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Accountant
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation(FPAC) Business Center (FBC), Performance, Accountability, and Risk Division (PARD). The incumbent serves as an Accountant and is primarily responsible for executing assigned business cycles in planning, coordinating and execution of the evaluation and assessment of internal controls over financial reporting as required by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, Appendix A.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent participates with other PAR leads/project managers to evaluate the severity of control deficiencies resulting from the tests of key internal controls.
- →Ensures financial reporting is timely and accurately prepared in accordance with accounting principles and regulatory requirements.
- →Ensures that over financial reporting/financial statements for the assigned business process cycles.
- →The incumbent prepares and executes, test plans of the key internal controls over financial reporting/financial statements.
- →Partners with FPAC's audit liaison officers to assist in the annual financial statement audit, specifically as it applies to the assigned business process cycle.
- →Works with the independent auditors to enable knowledge transfer of business processes, including the key internal controls within the business processes regarding internal controls.
- →Ensures financial reporting/reporting, participates with others in the development and implementation of new accounting.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- ✓Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- ✓Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- ✓If selected, you may be sent instructions on obtaining fingerprints.
- ✓Please note we are unable to reimburse for any fees incurred.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period unless previous federal service is creditable.
- ✓During this time your employment will be evaluated, and we may consider: your performance and conduct, the needs and interests of the agency, whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government, and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.
- ✓College Transcript: If qualifying based on education, you must submit a copy of your college transcript with course number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned.
- ✓If a relevant course is not clearly qualifying (e.g., special topic, seminar, research, thesis, obscure or misleading course title, etc.), please submit an official course syllabi and/or detailed course description from the university/college to ensure proper evaluation.
- ✓Your education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college or university recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: d151180d-f8b3-4757-8606-50b0c2c05033
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