Accountant

Responsibilities

• Provides financial information services
• Ensuring DLA financial management systems perform optimally to produce accurate, reliable, and timely financial information and reporting in accordance with all federal financial management laws, regulations, and policies
• As a senior accountant works on a business cycle team responsible for developing and designing new financial reporting requirements and approaches to be implemented agency wide
• Validates financial and accounting data and reports for one or more accounting programs, ensuring accuracy and conformation with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, government-wide accounting principles, requirements, and internal controls
• Develops new analytical reports and represents large, complex sets of data through visual representation
• Works with the process team to identify the need for new/revised KPIs and metrics
• Conducts independent analysis and investigation of broad process issues
• Provides data during annual audit reviews and determines valid data requirements to satisfy audits

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• Security Requirements: Non‑Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12‑31‑59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities
• This position requires DoD Financial Management Level 2 certification within 2 years in accordance with DoD Instruction 1300.26, DoD Directive 5118.03 and section 1599d of Title 10, U.S.C.; once obtained, you must maintain and improve proficiency

Qualifications

• Basic Requirement: A bachelor's degree or higher in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours may be in business law). Applicants must submit college transcripts from an accredited institution showing the accounting or equivalent degree was conferred and the date conferred.
• OR Education: A 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. Applicants must submit college transcripts from an accredited institution.
• Additionally, the applicant's background must include one of the following:
  • Twenty‑four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses (up to 6 hours may be business law);
  • A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or 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 does not fully satisfy the 24‑semester‑hour requirement, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full‑performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, (b) a panel of at least two higher‑level professional accountants or auditors has determined the applicant has demonstrated good knowledge of accounting and related fields equal to that normally associated with successful completion of the 4‑year course of study, and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the 24‑semester‑hour requirement, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position.
  • For GS‑13: specialized experience must be at the GS‑12 grade level or equivalent.
  • For GS‑12: specialized experience must be at the GS‑11 grade level or equivalent.
  Creditable specialized experience includes:
  • GS‑12: Validate financial and accounting data and reports for one or more accounting programs, ensuring accuracy and conformation with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); intermediate or higher proficiency using SQL to query, combine, and transform large datasets; demonstrated skill building interactive dashboards and analytic reports using Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik; experience with both traditional and modern accounting tools (T‑accounts, Financial Statement Analysis, Ratio Accounting, etc.) and techniques to provide variance (Trend/Fluctuation) analysis, abnormal balance reviews, and develop accounting reconciliations to explain accounting/financial data discrepancies; experience with large ERPs such as SAP, Oracle Federal Financials, or similar.
  • GS‑13: Experience in general ledger accounting and the control/subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques; developing complementary work products that support financial operations; analyzing the effectiveness of process initiatives to improve financial management process such as performance metrics; advanced proficiency using SQL to query, combine, and transform large datasets; working proficiency in Python (pandas, numpy) or R for statistical modeling, data validation, data cleansing, and repeatable workflow automation; demonstrated skill building interactive dashboards and analytic reports using Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik; providing complex management advisory and technical services on highly important and substantive issues involving planning, analyzing, or evaluating the effectiveness of these systems; applying a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods to assess and improve program effectiveness or complex management processes, projects, and systems; experience with large ERPs such as SAP, Oracle Federal Financials, or similar.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations; volunteer experience helps build critical competencies and can be credited toward qualification.
• Education substitution may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
• Applicants must provide transcripts or other documentation to support educational claims; unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.
• Graduate education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full‑time study; if unavailable, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) satisfies the requirement for one year of full‑time graduate study.
• Foreign education: If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education programs and 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.

Pay

• Battle Creek, MI: $89,508 - $138,370
• Whitehall, OH: $93,400 - $144,386
• Richmond, VA: $93,499 - $144,540
• Philadelphia, PA: $98,630 - $152,471
• Fort Belvoir, VA: $102,415 - $158,322
• New Cumberland, PA: $102,415 - $158,322