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

Duties

Duties for this position include: Provides authoritative advice and consultation to ETA officials and customers on highly complex accounting, financial management, and administrative issues and concerns. Serves as a regional expert for one or more fiscal or administrative functional areas. Acts as a principal point of contact (liaison) between the Government and ETA grantees. Manages a grant portfolio within assigned program area(s) of high complexity, scope, and impact, conducts the day-to-day fiscal management for the grants within his/her grant portfolio, and conducts in depth analysis of quarterly financial reports. Develops procedural manuals, methods, and directives. Prepares highly complex monitoring reports upon the completion of a monitoring review. Maintains grant files and adheres to grant management documentation requirements established in Employment and Training Orders (ETOs). Represents organization in conferences and meetings with customers, managers, and other officials for the purpose of obtaining and exchanging information regarding new/revised finance and accounting requirements as it relates to grants servicing and management. Prepares and delivers presentations to various internal and external audiences (e.g., internal: ETA leadership and colleagues; external: grantee community and other workforce system stakeholders) on financial and administrative matters. Provides onsite and remote technical assistance to grantees in planning, operation, and management of their financial systems. Provides guidance and assistance in the development and implementation of these systems to ensure that Federal funds are safeguarded to the maximum extent. Provides technical advice on unusual and difficult accounting issues and/or operations problems.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), as described below: 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. In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements described above, you must have the Specialized Experience described below. For the 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. Qualifying specialized experience at the GS-13 is defined as experience conducting fiscal and grants management oversight and providing technical and compliance assistance. Examples of specialized experience include but are not limited to: Reviewing and evaluating existing grant program finance and accounting policies, standards, and procedures to develop improved working processes. Monitoring internal controls to identify problem areas, improve grant operating program effectiveness and maintain the integrity of financial information. Reviewing a variety of grant financial reports, analyzing and validating financial data, and resolving accounting discrepancies in reported data. Reviewing grant applications, annual plans, agreements, and modifications, ensuring compliance with Federal rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Leading and conducting compliance monitoring reviews of grantees to evaluate programmatic and fiscal administration of the project, assess financial management systems and functions, and ensure compliance with grant requirements. Working with grantees to identify potential issues and conducting research on policy guidance and legislation.

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]