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This Auditor provides expert financial and investigatory analysis, including forensic accounting work in investigations involving highly complex financial transactions.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing Auditor support in the Securities Financial and Cyber Fraud Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts, located in Boston, Massachusetts, focusing in the areas of investigations, discovery, trial preparation, and trial presentation (including testifying in court as a summary and/or expert witness).

Typical work assignments will include:

• Planning and conducting financial audits of a complex nature to identify suspected violations of Federal Statutes;
• Examining and analyzing financial data pertaining to the transactions, events, or allegations under investigation;
• Developing financial profiles of organizations that include history of events or the restructuring of records to assist with investigations;
• Assisting with witness interviews, proffers, and trial preparations;
• Compiling documents and physical evidence, creating detailed charts, graphs, summaries, videotapes and other audio-visual materials for use in court proceedings;
• Preparing reports of findings, including appropriate recommendations and exhibits:
• As needed, testifying in court.

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen or National to apply for this position.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• A probationary period may be required.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application.
• Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
• Time-in-Grade: Current or former Federal employees applying under merit promotion considerations must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements for consideration within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.
• As needed, additional selections may be made using this announcement.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required basic requirement and specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

Basic Requirement: You must meet one of the items listed below (A or B):

A. Possess a degree in accounting or 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 semester hours may include up to 6 semester hours in business law. (You must submit supporting transcript.)

B. Possess a 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 provide professional accounting knowledge. Background must also include one of the following:

• (1) 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; OR
• (2) A certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; OR
• (3) 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 hours 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 non-conformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements (must submit transcripts and/or certificate with your application).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required basic requirement and specialized experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying:

To qualify at the GS-13 level, you must possess:

Specialized Experience: At least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service performing (obtained in either the public or private sectors) at least four (4) of the five (5) duties listed below:

• Independently planning and performing in-depth criminal or fraud investigations of a variety of complex business and financial transactions by using accounting, auditing, analytical, technical, and investigative skills to determine whether there have been violations of federal criminal statutes, including mail, bank, wire, and securities fraud, among others.
• Independently conducting comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analyses of financial data and information using various database management, accounting, or analytical software.
• Experience preparing and presenting charts, tables and graphics that distill and explain complex financial and evidentiary concepts;
• Independently writing, preparing, and presenting investigative reports, affidavits, and/or exhibits summarizing investigative findings suitable for presentation in court.
• Examining and analyzing books, records, bank statements, wires and person-to-person transfers, tax records, data processing materials, and other evidence of the activities of business entities where the purpose of the work was to uncover suspicious or fraudulent financial activity.

Experience testifying in court or at depositions strongly preferred.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

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, 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.

If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-12is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level.

• You must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted; recommended SF-50s include promotions and step increases (within grade increases).

Education

This position requires specific coursework and/or a degree to meet the basic education requirement. You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Your transcript(s) must clearly demonstrate the course(s) listed in the qualification requirement section. If the transcript(s) does not clearly demonstrate this you must submit a copy of the course description and/or other documentation demonstrating that the courses are equivalent.

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see https://www.ed.gov/

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the 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 such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.In addition, when reviewing applicant's transcripts, assumptions will not be made. Applicants MUST state which coursework is relevant.

Additional information

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of its mission, the Department of Justice requires each and every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully complete a background investigation for a clearance as a condition of placement in this High Risk position. This review includes financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.