Position: Auditor (Financial)
Organization: Packers and Stockyards Division
Grade(s)/Series: GS-0511-7/9
Location(s): Des Moines, IA; Aurora, CO
Appointment Type: Pathways Recent Graduate
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Description: Within the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Packers and Stockyards Division (PSD) monitors the activities of the livestock and poultry industry by conducting regulatory compliance reviews and investigations to determine whether subject persons and firms are complying with the Packers and Stockyards Act and regulations. As an Auditor, you will be responsible for completing a wide variety of investigative tasks, forensic analysis, direct surveillance, and related work to support PSD's mission.
- Examines financial and operating records; reviews previous audit reports, formal orders and stipulations, and annual and special reports submitted by subject persons or firms.
- Independently makes detailed and technical on-site investigations of persons and firms to determine whether their operations conform with the Act and regulations.
- Investigates complaints alleging monetary damages and attempts to negotiate a settlement.
Occupational Requirements:
- Possess a valid driver's license.
- Sign a mobility agreement.
- Degree: accounting, auditing; or a degree including auditing courses in a related field such as business administration or finance that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.