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Job opening: Accountant (Staff)

Salary: $163 964 - 191 900 per year
Published at: Nov 12 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties

This series covers positions managing, supervising, leading, and/or performing administrative and management work.

Requirements

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
  • This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • Subject to the appropriate background investigation to determine suitability or fitness for federal employment. Continued employment is contingent upon favorable adjudications of periodic reinvestigations, if applicable.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Incumbent will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually.
  • This position is not included in a Bargaining Agreement.
  • These positions are to be filled under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act or Scientific, Technical, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) direct hire authority.

Qualifications

You must meet the Basic Education Requirement listed in the "Education Requirements" section and the "Specialized Experience" to qualify for this series as described below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR GS-15: You must have one year of experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility p to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Overseeing the resolution of significant audit issues impacting program objectives related to the Single Audit Act. Reviewing and analyzing audit work packages and supporting documents in support of awardees' positions relative to audit findings; AND Tracking, monitoring, and addressing audit findings issued against financial assistance awardees, ensuring that awardees establish corrective action to address compliance and internal control issues in accordance with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) cost principles; AND Researches and interprets Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), audit regulations and precedents as embodied in legislation, and a variety of standards and practices. NOTE: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-15 level. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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. OPM Qualification Standards for the GS-0510 series can be found at the following website: Accounting Series 0510 (opm.gov) CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. All requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

You MUST submit at least one of the following:

  • Copy of your Transcripts or equivalent; OR
  • Certificate as Certified Public Accountant (CPA); OR
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Position/Series Education Requirements is:
A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or 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/auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant/auditor.")
OR
B. 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:
1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
OR
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;
OR
3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours (THIS MAY NOT INCLUDE BUSINESS LAW CREDITS), 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.

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.

Since this position does have a positive education requirement.
You MUST provide documentation supporting any education claims in your application. This documentation can include unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned and final grade.

If selected, official transcripts will be requested.

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 Office of Management Department of Energy Human Capital Shared Service Center 1000 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20585 US
  • Name: Douglas Bert
  • Email: [email protected]

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