Auditor
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Financial Management (OFM), Payment Accuracy & Reporting Group (PARG) As a Auditor, GS-0511-11, you will serve as an auditor responsible for the planning, reviewing and evaluation audit programs, providing audit guidance to contractors and sub-contractors in their reviews of provider cost reports to ensure program objectives are achieved.
Major duties
Perform analysis and evaluations related to aspects of accounting, management control and risk management. Analyze audit operations to improve effectiveness through ongoing modifications including better internal controls, increased cost effectiveness, redesign of reports, or faster consolidation of data. Review authorization acts, public laws, executive directives, etc. for CMS compliance implications; recommends the establishment or modification of policies and procedures which would ensure compliance. Prepare appropriate audit reports which summarize results and contain recommendations to correct deficiencies disclosed by the audit/compliance review.
What you need to qualify
ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from being considered further. In order to qualify for the GS-11, you must meet the following: You must demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal government, obtained in either the private or public sector, to include: 1) Performing auditing activities of an assigned program area; AND 2) Recommending actions to improve economy or efficiency of program operations AND 3) Preparing reports to present relevant information on assigned audits. - OR - Substitution of Education for Experience: You may substitute education for specialized experience at the GS-11 level by possessing a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., if related to the position being filled. - OR - Combination of Experience and Education: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the GS-09 grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at the grade GS-11. Therefore, only education in excess of a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, may be used to combine education and experience. TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement related to the substitution of education for experience and the combination of experience and education. Please refer to the "Required Documents" section below for the documentation required at the time of application. Time-in-Grade: To be eligible, current or former Federal employees and current or former Federal employees applying under the VEOA eligibility who hold or have held a permanent General Schedule position in the previous year must have served at least 52 weeks (one year) at the next lower grade level from the position/grade level(s) to which they are applying.
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