This position is located under the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Philadelphia Regional Office. This position is inside the bargaining unit.

Duties

Duties for this position are listed below: . Serves in a senior capacity in the development and coordination of various accounting, financial management, and administrative functions within the agency. . Reviews and evaluates existing finance and accounting policies, standard and procedures to develop improved working processes. . Serves as an agency expert of statutes, regulations, policies and standard operating procedures for program area pertaining to a full range of issues including highly complex and unusual issues. . Manages a grant portfolio within assigned program area(s) of high complexity, scope and impact, and conducts the day-to-day fiscal management for the grants within the grant portfolio. . Interprets Federal requirements and procedures to grantees to assist them to comply with Federal requirements. . Promote communication, coordination, cooperation, and mutual understanding between program participates, stakeholders, and the civilian community, as applicable. . Prepares and deliver presentations to various internal and external audiences on financial and administrative matters. . Exercise positive interpersonal relationships with program participants and stakeholders through the use of tact and diplomacy to resolve issues or conflicts between groups with different objectives and needs. . Reviews a variety of financial reports, analyzes and validates financial data, and resolves accounting discrepancies in reported data.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements for Occupational Series 0510 Accounting: 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.") -OR- 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: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or 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 above, 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 above; 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 Requirements described above, you must have the Specialized Experience described below. For GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level GS-12 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Successful candidates must demonstrate experience in five of the five areas: . Applied administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements for Federal Awards, laws, regulations, rules, policies, and guidelines to the financial management of grant funded programs. . Analyzed organizational or program fiscal and administrative practices, policies, functions, and programs and advising managers on changing operations. . Analyzed financial reports and systems to determine adequacy of internal controls, including testing financial systems for compliance. . Conducted specialized reviews of grant recipient organizations to determine compliance with applicable Federal accounting and grant management requirements, including preparation of written monitoring reports. . Provided technical assistance to grant recipient organizations, including aid in resolution of audit findings.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Contacts

• Address Employment and Training Administration 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20210 US
• Name: Kevin Michigan
• Phone: 972-850-2513
• Email: [email protected]