Job Description
Summary
Assists in conducting performance, compliance and financial-related audits and other oversight projects of LSC operations and LSC grantees. Assists with other projects including quality control reviews, financial statement reviews and oversight, and other engagements.
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Conditions of Employment
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Qualifications
Strong oral and written communication skills with demonstrated ability to prepare written products that require minimal editing.
Flexible, self-motivated, capable of self-management, and exceptional attention to detail.
Strong organizational skills with demonstrated ability to gather, organize, and analyze data to make informed decisions on accounting and auditing issues.
Unimpeachable integrity and adherence to the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.
Solid critical thinker; strong commitment to principles of diversity and inclusion; high degree of flexibility; and a capacity for self-management and attention to detail.
Understanding of and commitment to OIG's mission and goals, including statutory requirements of the Inspector General Act, as amended.
Adaptable and able to plan, manage, and execute multiple and shifting priorities against tight deadlines.
Ability to work in high-performing and high-morale teams; and to foster teamwork and effective collaboration.
Strong knowledge of accounting, auditing, and oversight principles, concepts and practices.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in conducting audits in a grant-making agency or organization.
Data analytics expertise.
Education
Bachelor's degree in accounting or in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting.
Additional information
ABOUT LSC AND THE LSC OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL:
The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the country's single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans. Created by Congress in 1974 as a nonprofit corporation, LSC currently funds 130 independent nonprofit legal aid organizations (LSC grantees). These grantees have more than 900 offices throughout the nation and overseas. LSC's mission is to promote equal access to justice and provide grants for high-quality civil legal assistance. LSC receives approximately 99 percent of its funding from Federal Government appropriations. LSC is considered a designated federal entity under the Inspector General (IG) Act, as amended. LSC OIG possesses all of the authorities of the IG Act, as amended, and must meet all related statutory requirements. The LSC IG reports to the LSC Board of Directors.
LSC OIG's mission is twofold: to assist LSC management and grantees in identifying ways to promote efficiency and effectiveness; and to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse. LSC OIG is also responsible for keeping the LSC Board of Directors and Congress fully and currently informed. The OIG primarily achieves its mission through delivering independent insights and recommendations to key stakeholders through audits, evaluations, and reviews; investigations into allegations of wrongdoing; and proactive efforts to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. Learn more about the LSC OIG at: Home Page I OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL (lsc.gov), including OIG's new strategic plan.
This position is not considered federal employment. It is based in Washington, DC, and requires periodically working from an office in Washington, DC in accordance with OIG's hybrid work model. OIG embraces the use of telework flexibilities. The successful candidate must live in the Washington, DC commuting area (a 50-mile radius from LSC headquarters).
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