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Job opening: ACCOUNTANT

Salary: $57 118 - 84 441 per year
Published at: Dec 14 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Recent Graduates via public notice flyer for interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

You will assist with the development and administration of DON’s accounting and disbursing policies and procedures in accordance with guidelines issued by authoritative financial management organizations. You will provide information about and interpret standard organizational budgetary and accounting practices and regulations. You will perform specialized work involving managerial or administrative work in connection with accounting systems. You will research guides to locate accounting, budgetary, and financial information and prepare summaries for use by managers. You will coordinate corrective actions to resolve accounting and disbursing problems identified during review of financial systems and/or as the result of operational activities.

Requirements

  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
  • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
  • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
  • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
  • Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • This is a Financial Management Level 1 certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26.
  • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
  • You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
  • You will be required to sign a mobility agreement to accept relocation to other geographic locations if required by the employer.
  • This position may require travel from normal duty station. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying program functions of budgetary policies, precedents, procedures, and regulations independently, in order to accomplish anticipated or actual dollar figures; 2) Compiles and utilizes budget information of auditing and accounting theories, techniques, and practices; 3) Applying generally accepted accounting practices to independently perform complex assignments and solve accounting problems; and 4) Exercising judgment to resolve commonly encountered work problems and deviations. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

To be considered you must be a recent college graduate, awarded a degree by a qualifying educational institution not more than two years before the date of appointment (extended to four years before date of appointment for veterans who completed a period of obligated uniformed service of more than four years, and were awarded a degree by qualifying educational institution).

Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Applicants must possess a degree in finance, accounting, management, actuarial science, or other related degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum GPA of 2.95:
Master's or equivalent graduate degree
or
2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.B. or J.D., if related

Contacts

  • Address FINANCIAL MGMT CAREER PROG 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, DC 20350 US
  • Name: Financial Management Career Program
  • Phone: (703) 604-9999
  • Email: [email protected]