SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Posted: March 27, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Department of Defense
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Salary
$106,437 - $144,481
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This role involves leading a team to oversee and maintain large financial systems for the Department of Defense, ensuring everything runs securely and complies with rules.
The person in this job will manage staff, review reports for accuracy, and fix any issues in financial data before final reports go out.
It's a good fit for someone with experience in financial operations who enjoys supervising others and solving complex problems in a government setting.
This job announcement uses the Subject Matter Expert Panel Assessment to evaluate applicants.
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-12) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
Specialized experience is defined as: Experience ensuring the integrity, security, and functionality of large-scale financial systems; developing and implementing internal controls or analyzing financial data to ensure compliance with policy and regulations; experience briefing senior leadership and negotiating solutions with diverse stakeholders on complex financial matters.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.
Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in Federal Service.
** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing.
** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
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