Program Specialist (Auditor)

Program Specialist (Auditor)

This position is within the Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Incumbent will prepare reports and presentations on monitoring and auditing results for the Chief Business Office Service, Compliance Officer, and Executive Leadership of EOVAHCS. The individual should demonstrate professional auditing knowledge, and accepts and supports the mission, vision, and guiding principles of the medical center.

As a Program Specialist, the incumbent prepares reports and presentations on monitoring and auditing results for the Chief Business Office Service, Compliance Officer, and Executive Leadership of EOVAHCS. The duties assigned will be performed in a manner that promotes quality health care, and outstanding customer service. The incumbent should demonstrate professional auditing knowledge, and accepts and supports the mission, vision, and guiding principles of the medical center. The assigned duties will be performed in a manner that promotes quality health care, outstanding customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran. Duties include but are not limited to :

• Demonstrate professional auditing knowledge, and accepts and supports the mission, vision, and guiding principles of the medical center
• Initiates, populates, and reviews reports for the Business Office
• Implement a variety of monitoring / reporting tools for each unit within the service to such as enrollment and eligibility, encounter management, action required and train employees how to utilize them
• Independently plans and conducts a variety of assignments or investigates such as develop or modify methods and techniques to resolve a variety of auditing problems
• Develops new audit approaches where no precedent exists
• Serves as the technical expert in a wide variety of auditing program management functions
• Make clear, concise, and effective oral and written reports, and skilled at applying the principles, theories, techniques, and practices of professional auditing to problems encountered
• Draft findings, conclusions, and recommendations
• Reporting standards to provide a basis for actions to correct weaknesses and implement improvements
• Determines requirements and establishes priorities, provides guidance concerning formulation, planning, and execution of the auditing function

Work Schedule : Monday-Friday 8-4 : 30pm Telework : This position may be authorized for ADHOC telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual : This is not a virtual position. Position Description / PD# : Program Specialist (Auditor) / PD11915A Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) : Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12 / 31 / 1959 Physical Requirements : The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Subject to background / security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider : your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02 / 13 / 2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience and / or education as described below :

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position :

Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start / end dates AND hours worked per week. A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Overstating your qualifications and / or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.