Auditor; Healthcare Fraud

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Degree: Accounting; or a degree in a related field such as Business Administration, Finance, or Public Administration that included or was supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester hours in Accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in Business Law. (The term "Accounting" means "Accounting and/or Auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "Accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "Accountant and/or Auditor").

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 (24) semester hours in Accounting or Auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of Business Law;

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A certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;

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Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial coursework 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirements, applicants must also possess the following:

GS-13: To be eligible at the GS-13 level, you must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level.

Specialized Experience is defined as experience conducting public financial accounting examination of books, journals, and other business records and electronic information, and restructuring partial or inadequate records from a wide variety of sources. Analyzing accounting data in complex financial investigations to identify suspected fraud in organizational dealings. Performing auditing and financial analysis requiring knowledge of corporate finance, such as public finance, securities, investments and banking.

Reviewing, auditing, and analyzing the financial operations of a variety of complex commercial, industrial, financial and other large organizations by examining financial statements, accounting records, operating reports, billing records, invoices, data processing material, electronic automated systems, and other documents pertaining to the transactions, events or allegations under investigation.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:
1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility;
2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and
3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive…