Supervisory Accountant

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located within Defense Health Agency at Falls Church, Virginia.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the Education and experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Supervisory Accountant: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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.OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Must include 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: (1) Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality.

This can include up to 6 hours of business law; OR (2) A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; OR (3) 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; AND (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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: managing audit request and inquiries; verifying manual accounting entries for accuracy; and evaluating financial policies, plans and operating procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Serve as the principal deputy to the Chief, Financial Reporting and Compliance Division.
• Manage specific program requirements and administers aspects of the audit readiness mission, to include its functions, projects, and activities, in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Responsible for ensuring leadership direction is followed and monitoring all the day-to-day and long-term planning and operations of the division.
• Provide oversight of the quarterly financial statements and related required statement footnotes that accurately reflect the financial position for the Defense Health Program Enterprise (DHP).
• Conduct in-depth studies of situations/conditions/problems typically involving complex, highly integrated accounting systems, costing, and financial management execution activities.
• Analyze funding policies and procedures to disseminate changes to policy guidance; mediate disputes on proper appropriation funding sources and establishes reimbursement methodology and procedures between appropriations.
• Serve as a DHP senior accounting expert on operational functions related to audit assertion readiness.
• Support the Defense Health Program senior audit readiness professional team reporting to the Dir, J8/CFO.