Supervisory Auditor

Agricultural Marketing Service; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking a qualified professional to enforce provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act, coordinating investigative work, surveillance, and related tasks for the largest operations in the national livestock, meat, and poultry sectors.

The role requires time-in-grade compliance and a specialized accounting/auditing background with appropriate education or credentials, and experience in financial reporting practices and investigations.

Qualifications

• Time-in-grade requirement for promotion (52 weeks at next lower grade).
• Graduate degree or combination of education and experience with 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing.
• Experience advising on financial reporting practices and coordinating investigations.

Responsibilities

• Advise on financial reporting practices to ensure compliance.
• Develop investigative procedures, techniques, and work plans for investigations of complaints in the livestock, meat, and poultry industries.
• Coordinate and conduct investigations of firms in the livestock, meat, and poultry industries and present findings to management.

Job description

In this position, you will carry out enforcement of jurisdictional, financial, competition, and trade practice provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act (Act). This is done primarily by coordinating investigative work, directing surveillance, and related work pertaining to the largest and most complex operations in the assigned national livestock, meat, and poultry industry.

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

TIME-IN-GRADE:

Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.

BASIC 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: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or 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.

FOR THE GS-13 LEVEL:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:

Advise on financial reporting practices and policies for the Division to ensure compliance. Develop investigative procedures, techniques and work plans to carry out investigations for complaints of an assigned commodity. Coordinate and conduct investigations of firms in the livestock, meat, and poultry industries. Provide investigative results to management so they may be presented to various audiences.

Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level.

FOR THE GS-14 LEVEL:

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:

Develop investigative procedures, techniques and work plans, and devise and apply modifications investigative techniques to carry out investigations for complaints of the assigned national livestock, meat and poultry industry. Evaluate and determine the assigned national livestock, meat and poultry industry's degree of compliance with the trade practice and related provisions of the Act. Conduct and supervise investigations, prepare and present findings and recommendation, carry out specific actions on issues. Provide advice and counsel to subordinates and upper management and represent the Division, Program, and Agency before industry and other public groups.

Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level.

TRANSCRIPTS are required:

This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.