Program Analyst

This position is assigned to the Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) Fiscal Oversight Program (N001) of Commander Navy Installation Command, (CNIC). Incumbent serves as a Headquarters (HQ) Program Analyst (Fiscal Oversight) providing internal review of world-wide Navy Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFIs).

Qualifications:

Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position. Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.

A qualified candidate possesses the following:

• Candidate must possess at least three years of progressively responsible specialized experience reviewing programs' financials and internal controls, e.g. examine and evaluate accounting data and conduct and evaluate program risk assessments.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, auditing and accounting concepts, principles and techniques in order to adapt methods, interpret policies, develop, and implement comprehensive internal review program plans.
• Knowledge of specialized audit techniques such as statistical sampling, automated data retrieval, etc.
• Ability to analyze a wide range of operating programs in order to recommend or evaluate efficiencies, and to assess status.
• Ability to review large amounts of data, numerical and otherwise, for purposes of evaluating management systems.
• Ability to analyze financial statements to determine material aspects of the financial position, results of operations, cash flow or changes in financial position, and accounting reconciliation and/or budget reports.
• Ability to identify and document material internal control weaknesses and recommend corrective action.
• Ability to recognize potential fraud indicators and develop steps to expand internal review scope to evaluate whether investigative referral is appropriate.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Ability to use Systems Applications Products (SAP), personal computer, and standard software including database, spreadsheet, flow-charting, and word processing in conducting internal review reviews and reporting results.

Responsibilities:

In order to qualify for this position resumes must demonstrate sufficient experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties. Resumes are the primary means of evaluation of applicant qualifications; therefore, applicants should be clear and specific when describing their experience.

Incumbent responsible for planning and executing internal reviews of Navy MWR, CYP, CMWR, and other NAF activities. The incumbent is assigned difficult and complex portions of NAF financial reviews. This involves assessing compliance with DoW, DoN and OPNAV, and CNIC regulations, policies and procedures; accomplishment of goals, efficiency and economy of management; utilization of resources; budget formulation and execution; procurement acquisition and disposition of property; inventory requirements, industrially funded operations; reliability of financial statements; automatic data processing systems; assessing internal accounting controls; verifying financial statement account balances; and evaluating the presentation of financial statements.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Creates ideas for new internal review program inspection areas and develops oversight program proposals for use by supervisor.
• Assists in preparing an annual schedule, program guide, and in conducting the field survey to determine functional areas or subjects to be reviewed and inspected.
• Develops necessary audit steps to meet internal review objectives of significant areas of NAF operations.
• Performs independent on-site field work necessary to complete requirements of the internal review plan or related assignments.
• Informs supervisor when review approaches should be modified to meet objectives or when situations encountered warrant revisions of the internal review program.
• Assists in identifying inspection approaches in specific functional areas, developing statistical sampling plans, extracting and sorting sample cases to expedite work.
• Writes comprehensive evaluations of NAF operations relevant to internal review objectives in the format of complete findings and recommendations.
• Prepares comprehensive supporting documentation cross-referenced to reports and results.
• Prepares reports on internal controls and reports on compliance with policies and regulations relevant to internal review objectives in the format required. Comprehensive supporting documentation is cross referenced to the internal review program, adjustments to financial records, reports on internal controls and compliance with policies and regulations.
• Exercises independent judgment on evaluating management controls. Presents ideas, facts, conclusions and recommendations clearly, concisely and logically, both orally and in writing.
• Writes portions of internal review reports and supervises completions of the entire report when serving in a team lead capacity.
• Prepares working papers, setting forth information relative to the extent of examination. Provides full support for findings. Conducts in-depth reviews to obtain documentary, analytical, or observable evidence for conclusions and findings.
• Receives and reviews work papers and working paper summaries in support of findings, requests additional information, deals with technical questions and resolves problems with personnel of NAF activities and organizations and other members of the internal review team.
• Documents results of work paper reviews, including providing written guidance to team members relative to additional information needed to adequately substantiate reportable findings.
• Discusses findings and recommendations with management personnel to reconcile differences and to work out satisfactory solutions to various problems.
• Participates in entrance and exit conferences with local command representatives to explain objectives and conclusions. Considers and resolves issues raised by command representatives on factual matters to ensure balanced and accurate presentation of reported results.
• Identifies and develops internal review finding issues that have significant monetary or program-wide impact on NAF programs, activities and functions. Identifies material accounting and internal control issues that result in adjustment or footnotes to financial statements.
• Recommends completion dates for internal review program tasks and executes work to meet the scheduled completion dates.
• Enables internal review team cooperation by assisting others when necessary and sharing information and ideas.
• Responds positively to direction from superiors.
• Provides guidance to and directs the efforts of local accounting, command evaluation and audit staff in accomplishing assignments.
• Maintains security and accountability of Privacy Act and other information.
• Maintains professional proficiency in accordance with GAO auditing standards.

Salary : $75,000