Lead Accountant

About the role

Help Leads the administration of financial policies, advises on new laws, ensures accurate disclosures, and reports on DLA's financial health.

Assigns, tracks, and reviews team tasks to ensure high-quality, timely completion in line with standards and deadlines.

Integrates the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values into the team's goals, strategies, and work products.

Serves as a coach, facilitator, and negotiator to coordinate team initiatives and foster consensus-building activities.

Represents the team to the supervisor to obtain necessary resources and resolve major work-related issues.

Collaborates with the supervisor on performance management issues, recommending promotions, reassignments, and performance appraisals.

Requirements

Conditions of employment 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. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.

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

To qualify for a Lead Accountant, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

• 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. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.
• 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.
• Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality.
• A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination.
• Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, 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;
• 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.

Skills

Utilizes the U.S. Standard General Ledger (USSGL) to perform trial balance reconciliations, EBS data validation, and transaction-level reporting for General or Working Capital Funds.

Applies FASAB, OMB (including A-11 and A-136), and GAO standards to evaluate daily accounting operations, perform root-cause analyses, and resolve system discrepancies.

Compiles and analyzes federal financial statements, trial balances, and related note disclosures to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements.

Provides audit support by preparing responses to Provided by Client (PBC) requests and executing Corrective Action Plans (CAP) to remediate accounting deficiencies.

Serves as a lead or senior team member to distribute tasks, review work for quality, and ensure team products align with organizational strategic plans and deadlines.

Benefits

The DLA provides a comprehensive benefits package to its employees, including a range of benefits designed to make the federal career very rewarding.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $89,787 to $143,598 per year.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is flexible.