Job opening: Accountant
Salary: $99 200 - 153 354 per year
Published at: Dec 16 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG), Mission Support Team (MST), Financial Management Office (FMO) in Alexandria, VA.
Duties
Prepare accounting reports, review financial statements and related footnotes, and Treasury reports, and perform s accounting reconciliations.
Ensure data posted to the Data Collection Module and submitted to the Defense Departmental Reporting System (DDRS) and other financial systems is accurate.
Provide and respond to data call requests related to financial statement audit.
Performs internal control assessments, reviews, and other evaluations of assigned systems and/or processes to assess areas to ensure adequacy of safeguards, effectiveness, reliability of information, and compliance with laws and regulations.
Review, evaluate, document and coordinate internal control requirements related to financial accounting systems, processes and reports to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the Risk Management Internal Control Program.
Develop a variety of reports, papers, procedures, and instructions to accomplish financial audit readiness goals.
This position requires a security clearance at the Secret (Non-Critical Sensitive) level.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National
- Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or be exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov).
- Suitable for federal employment
- This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
- Incumbent is required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment, and is subject to random drug testing for the duration of service with DoD OIG.
- The incumbent must adhere to the DoD Standards of Conduct.
- This position requires applicants to be able to obtain and maintain the DoD Financial Management Certification Level II per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d.
Qualifications
Veterans' preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to positions filled under this announcement. All applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration.
Basic Requirement:
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.")
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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; 2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination.
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Accounting experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 or GS-13 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.
Specialized Experience:
GS-12 Specialized Experience Definition: Specialized Experience for this position consists of having one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 in a Federal training and development organization. Experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities, to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) performing accounting work, including analysis of financial data; reviewing and reconciling accounting data for accuracy to ensure the integrity of the accounting systems; perform testing of internal controls over financial reporting and systems; 2) analyzing and interpreting accounting principles and fiscal laws and regulations and to ensure compliance with internal controls, policies, and procedures; AND 3) conducting internal control reviews to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of financial reporting and operations.
GS-13 Specialized Experience Definition: Specialized Experience for this position consists of having one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 in a Federal training and development organization.
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Reconciling data between financial and reporting systems to correct account relationships and trial balance anomalies; 2) Analyzing, explaining, and correcting financial statement variances to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other authoritative sources; AND 3) Utilizing a comprehensive knowledge of fiscal laws and regulations to ensure the integrity, timeliness, and accuracy of accounting, budget execution, and other financial management; and assessing internal controls over financial and reporting systems to ensure procedures and controls are documented and operating effectively; develop reports, procedures and instructions to accomplish financial audit readiness goals.
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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience.
Only experience and/or education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
Education
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.")
ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide unofficial transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list of courses. Transcripts and list of courses must include the following information: name of accredited institution, list of courses with grades and credit earned for each course, quarter or semester hours earned, degree conferred and date, and the name and address of the school. If selected for this position, you will be required to provide an official certified copy of your transcripts before a start date will be established. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more that 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
ACCREDITATION
: Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are
acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management website at
https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/ and U.S. Department of Education website at
https://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specialized 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://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
Contacts
- Address DoD OIG - MISSION SUPPORT TEAM
4800 Mark Center Drive
Alexandria, VA 22350
US
- Name: KYRA GILSON
- Phone: 703-601-5870
- Email: [email protected]
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