Accountant

Full Job Description

PLEASE NOTE: Based on the current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended.

This position is located at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Retail Payments and Accounting Division.

As an Accountant, you will offer Americans simple and accessible Treasury securities to build savings and help enable financial confidence.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.

One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience for the GS-12 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-11 level, or equivalent that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this grade must include ALL of the following: - Operating, maintaining, or monitoring accounting systems; AND - Interpreting and applying accounting standards, policies, and requirements; AND - Examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting data, records, and reports; AND - Participating on audits, reviews, or management requested studies of financial statements or operations; AND - Conducting special studies or specialized projects and assignments.

Specialized experience for the GS-11 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-09 level, or equivalent that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this grade must include ALL of the following: - Operating or inspecting accounting systems; AND - Interpreting and applying accounting standards, policies, and procedures; AND - Preparing reconciliations, reports or audits; AND - Participating on audits, reviews, or management requested studies of financial statements or operations OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.

degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

Specialized experience for the GS-09 is defined as one year of experience at the GS-07 level, or equivalent that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this grade must include ALL of the following: - Examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting data, records, and reports; AND - Participating on audits, reviews, or specialized projects or studies of financial statements and operations; AND - Experience in operating and maintaining automated accounting systems sufficient to: Process accounting documents and or perform research and analysis.

OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

Major Duties:

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12.

If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

Assume responsibility for specific reconcilements, reports, or audits to ensure proper accountability, proper payment of periodic interest and principal through the Bureau's systems, and to provide accurate reporting to Fiscal Accounting Office to be used in part or in whole to establish periodic statements to Treasury for the principal and interest, and cash and securities balances of the public debt of the United States.

Develop and implement new accounting procedures and operating manuals, based upon approved changes, to ensure adequate internal controls are in place and in compliance with Bureau requirements and to resolve unusual or complex operational problems involving manual or computerized systems.

Apply accounting theories and formulas to ensure that the Bureau's securities operations are soundly analyzed and interpreted.

Review and interpret laws, regulations and basic policies and take necessary steps to make changes to ensure compliance.

Perform analyses and develop comprehensive reports to provide recommendations to Bureau management concerning current and future problems on the financial implications of proposed actions.

Work to improve program cost effectiveness by examining procedures and requirements, and to identify opportunities to simplify or automate processing of operational activities.

Represent the division in Bureau study groups or task forces on matters of accounting.

Serve as liaison with officials of the Federal Reserve System and other diverse groups to provide technical information and guidance on manual and/or automated accounting system functionality.

Prepare necessary documentation for submission to Government Accountability Office while conducting audits.