Accountant (Staff) GS-0510-12 (55804)

Description

• Gives financial advice and recommendations based on law, regulations and professional knowledge of accounting practices.
• Oversees preparation, analyses, and review of accounting reports that are submitted to HQUSACE, U.S. Treasury, Army, and GAO.
• Exercises control over funds to control and prevent violation of 31 U.S.C. 1517 (Anti-Deficiency Act).
• Prepares accounting input data for a project-funded revolving-fund based organization.
• Establishes and/or oversees the establishment of cost accounts and advises program managers in connection with those accounts.
• Certifies propriety and availability of funds prior to the release of the obligation document.
• Interprets database input and output listings and works to resolve problems caused by the accounting system with system specialists and local programmers.
• Interprets accounting requirements and implements them in accordance with guidelines and procedures.
• Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• Responsible for the maintenance of accounting records required in CEFMS.
• Performs technical leadership functions relative to junior staff in the organization and for technical teaching and mentoring to non-financial professionals elsewhere in the District.
• Serves as accounting point of contact for Chief Financial Officers’ (CFO) Act implementation and review in the District.
• Analyzes accounting input generated by other organizational elements for propriety.
• Interprets accounting directives (Public Laws, OMB Circulars, DOD, Army, and Corps of Engineers regulations and policies).
• Provides financial accounting services as technical lead accountant for one or more organizational accounting functions which include, but are not limited to:Revolving Fund Management, Leave Account Management, Facility Account Management, Construction in Progress (CIP), Unliquidated Obligations (ULO), Monthly Distributions.
• Initiates and recommends procedures and policies to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of resources.

Requirements

• Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
• Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• This is a(n) CP-11-Comptroller Career Field position.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, are required to register for Selective Service prior to appointment.
• Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
• Certification Level 2: THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 2 Certified position designated as such in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, section 1051, amending 10 United States Code, section 1599d.
• Business travel required up to 10% of the time.
• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. Position is designated as Non-Sensitive-No access security clearance.
• A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• This position MAY be eligible for situational telework only, including emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework".
• Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;

Benefits

• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance