team auditor trainee under the supervision and direction of a higher-grade auditor.
• Assist in the performance of specified audit assignments which facilitate the efforts of the team and provide experience leading to the independent planning and conduct of audit assignments.
• The auditor applies conventional audit techniques to complete relatively uncomplicated evaluations. Examples of such assignments include cost data or inventory receipts, issues or storage.
• Research directives laws, regulations and operating instructions of DCSA activity's function or system.
• Collects data through interviews with officials, reviews and summarizes manual and automated records.
• Documents audit results.
• Analyzes data and statistics from various sources.
• Presents data/information in briefings and written products.
• Compares the similarities and differences of DoD systems in categorizing and reporting particular types of transactions.
• Prepares in the prescribed format audit working papers with content adequate to support the audit steps being accomplished.
• Performs analysis of information contained in working papers and summaries and identifies conditions or problems.
• Calls supervisor's attention to unusual or questionable transactions, e.g., potential fraud, or when problems encountered do not fit instructions or guidelines.
• Participates in team and or individual meetings with supervisor and discusses audit assignment progress.
• Prepares an outline, in the proper format, of any problem identified in working papers with the assistance of supervisor, finalizes outline and prepares rough draft finding with recommendations.
• Prepares briefing materials in charts or graphs covering audit status or findings for use by team members in giving presentations or in conducting exit conferences.
• Applies basic theories and follows established procedures in performing tasks.
• Attends activity entrance or exit conferences to learn presentation techniques.
• Maintains effective agency relations during the audit.
• Others duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. For more information http://www.sss.gov
• Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59PM EST will be considered
• This is a Drug Testing designated position
• Position is a (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under U.S.C. 1601
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• PCS (Permanent Change of Station): Not Authorized (Relocation expenses or housing will NOT be provided by the agency)
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Financial Disclosure: Not Required
• Telework Eligibility: This position is telework eligible but is not a full-time telework position. The incumbent will be required to report to the office on a routine basis.
• Supervisors may approve situational telework on a case-by-case, temporary basis for limited situations.
• If selected, the incumbent must obtain and maintain appropriate security clearance as indicated in job announcement.
• Incumbent must be enrolled in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program with a full-time course load at the time of application, for the semester prior to the Summer Cohort, and following participation in the Summer Cohort.
• Selected students must maintain full-time enrollment through October 2028. Students not intending to maintain full-time enrollment through October 2028 will be marked ineligible.
• Incumbent must have and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. Grade-point averages are rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9.
• DSE Summer ’27 Cohort Start Date: 31 May 2027 (alternate – 14 June 2027); End Date: 20 August 2027. Students must attend for a minimum of 10 weeks (400 hours).
• Students selected for the internship program must send an official transcript with Spring 2027 semester/quarter grades and proof of full-time student status to Student Programs prior to their start date.
• This is not a developmental career ladder opportunity - this position will be filled at the GG-05 or GG-07 depending on applicant qualifications and organizational requirements.

Qualifications

To qualify at the GG-05 level, you must meet the criteria specified below:

• Completion of 1 full academic year of post-high school study by June 2027 (spring quarter/semester);
• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at time of application. A GPA of 3.0 must be maintained throughout the duration of the program; and