Accountant

About the role

In this role the incumbent will serve in a developmental capacity at the Medical Center. Accomplishes a prescribed agenda of formal/informal training, rotational job assignments, and self development. Performs developmental assignments involving the review and processing of accounting documents.

Responsibilities

• Affords assistance and advice to technicians, analysts and clerical personnel on transactions requiring professional accounting determinations.
• Maintains liaison with serviced activities, providing advice on availability of funds, reporting methods and account reconciliations.
• Participates with higher grade accountants in furnishing assistance and advice to operating elements, recommending solutions to problems, and devising new or alternative procedures for accounting or related functions involving analysis of accounting operations.
• Studies and charts the flow of accounting documents.
• Observes and reports on prevailing practices concerning the treatment of selected transactions.
• Analyzes current procedures and systems to determine if improvement or simplification is needed.
• Studies, analyzes and interprets manuals and other accounting regulations from higher authority and discusses their application with supervisor.
• Gathers and analyzes data from a variety of sources.
• Collaborates with specialists in other units of the Comptroller or affected elements of the Command and serviced activities to develop corrective approaches to problem situations.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/15/2026.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: Accounting degree; 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.
• Specialized Experience: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.