Accountant

Summary

The Finance Staff (FS) formulates, establishes, and maintains Department-wide policies, procedures, and financial systems to support budgeting, accounting, auditing, travel, and other financial management activities. This position is in the FS, Operations and Reporting Group (O&R) responsible for general ledger accounting, GTAS, IPAC, Budget, OTCNet, monthly and quarterly reporting, processing of IPAC transactions, Accounts Payable, TROR, and other Treasury activities.

Duties

• The duties and responsibilities for a Accountant, GS-0510-7/9/11 generally include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Assist with various reconciliation activities to ensure that subsidiary ledgers are reconciled to general ledger accounts by appropriation.
• Review changes in procedures and processes to ensure that accounting records are updated properly.
• Investigate and correct out-of-line and out-of-balance conditions.
• Apply conventional accounting principles to journalize accounting transactions to general ledger.
• Provide professional accounting advice and assistance in the application and compliance of generally accepted accounting principles, policies, and procedures.
• Review, analyze, and modify operating programs, practices, and procedures related to receiving, controlling, validating, recording, and reporting accounting transactions affecting asset, liability, revenue, expense, and budgetary accounts.
• Handle monthly, quarterly, and annual transactions.
• Reconcile accounts payable, reimbursable and receivable.
• Examine accounting documents for proper accounting classification and authorization.
• Analyze a variety of accounts.
• Prepare monthly trial balances and financial reports.
• Support senior accountants and supervisors in various tasks in meeting organizational goals.
• Provide assistance to field staff in processing journal vouchers or accounting entries.
• Identify problems and discrepancies, determines if adjustments or corrections are required, and takes necessary action to correct.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements, please see the statements below. Education must be reviewed and certified by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, in order for it to be creditable towards your qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from accredited institution. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Transcripts must be uploaded with your application to verify education. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation. If you are using education to qualify for this position, or education is required: You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and dates of award. Your transcript must come from a nationally accredited educational institution recognized by the Department of Education. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documentation security protection. These may prevent our application system from accepting and processing the document. If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign education review organization recognized by the Department of Education. Your transcript must also be in English or have an English translation included.

Required Documents

• It is your responsibility to carefully review the list of required documents below and submit the necessary documentation based on your eligibility. Resume.
• Applicants: You must submit a resume (a two page or less resume is required) containing the following pieces of information for each job entry listed in your employment history: Official position title, Employer name and contact information, Start.
• And end dates (including month and year), Indicate full-time or number of hours worked per week if part-time, and.
• A list of duties performed and accomplishments.
• If you are a current or former Federal employee: You must submit your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) or equivalent agency form.
• Do not submit an award SF-50, these do not contain sufficient information about your appointment.
• Your SF-50 should list the full position title, series, grade and step, organization, duty location, service computation date, effective date, and your service type and tenure status.
• Submit a copy of your most recent performance evaluation or appraisal, signed, showing your final rating.
• If a performance appraisal is not available submit a statement explaining why one is not available.
• See USAJOBS Current & Former Employees for more information.
• Due Weight for Performance: You must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, and.
• A list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years.
• Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official.
• The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process.
• Due weight for performance applies to federal and non-federal work.
• If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available.
• If you are a.
• Veteran or a qualifying parent or spouse: When claiming a.
• Preference, you must submit your last DD-214 (Certificate of.
• Duty) form, specifically the.
• Member #4 Copy, indicating dates and character of service and discharge type.
• If you are a Veteran with a service-connected disability rating, you will need to additionally submit the SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans Preference) and a copy of your VA Letter stating your disability rating.
• If you are the qualifying parent or spouse of a disabled, deceased, or deployed Veteran, and are seeking a derived preference eligibility, you must submit appropriate supporting documentation such as the.
• Veterans DD-214, SF-15, VA Letter, and/or Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders.
• See Veteran Family Preference for more information.
• For more information on each type of Veterans Preference, and the documentation required for each, see FedsHireVets.
• If you are applying for consideration under the.
• Authority: Spouse of a member of the armed forces on active duty: documentation showing 1) your spouse's active-duty status and 2) your marriage to the member of the armed forces (i.e., a marriage certificate or other legal documentation verifying marriage).
• Spouse of service members who incurred a 100% disability because of the service member's active-duty service: documentation showing 1) the member of the armed forces retired, or was released or discharged from active duty, with a disability rating.
• Of 100 percent; and 2) documentation of marriage to the member of the armed forces (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage).
• Spouse of service members killed while on active duty: documentation showing a) the member was released or discharged from active duty due to his or her death while on active duty; b) the member of the armed forces.
• Was killed while serving on active duty; c) proof of the widow or widower's marriage to the member of the armed forces (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage); and d) a statement certifying that.
• The individual seeking to use the authority is the un-remarried widow or widower of the service member.
• If you are a person with a disability, claiming eligibility under.
• Schedule A: You must submit "proof of a disability" documentation ("Proof of a disability" is a letter stating that you have an intellectual disability, severe physical disability or psychiatric disability).
• You must get this letter from your doctor, a licensed medical professional, a licensed vocational rehabilitation specialist, or any Federal, state, or local agency that issues or provides disability benefits.
• For more information about Schedule A and verification requirements, please see OPM's Schedule A site.