ACCOUNTANT

Duties

• You will develop strategy and implement the plan for the achievement of auditable financial statements as required by the Chief Financial Officers 'Act of 1990 and for maintaining this compliance for successive periods.
• You will prepare and maintain documentation that provides detail of what is included on each financial statement line, including process diagrams of automated and manual processes that result in entries to the financial statements.
• You will analyze budgetary and proprietary account balances, identify data files and reconcile them to trail balance or financial statement account balances.
• You will identify or correct abnormal balances and perform extensive research and determine the precise action necessary to effect reconciliation and adjust errors, discrepancies or changes in accounting treatment.
• You will review and interpret authoritative accounting and financial guidance as it pertains to NAVSEA FIAR efforts.
• You will draft position papers and white papers to support NAVSEA interpretations of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), DoD FMR and other authoritative financial guidance.
• You will reconcile general ledger to subsidiaries for each line item.
• You will contact NAVSEA Headquarters (HQ) and Field activity financial/functional organization worldwide to obtain information required to clarify transactions, data, reconciliation or adjustments to provide information regarding accounts.
• You will work with DON, OSD, FIAR teams and external auditors on an ongoing basis, and promptly responding to questions / taskers from FIAR stakeholders.
• You will recommend process improvements, system enhancements, and financial statement adjustments/corrections to achieve an unmodified audit opinion.
• You will represent the NAVSEA Comptroller Directorate at conferences both within and outside NAVSEA involving accounting, CFO compliance, and FIAR matters.
• You will maintain contacts with representatives of other Government agencies to provide information and resolve problems relating to the accounting reports, CFO compliance, and to interpret and explain NAVSEA's unique requirements.
• You will work with Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and other FIAR stakeholders with respect to financial business process documentation.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This is a Financial Management Level III certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band, NH-03 (GS-13 equivalent), in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector as a professional accountant conducting analysis of financial or accounting data to ensure accuracy, completeness, or conformance with established procedures and guidelines.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Accounting Series, 0510, Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR):

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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

• a 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). (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor."); --OR--
• possess a 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. My background also includes one of the following: 1) 24 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 response option A, provided that (a) you 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 you have 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 response option A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, your education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements).

Additional information

This position is part of the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project. The NH-04 broadband level encompasses positions equivalent to GS-14 and GS-15. This position has a control point; thus the salary range may be capped at GS-15, step 05, which is equivalent to $191,850. If your current salary is above this amount, your salary may be matched.

This announcement uses the Acquisition Demo Business and Technical Management direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.