Auditor (Performance) – Recent Graduate

The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Inspector General is currently looking for an Auditor (Performance) – Recent Graduate in the Office of Audits. Join our professional team of auditors, criminal investigators, and inspectors who help support DOE’s mission through performance and financial audits, inspections of management issues and administrative allegations, and investigations into alleged violations of law. This position has a Basic Requirement/Positive Education requirement. See the Qualifications section above for detailed requirement.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), grade-point average or class ranking, and date degree conferred. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

If working to finish your degree and/or educational requirements for this position by June 30, 2025, please submit with your application your most recent, unofficial transcript; documentation verifying your anticipated graduation date; and/or documentation verifying your class standing, if applicable, to receive consideration.

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

As an Auditor (Performance), you will:

• Assist in completing audits by carrying out a variety of audit procedures and reporting on conditions found. Audit assignments at the GS-09 level may involve a broad range of program areas within the Department of Energy, including weapons development and other classified security areas.
• Apply knowledge of professional accounting and auditing principles, concepts, and practices to independently perform assignments using traditional and advanced methods and techniques, including statistical techniques to collect and analyze data.
• Gather, organize, and evaluate data and separate essential from nonessential data.
• Maintain communications with internal and external stakeholders to plan, arrange, and coordinate audit work efforts, and gather and present information.

Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Eligibility Requirements
In order to be eligible for an appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduate Program, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must be a recent graduate who has completed, within the previous two years, or who will complete by June 30, 2025, an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution such as an accredited technical or vocational school; a 2-year or 4-year college or university; a graduate or professional school (e.g., law school, medical school); or a post-secondary home school curriculum. Note: Certificate program is defined as post-secondary education in a qualifying educational institution equal to at least one academic year of full-time study that’s part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum.

• Veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty; however, eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree or certificate was obtained. The date of release or discharge from active duty should be later than the date the degree or certificate was obtained.

Qualification Requirements

Credit will be given for all appropriate qualifying experience. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 for each federal position listed as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of qualifying experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either “full-time” (or “40 hours a week”) or “part-time” with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience.

For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected

To qualify for this position, you must possess all of the following minimum qualifications by close of the announcement (or by June 30, 2025, if applicable) as designated for the specified grade level.

BASIC REQUIREMENT (GS-07; GS-09): In accordance with OPM’s Individual Occupational Requirements for the GS-0511 series, applicants must meet the following basic requirement:

1. Degree (bachelor’s or higher): auditing; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, public administration or accounting.

   -OR-

2. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in Performance Auditing, or an equivalent combination of performance auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional auditing knowledge. The applicant’s background must also include one of the following:

   1. A certificate as a Certified Internal Auditor or a Certified Public Accountant, obtained through written examination; -OR-
   2. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in auditing or accounting, e.g., 15 semester hours.

-AND-

EXPERIENCE (GS-07): A qualified candidate’s online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes experience which demonstrates a basic knowledge of accounting and auditing principles, concepts, and techniques; and the ability to work as part of a team involved in audit work.

-OR-

EDUCATION (GS-07): Successful completion of at least one (1) year of graduate-level education in a related field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. -OR- A bachelor’s degree with superior academic achievement in a related field. Superior Academic Achievement is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership.

1. Class standing – Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, based on completed courses.
2. Grade-point average – Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 2.95 rounded to 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum; OR 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.
3. Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society. Find approved national scholastic honor societies here.

You must include transcripts and/or verification of your class standing.

-OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of graduate credit hours earned and divide by the number of semester hours or quarter hours equivalent to one full year of graduate level study at the academic institution (i.e. 18 semester hours; 27 quarter hours); Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the Percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.

EXPERIENCE (GS-09): Aqualified candidate’s online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-07) in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes experience verifying reports against source accounts and records, reconciling accounts, and verifying the detail of recorded transactions; preparing routine audit work papers; and researching and applying laws, regulations, guidelines, and procedures to assist with audit assignments.

EDUCATION (GS-09): A master’s or equivalent graduate degree in a related field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position; or two (2) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

-OR- Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. To combine education and experience, first take the number of graduate credit hours earned in excess of the number of semester hours or quarter hours equivalent to one full year of study at the academic institution (i.e. 18 semester hours; 27 quarter hours) and divide by that same value. Then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 months. Add the Percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify.

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined above by the closing date of the announcement (or by June 30, 2025). Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Auditing Series 0511

Volunteer Experience: “Experience” refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.