Accountant

Full Job Description

The financial requirements for the Consolidated Mail Order Pharmacy (CMOP) are very complex in nature, requiring financial accountability for a variety of costs associated with providing service and billing to multiple medical centers.

This position provides professional accounting and financial management, financial analysis, and technical accounting advice to CMOP Directors and Financial Officers for all medical centers served, and the National CMOP Office.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/24/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Individual Occupational Requirement: Degree: 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. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard.

Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") ~OR~ 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.

The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality.

This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a 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 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; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

Along with the IOR listed above you must also meet the GS-9 Grade requirement listed below: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Analyzing and verifying daily, weekly, and monthly account records from the FSC, Verifying deposits and general ledger entries, ensuring appropriate general ledger account codes and cost centers are used, Reconciling monthly reports to ensure cost is properly captured and corrects and discrepancies within the next accounting month, Preparing a variety of reports related to the status of funds, expenses, obligations and workload, and Providing customer services to vendors, accountants, CFO and other external and internal customers.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree.

OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. May require some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of reports, boxes and ledgers.

May require extended periods of work at a computer (PC) terminal/station.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

Duties may include but are not limited to: Performs appropriated funds financial activities for the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) including professional accounting and audit reviews.

Reconciles all appropriated fund accounts and their individual cost centers to financial statement, budgets, historical data and local financial goals.

Ensures that receipts, obligations, and expenditures of funds are correctly reflected in the business plan and accounting periods.

Assists with the formulation and development of the annual CMOP budget with the CFO. Coordinates requests for additional funds and monitors all changes to the budget plan throughout the year.

Assists with conducting local internal control reviews of CMOP activities. Performs and maintains supporting audit documents.

Employs statistical and other sampling techniques to review subsidiary accounts and verifies reconciliation to the general ledger.

Prepares draft memoranda or letters responding to correspondence of a non-routine nature explaining various aspects of accounting.

Providing detailed and technical explanations of accounting discrepancies or procedural or reporting requirements.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.

Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Accountant/PD02989A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized