Join DFAS and become a member of an exciting team of select individuals chosen to audit in an organization responsible for managing billions of dollars spent by the Department of Defense (DoD) annually. Enter a world where your efforts as a government Auditor with DFAS Internal Review will be relied upon by a wide range of important customers; from our Warfighters around the globe to the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Comptroller. You will be assigned tasks and projects designed in scope and complexity to develop your skills in administering and delivering professional accounting knowledge, services and oversight to DoD decision makers.

As a member of this exciting team you will conduct audits helping to ensure accuracy of DoD financial management systems. You will also conduct performance audits focusing on the economy and efficiency of DFAS organizations, programs, activities and functions. These efforts improve DFAS performance and contribute to improved financial management within DOD. DFAS auditors take pride in providing management with timely and useful action plans to correct issues or deficiencies. Many action plans result in management implementating automated oversight techniques developed by our auditors from their use of sophisticated computer assisted audit techniques (CAATs) to do their work. 

DFAS Internal Review auditors are leaders in both government and private industry in the use of advanced computer analysis techniques and data mining to detect and prevent fraudulent attacks against DFAS financial assets. This includes identification and prevention of erroneous payments and suggestions for process improvements to mitigate identified internal control weaknesses. As part of the team you will receive formal and on-the-job training. You will gain proficiency of GAO's Government Auditing Standards and how to apply these standards on DFAS audits. You will become proficient using CAATs and automated work papers to help maintain DFAS’ leadership using more advanced decision support tools to gain business intelligence. You will also have the opportunity to pursue an advanced degree and your Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) or Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification.

 

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