Supervisory Staff Accountant

Summary

This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). This position serves as a first-level supervisor of the Management Analytics & Accounting Policy team within the Financial Management Division. The Supervisory Staff Accountant oversees accounting policy and the analysis of financial and planning data.

Duties

• Serves as agency accounting expert for federal accounting requirements as promulgated by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
• Acts as DFC’s liaison with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Treasury to ensure DFC’s accounting, credit reform reporting, and subsidy re-estimate processes comply with agency’s requirements.
• Develops and maintains accounting policies and procedures consistent with federal accounting standards and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Manages staff members performing general ledger accounting and reconciliations, ensuring required entries are posted and general ledger balances are accurate.
• Develops and maintains accounting and funds control systems to record and track the financial transactions required by federal accounting standards and federal credit reform requirements.
• Manages staff members performing a full range of research, reporting, analysis and evaluations of information and data collection to include conducting analysis, trending, forecasting, and interpretation of data; financial planning and analysis of key performance indicators; as well as the analysis and reporting of DFC-wide results to leadership.
• Provides direction on the analysis of DFC performance using monetary and non-monetary measures and key performance measures, within a framework which aligns to management’s strategic planning for resources, as well as the defined priorities of the Board and the US Government as a whole.
• Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. FOREIGN EDUCATION is education acquired outside of any State of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any territory or possession of the U.S. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification and/or eligibility requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization’s interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university) with your application in order to receive credit for that education. (Foreign education transcripts will not be accepted). For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S.

Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Accounting Financial Analysis Performance Measurement Written Communication Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration.

Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. You may preview the Application Questionnaire at: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12981621

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

• 1.
• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
• IMPORTANT UPDATE: Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages.
• If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you will be removed from consideration for this announcement. 2.
• College Transcript(s) and/or applicable certificates 3.
• Your responses to the application questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12981621 4.
• Other supporting documents:
• Cover Letter, optional Your most recent Promotion, Within-Range Increase (WRI/WGI), or Appointment/Conversion Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50), if applying as a current or former Federal Employee (i.e. status candidate), showing you are/were in the competitive service, on a permanent basis, and the highest grade or promotion potential held, is required.
• DO NOT submit NON-Pay Impacting Action SF-50’s to include, “Organizational Code Change SF-50’s, Award SF-50’s and/or General Adjustment SF-50’s, etc.” or SF-52’s Request of Personnel Action as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade.
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable DD-214, SF-15 Form and/or VA letter, or certification of expected discharge or release from active duty from Veterans for consideration under Veteran hiring authorities Noncompetitive appointment authority documentation, if applicable Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program Documentation, if applicable (e.g. Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal.)