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Accountant
Environmental Protection Agency · Posted 120 days ago
About the Role
This position is in Region 5, Mission Support Division, Comptroller Branch. About Region 5: Region 5. This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to the duty station stated in this announcement on a regular basis.
What You'll Do
- →At the highest advertised grade, you will: Serve as a professional accountant applying a wide variety of established accounting and financial rules to agency financial transactions, accounts, and reports to ensure accuracy, compliance, and informed decision-making.
- →Provide technical advice and assistance to program managers and accounting staff on accounting transactions and related processes to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely recording and effective issue resolution.
- →Utilize professional accounting knowledge to interpret and apply accounting policies, regulations, and procedures to financial transactions ensuring compliant and accurate execution and readiness.
- →Perform all aspects of the accounting function, review, research, and reconciliation on financial transactions, accounts, and supporting records to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely reporting.
- →If you are hired at a lower grade level, your duties will be less complex and you will have more supervisory oversight.
- →You may be promoted to more complex duties and work more independently, as your career progresses.
- →NOTE: Career ladder promotions are not automatic, and all eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met in order to progress to the next grade level.
- →One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.
Requirements
- ✓#LI-Onsite You must be a U.S. citizen.
- ✓If you are selected, the entire period served under the Recent Graduates program will be a trial period.
- ✓If you are selected, a written participant agreement must be signed.
- ✓This position is designated as Moderate Risk and requires a background investigation.
- ✓Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation.
- ✓All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date.
- ✓REAL ID requirements became effective on 05/07/25.
- ✓You will receive information about alternative acceptable documents (e.g., passport) prior to onboarding.
- ✓For more information about REAL ID, see Dept. of Homeland Security and REAL ID FAQs.
- ✓If you are still completing coursework, offer of employment will be contingent upon completion of degree/certificate/program.
- ✓Proof showing completion date by August 31, 2026 will be required before entry on duty.
- ✓If you are selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure form within 30 days of your first day of employment and annually thereafter.
- ✓For information about accreditation requirements, visit Accreditation.
Benefits
- ★Join EPA in protecting human health and the environment and enjoy many work life quality options!
- ★Working for the EPA offers you a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.
- ★To learn more about us, visit Life and Careers at EPA.
- ★If you are selected for this position, situational telework may be approved by your supervisor if you meet eligibility requirements, as allowable by agency policy and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement.
- ★EPA policy only allows telework to be approved situationally.
- ★Situational telework is for work or assignments of specific limited duration on an occasional, emergency, or ad hoc basis.
- ★NOTE: If you are an EPA employee who currently works at a remote work location (i.e., full-time telework), your approval for remote work does not transfer to this position, subject to Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Personality Fit
Job ID: b7774826-fd0c-4c3c-bd5f-72c15a3bd3d6
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