Job opening: Accountant
Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Sep 01 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.
This position will be filled on a permanent basis.
Duties
Provides professional management accounting advice, analyses, reports, and assistance to US Army Cyber Command program directors and financial managers using automated accounting systems.
Responsible for planning, managing, and coordinating the financial accounting programs (Dormant Account Review Quarterly and Risk Management Internal Control Program).
Directs the performance of continuing reviews on all financial management system output of ARCYBER data and information to identify trends that do not support command objectives.
Maintain liaison with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) through the consolidated Operating Location, to monitor the reliability of financial and other systems.
Recommend operational, procedural, and systems modifications that maximize utilization of resources.
Perform Command liaison with DFAS-IN, as operationally required to resolve problems between automated financial and non-financial system interfaces.
Evaluate and recommend improvements for accounting procedures, reports, and operational areas.
Leads reviews to determine, select, and organize appropriate data for use in executing performance measurements.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Three year probationary period may be required.
- Must undergo and successfully complete an initial and periodic Counter-Intelligence Polygraph (CI Poly) examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI).
- Must pass an initial and periodic urinalysis screening for illegal drug use.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain access to NSA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) accredited facilities and networks. [Military External Affairs Division (MEAD) Security In-Processing (SIP) process.]
- Temporary duty travel may be required approximately 5% of the time.
- Position requires incumbent to obtain Financial Management Level 2 Certification within timeframe required.
- Must obtain and maintain TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information.
Qualifications
Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.
This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Basic Requirement for Accountant:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in 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.
OR
B. Combination of Education and Experience: Must include 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:
(1) Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
OR
(2) A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;
OR
(3) 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;
AND
(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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by providing professional management accounting advice, analyses, reports, and assistance to program directors and financial managers using the Army's accounting systems, General Fund Enterprise Business System and Global Combat Support System - Army; Planning, managing and coordinating the financial accounting program for a large organization (Dormant Account Review Quarterly, Risk Management Internal Control Program, Command Accountability and Execution Review, formal briefings, accounting advice/assistance, monitoring financial systems, developing guidance/policy/procedures, and researching issues to deliver/implement solutions to financial or financial system issues); Performing liaison duties with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to resolve issues in a variety of automated financial and non-financial system interfaces (GFEBS, Global Combat Supply System-Army, Logistics Modernization Program, Wide Area Workflow, Automated Time and Attendance Production System, Operational Data Store, Standard Financial System, Resource Management Tool, Defense Travel System, and Access Online); Analyzing financial/accounting program performance to define problems, improve performance, and maximize utilization of organization resources.
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
Contacts
- Address KB-W6UXAA US ARMY CYBER COMMAND
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Meade, MD 20755
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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