SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT

Duties

• You will establish accounting policies, organization goals and accounting operations, as it relates to financial systems.
• You will analyze and interpret voluminous and complex data contained in financial reports.
• You will ensure that the financial system satisfies the overall policy guidelines.
• You will study, develop and implement accounting systems and continually monitor, assess the effectiveness of and initiate modifications.
• You will provide financial systems assistance to Program Managers, Functional Directors, and others.
• You will represent the Command at meetings with appropriate Navy, TRANSCOM and DFAS representatives on matters relating to the financial management system and ensuring the integrity of the records and reports.
• You will serve as the Command's Funds Management (FM) Module Lead within Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (NERP).
• You will administer and validate Navy Fund Codes, ensuring direct alignment with proper references and Navy ERP systemic Tables and functional translation of codes to full Lines of Accounting (LOA).
• You will manage all systemic requirements related to budget execution, distribution, and fund control including full audit compliance within NERP to guard against Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) violations.
• You will troubleshoot and resolve complex system execution defects, cross-module integration issues (FI, CO, MM, PS), and LOA/Fund Code failures between NERP and DFAS."

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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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.
• In order to fully implement the DOD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program requirements and in accordance with DON Memorandum dated Oct 23, 2013, this Position Description (PD) must be amended
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. This certification level must be achieved within prescribed timelines.

Qualifications

GS-13 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-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience with assisting in the formulation and establishment of long-range and short-range plans for financial management systems and operations to ensure a logical/efficient framework for MSC on a worldwide basis.
• Experience providing leadership and management on financial system matters inclusive of account analysis, financial system reports, the Financial Data Mart (FDM), management and maintenance of Financial Management System (FMS) projects and CFO compliancy.
• Experience establishing accounting policies, organization goals and accounting operations, as it relates to financial systems, consistent with the objectives of the Navy and TRANSCOM and conforming to existing laws, regulations and approved financial principles and standards.
• Experience with ensuring that the financial system satisfies the overall policy guidelines established by the Commander, MSC; Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM); Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); Assistant Secretary of the Navy (FM&C); Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS); and ensuring CFO compliancy, a Presidential/Congressional initiative.
• Experience with analyzing and interpreting voluminous and complex data contained in financial reports.
• Experience serving as a lead or subject matter expert for Navy Funds Management (FM) and/or Funds Control. Specific module experience within Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (NERP) or an equivalent SAP-based financial system is a plus.
• Experience executing budget distribution, monitoring obligations and expenditures, and managing/reconciling DoD or Navy Fund Codes against master data tables and/or budgetary controls.

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

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: Applicants must possess

Basic Education RequirementSuccessful

completion of 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 and/or auditing. (The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law).

OR

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; 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.

Additional information

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

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

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.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

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:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined well qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.