Accountant (Staff)

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Applying professional accounting principles, theories, and practices by performing financial analysis, reconciling accounts, and preparing financial reports to ensure the financial readiness of an organization.

Examples of specialized experience may include interpreting and implementing accounting policies, identifying discrepancies, and recommending corrective actions of financial data.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0500/accounting-series-0510/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, 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. Major Duties:

• You will operate and analyze accounting systems in order to interpret accounting data, records, and reports.
• You will advise on changing accounting requirements and the need for new accounting reports to satisfy changing requirements and new procedural instructions to meet new or changing accounting requirements.
• You will Recommend ways to improve coordination and clarify procedures; reduce errors, processing delays and duplications of effort.
• You will resolve problems and make recommendations to improve customer service provided from the Accounting Section to staffs, tenants, and Defense Finance Accounting Service.
• You will assist management on accounting financial management matters, prescribes accounting standards, policies, and requirements.
• You will review automated reports and listings to verify that the accounting data is valid.
• You will ensure that all changes initiated by various data systems/requirements are implemented as scheduled and the resulting data affecting accounting reports is accurate and timely.
• You will identify erroneous conditions and take corrective action to bring records back in balance.