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Position Title
Auditor (Financial) (Excise Tax Auditor)
Agency
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Announcement Number
22-TTB-146-P Opens in new window
Open Period
Friday, October 28, 2022 to Friday, November 11, 2022
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?  Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
 
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3. Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?  Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
 
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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government? (limit characters)
3. Where did you learn about this Department of the Treasury job opportunity? (limit characters)
4. Are you a current Federal employee?
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5. If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held.
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Performance Appraisal
1. As outlined in the vacancy announcement, you must submit a copy of your most recent rating of record(i.e; final annual performance appraisal issued and signed by appropriate management officials) dated within the last 18 months. If you have not submitted an appraisal meeting these requirements or if it is not dated within the last 18 months, you must explain why you are unable to do so. If you do not provide a copy of the performance appraisal, or a statement advising why it is unavailable, you will be removed from further consideration.

Type "yes" in the text box below if you are providing a performance appraisal meeting the above requirements with your application. If you are unable to provide a performance appraisal with your application meeting the requirements, please provide a reason in the text box below. (This is required of all applicants regardless of prior federal service. "N/A" is not considered an acceptable response.)
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Assessment 1
1. You must meet the minimum basic educational and/or work experience requirements for professional auditing positions in the federal government. This includes:

A.) Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study
from an accredited college or university leading to an accounting or auditing degree, 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 six hours of credit in business law; OR

B.) A combination of education and experience
wherein you've attained at least four years of experience in accounting or auditing, or an equivalent combination of accounting or auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. Your background must also include one of the following:
1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality (of which six hours may be substituted by business law);
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), 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 or 22.5 quarter hours), but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that:
(a)
you have successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field (e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining);
(b)
you believe a panel of at least two higher-level professional accountants or auditors can determine you have demonstrated good knowledge of accounting and related underlying fields equal to the breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement normally associated with successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in paragraph A; and
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except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, your education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

Choose one answer that best describes your educational/work experience. (Attach a copy of transcript(s) or a list of courses designating semester or quarter hours earned to ensure proper credit).
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2. To qualify for this position as a GS-09 you must meet the specialized experience requirements for this position with at least one full year of experience at the GS-07 level, or equivalent. This experience as provided below, should have equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the position. This specialized experience includes:
- Working for a tax administration organization that includes responsibility for documenting results of audits, projects, or analyses in written documents; OR
- Applying accounting or auditing principles to gather and analyze data and draw conclusions.

OR Education:
Two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree in a related field from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university generally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

OR A combination of experience and education: To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be used in meeting this requirement.

Select the choice that best describes your specialized experience.
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3. To qualify for this position as a GS-11 you must meet the specialized experience requirements for this position with at least one full year of experience at the GS-09 level, or equivalent. This experience as provided below, should have equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of the position. This specialized experience includes:
- Conducting segments of audits including conducting interviews, analyzing and summarizing audit evidence to support conclusions, and documenting results of audit work; AND
- Developing audit objectives and supporting tests and documenting this strategy in the audit plan.

OR Education:
A Ph.D., equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such degrees. Degrees pursued/attained must be in a related field and from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university generally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

OR A Combination of experience and education: To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement, must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be used in meeting this requirement.

Select the choice that best describes your specialized experience.
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4. Provide the job title(s) and/or degree(s) and dates wherein you obtained the required specialized experience. Ensure these dates and all supporting details can be found in your resume. (limit 250 characters)
5. I have performed the following functions on audits in which I have been assigned responsibility. (limit characters)
6. Select the choices that describe your experience in audit standards. (limit characters)
7. Choose the response(s) that best describe your experience analyzing and interpreting financial data. (limit characters)
8. Select the one statement that best identifies your highest level of experience researching and analyzing data. (limit characters)
9. Indicate the answer(s) below that describe your experience in applying analytical techniques. (limit characters)
10. I have experience creating the following products. (limit characters)
11. Indicate the experience that best describes your highest level of interpersonal relationship building. (limit characters)
12. Choose the answer(s) that describe your experience in using oral communication skills to complete a project. (limit characters)
13. Select the answers that describe your written communication experience. (limit characters)
14. I have experience soliciting information in person or by phone to gather data or necessary facts. (limit characters)
15. Select all the following guidelines you have experience using. (limit characters)
16. I have experience retrieving information by searching databases for records or reports. (limit characters)
17. Choose the statement(s) that describe your experience completing studies to assist in the development of policies. (limit characters)