Auditor

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

This position is also being announced to applicants eligible to apply through Merit Staffing procedures under 28-NCE-13083089-ST.
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Duties

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

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team responsible for providing Auditor support to the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, with significant collaborative responsibilities with the Criminal Division's Economic Crimes Section. The position focuses on investigations, discovery, trial preparation, and trial presentation, including testifying in court as a summary and/or expert witness. Investigations may involve fraud affecting government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, money laundering, investment and securities fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, and other sophisticated financial schemes.

Typical work assignments will include:
- Applying specialized accounting concepts, auditing principles, and investigative techniques to financial transactions and records to identify fraud schemes, concealed assets, available resources, money flows, and other financial irregularities.
- Planning and conducting complex financial analyses to identify suspected violations of Federal statutes and support civil and criminal enforcement actions.
- Examining, interpreting, and analyzing financial data associated with transactions, events, or allegations under investigation.
- Developing financial profiles of individuals and organizations, including reconstructing financial records to support investigative and prosecutorial needs.
- Assisting with witness interviews, proffers, discovery, and trial preparation activities.
- Developing spreadsheets, charts, tables, and other demonstrative materials and preparing written reports that clearly communicate the results of financial analyses to attorneys and investigative personnel.
- Compiling documents and physical evidence and preparing charts, summaries, exhibits, and audiovisual materials for use in courtroom proceedings.
- Testifying in court, as needed, regarding financial methodologies, analytical findings, and conclusions.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• 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
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.