About the Position: Position is with the US Army MSCoE G8 OFFICE, ACCOUNTING DIVISON at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. Located in the beautiful South-Central Missouri Ozarks. It covers more than 61,000 acres and is located in Pulaski County, MO. Bordering the installation to the North are the towns of Waynesville/St. Robert and Interstate 44. St. Louis is a 2-hour drive to the East along I-44 and Springfield is a little more than an hour's drive to the West of Ft. Leonard Wood.

Duties

As Chief of the Managerial Accounting Division, serves as the installation's accountant, responsible for the continuing review, revision, improvement, and adjustment of the entire appropriated financial accounting program at the installation. Issues appropriate directive/ guidance, directs actions to be taken, and resolves procedural problems. Provides meaningful information to managers regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of their financial management systems and practices. Reviews and analyzes a wide variety of documents, reports, policies, operations, and procedures at installation-wide level. Develops alternative options, to assist managers in improving financial management performance. Serves as a systems accountant to perform professional accounting work. Applies considerable ingenuity to solve a wide variety of complex systems problems where no clear precedents exist. Work may involve continuing study and revision of an existing system or design of subsystems. Identifies financial trends. Identifies and resolves problems in accounting reports through analysis of reports, which are used by management to preclude budget activities from violating the Anti Deficiency Act and to monitor financial trends to ensure optimum use of resources. Activities are notified through verbal and written communication of the trends identified with recommended changes to revise unfavorable trends. Accounting problems are reviewed and resolved by incumbent. Participates in management decision-making by providing assistance in interpreting and applying financial data and information, in developing suggestions, alternatives, and recommendations which contribute to the decision making process. Suggests approaches to be taken and in using accounting data to more effectively manage programs. Supervises activities and employees involved in the application or accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices to a wide variety, of difficult problems. Keeps employees informed of management goals and objectives. Responsible for personnel management to include recruitment, selection, evaluation of performance, action on leave requests, awards, initiation of disciplinary actions, and all other necessary functions. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates. Establishes standards of performance and evaluates subordinates performance. Provides advice, counsel, or instruction to individual employees involving technical, work as, well as administrative matters. Interviews candidates for selection, promotion and/or reassignment, within area of responsibility.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Temporary duty travel may be required up to 10% of the duty time.
• Incumbent is required to complete the Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08).
• Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually, in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R, Joint Ethics Regulation, dated 23 March 2006.
• Obtain and maintain Secret Clearance.
• 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.,
• Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense and Department of the Army requirements of this certification program.
• This certification requirement is a condition of employment for this position. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas EmploymentMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA) 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 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.") 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 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service which includes providing technical guidance in the implementation of accounting policies; utilizing automated accounting systems to prepare funding and budget execution data; and advising management on financial conditions relative to probable fiscal decisions. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accounting AnalysisFinancial Management SystemsManaging Human Resources Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12) All applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcement.

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 KA-APF-W0VLAA US ARMY MANSCEN FLW DO NOT MAIL Fort Leonardwood, MO 65473 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
• Email: [email protected]