View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Financial Management, Chief Finance Officer, in Irving, Texas. This is a bargaining unit position.

Duties

As an Accountant, at the full performance level you will perform the following duties: Responsible for carrying out professional accounting responsibilities in accordance with guidelines established by DHS/ICE. Perform activities that enable the agency to ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Take action to achieve organizational financial and accounting objectives. Assist in determining the propriety of accounting transactions from federal funds.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Time in Grade: Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the Federal service. Time in grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Probationary Period: This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess one of the following: Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Reviewing automated and/or manual accounting and financial management systems to find, review or change accounting data in transaction files, ledgers, accounts, summary reports and financial statements. Interpreting financial and accounting data to provide appropriate analysis for management's use in decision making. Reviewing guidance, memoranda, procedures, and instructions that cover the full spectrum of accounting and financial management issues. OR Education: Successful completion of two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education and specialized experience as described above, when combined equals 100% of the total requirement. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. Only graduate education in excess of the first full year can be credited for the combination. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed graduate education and specialized experience as described above, when combined equals 100% of the total requirement. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. Only graduate education in excess of the first full year can be credited for the combination. You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Providing accounting services that support department and organizational programs and components. Assisting senior level accountants in maintaining business processes that contribute to effective management control over program operations. Communicating with senior level analysis in an effort to gather, analyze and compile data to provide support services. Ensuring accurate, concise and timely information is available to management and officials upon request. OR Education: 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of successfully completed post high school education beyond the second year. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that number cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered an academic year of graduate study. Part-time graduate education is creditable in accordance with its relationship to a year of full-time study at the school attended. This will be calculated using your resume and unofficial transcripts or a list of courses/course hours submitted with your application. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Education

BASIC EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT: You must meet the basic educational requirement for this position. the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM), Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the Accounting, 0510 series are as follows:
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" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")

Contacts

• Address FINANCIAL OPERATIONS DALLAS 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 US
• Name: Ryan Youngsma
• Email: [email protected]