Supervisory Accountant

About the role

This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Financial Management Division (FC), Office of Finance, Accounts Payable Section. This position(s) primary purpose is to provide DEA-wide professional accounting and financial management services, management advice, and assistance.

Responsibilities

• Helps Oversees and manages work operations for staff accountants and analysts by developing strategic goals and objectives necessary to track, monitor, and account for financial resources throughout the agency.
• Develops program policies, procedures, and evaluation methods to foster continuous improvement practices for DEA.
• Develops recommendations for improving fiscal management and achieving efficiencies for implementation across DEA.
• Ensures that accounting procedures are compatible with policy and working properly in the Unified Financial Management System (UFMS) and related reporting systems; certifies that accounting systems capture required transactional data; and evaluates systems reporting capabilities to determine if they are effective in providing information necessary for financial planning, programming, and analysis.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

Qualifications

• Basic Qualification Requirements: A degree in 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.
• 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.
• For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility.
• Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Time-In-Grade Requirement

Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Foreign education may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

Additional Information

Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered. For reasonable accommodation at the Drug Enforcement Administration, please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.