The Deputy Director, Audit and Internal Controls, and Policy reports to the Director, Office of Financial Management, and the Deputy, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the department. In coordination with the Director, Office of Financial Management, the incumbent assists in supervising a staff of financial analysts and accountants in carrying out the following functions:
- Internal control, audit follow-up, and audit resolution activities
- Establish financial controls and conduct audits/reviews of financial practices to ensure they align
with policies and standards
- Provide policy and strategic advice to the Director, and other agency executives on all agency wide
financial management objectives and matters.
- Serve as the primary advisor to senior officials in establishing policy, plans, goals, and objectives
for strengthening the Department's AM, ICE, and FPO.
- Interfaces with all levels of management within the Department, Office of Management and
Budget, and other federal agencies on issues of financial management development, presentation,
and execution. Represents the Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Secretary/Bureau on matters
concerning audits, serving as the key spokesperson and liaison on all audit and financial
compliance matters.
- Will manage the department's risks and visibility associated with the Inspector General Audits
(IGs), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations, and the CFO Vision Act
requirements.
- Plans and oversees complex audits, evaluations, reviews, surveys, or other analytical processes.
Reviews and approves the purpose, scope, and audit approach of each project.
- Ensures projects meet professional standards in planning, execution, and issuance of reports and
other products. Also ensures audit objectives are met and that adequate practical coverage is
achieved.
- Reviews and edits audit reports and discusses the report's findings with appropriate management
personnel or stakeholders. Also responsible for the publishing of the Agency's Financial Report.
- Identifies unique issues where no policy or criteria exists and explores innovative approaches for
developing and ambiguous areas.
- Responsible for the Department's Audit Scorecard.
- Reviews and approves Conference Packages for the Department
- Establishes the Single Audit review for the department which requires that federal assistance
programs are utilized in compliance with the federal government.
- Ensures oversight of day-to-day internal controls and risk management, Improper Payments
Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act (IPERIA) and Payment Integrity Information Act of
2019 (PIIA) testing and integrity reporting, and ensuring OMB Compliance Supplements are
followed
- Manages the Department's fraud awareness and risk management programs including fraud
awareness and internal control training for the Department.
Applicants who meet the mandatory executive and technical qualifications will be evaluated by a panel of SES members to determine the degree to which they possess each of the listed qualifications. This evaluation will determine which applicants are best qualified. Each candidate's background including experience, education, awards, self-development, and training will be reviewed. This information will be obtained from the application package, including the required narrative statements for the technical and Executive Core Qualifications described in this vacancy.
Additionally, your resume should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as:
- Directing the work of an organizational unit;
- Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects;
- Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance; and
- Supervising the work of employees; and exercising important policy-making, policy determining, or other executive functions.
If your resume does not include these basic qualifications, then you will not be considered further for this position and will not be determined as minimally qualified.
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