This position is located at Bureau of Engraving and Printing, within the Accounting Division. As an Accountant, you will perform a variety of assignments requiring application of well-established accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices to a wide variety of difficult problems as they relate to the accounting treatment of industrial/manufacturing operations.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As an Accountant, you will: Perform professional work requiring the application of accounting principles, theories, concepts, and practices to ensure that financial management and accounting systems produce accurate results and meet legal and regulatory requirements. Prepare, analyze, interpret, and evaluate accounting and financial policies, systems data, to OFM management and high-level officials throughout BEP. Provide advice and analysis to management regarding accounting programs, financial systems and public and private businesses by reviewing obligations, reconciling contracts and reviewing and reconciling subsidiary ledgers. Participate with Systems Accountants in the design, implementation and assessment of internal control processes and systems. Identify accounting needs not met by the prescribed system, recommend improvements in accounting and financial procedures or services, and submit systems change requests.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-11: Specialized experience for the GS-11 is one year of experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent, in either public or private sectors, that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience: Providing responses to internal and external audit requests and assisting management with creating corrective action plans.; AND Analyzing financial statement accounts and reports to identify discrepancies and adjusting discrepancies between the general ledger and subsidiary accounts to resolve abnormal balances.; AND Analyzing transactions to ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulations, or guidelines. OR 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. GS-09: Specialized experience for the GS-09 is one year of experience at the GS-07 level or equivalent, in either public or private sectors, that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience: Analyzing financial statement accounts to identify discrepancies and adjusting discrepancies between the general ledger and subsidiary accounts to resolve abnormal balances.; AND Preparing journal entries and reports for month and year-end closing utilizing an automated accounting system.; AND Experience analyzing transactions to ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulations, or guidelines. OR 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. GS-07: Specialized experience for the GS-07 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-05 level, or equivalent that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this grade includes experience: Preparing monthly and quarterly financial reports.; AND Entering accounting transactions in an automated system.; AND Analyzing transactions to ensure compliance with accounting policies, regulations, or guidelines. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: completed at least 1 full year of graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hours or equivalent) or have a bachelor's degree and meet one of the following requirements for superior academic achievement: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies. OR You may qualify with a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, your total qualifying experience is calculated as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level. Then, your education is calculated as a percentage of the education required for the grade level. The two percentages are added together. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level.

Education

Individual Occupational Requirements, 0510 Accounting Series

A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's degree or higher 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. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting/auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant/auditor.")

OR

B. 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:
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; (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 non-conformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address ACCOUNTING DIVISION Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]