Auditor - Long Beach, United States - US Customs and Border Protection

US Customs and Border Protection

Verified Company

Long Beach, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

CBP Office of Trade is the architect of the most robust customs system in the world and the second largest revenue source for the U.S.

Government. We facilitate legitimate trade, enforce U.S. laws, and protect the American economy as well as consumer health and safety. Collaborating with industry and government partners, we create a fair, competitive, and safe trade environment, and we enforce U.S. trade law to protect national economic security.

Our expertise in the trade community allows us to lead the development of streamlined and efficient processes that provide certainty for legitimate importers, while combatting transnational crime.

This position starts at a salary of $72, GS-11, Step 1) to $72, GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $113, GS-12 Step 10).

Salary listed reflects the rest of U.S.

scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection.

Typical duties include:

Conducting a full range of audits or other assignments of external entities that are importing, exporting, or facilitating the international flow of merchandise into or out of the United States and completing audit assignments in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
Presenting detailed findings and recommendations in work papers/audit reports, interviewing auditees, and communicating audit objectives to auditees and internal stakeholders.
Planning and overseeing audit activities of lower graded staff auditors, including the review of audit documentation to ensure it meets professional and internal CBP/OT/TRA standards and policies.
Conducting research of import and export laws, trade policy, legal rulings, and case law interpretations as well as conducting risk assessments procedures and assessing internal controls to determine whether an audited entity represents an acceptable or unacceptable risk to DHS/CBP.
Identifying and assessing internal control system weaknesses, performing detailed testing and analysis using various audit and analytical techniques, examining intricate accounting systems, and demonstrating an understanding of statistical sampling.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below)
You may be required to pass a background investigation
CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures

Qualifications:

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A

Degree:

Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in accounting, auditing, or 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 6 hours of credit in business law. Transcript must include date degree was awarded or conferred.

OR

B. 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 provided professional accounting knowledge.

The applicant's background must also include one of the following:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law (provide transcripts);

OR

2. A certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination (provide certification);

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-hour requirement of paragraph A (provide transcripts), 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.

You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience as described below and meet the basic requirement listed above.

Experience:
You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the ne