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Accountant
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center · Posted 71 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center (BC), Chief Financial Operations Office, Financial Management Division (FMD). This position serves as an Accountant and is responsible for providing leadership, evaluation and technical direction related to assigned programs or systems.
What You'll Do
- →Assists the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in setting Mission Area-level financial management priorities.
- →Works with management, senior operating and subject matter experts in the development, maintenance, and enhancement of new and existing subsidiary ledger and reporting systems and policies.
- →Provides guidance for all the varied financial operations and systems’ accounting processes to ensure the soundness of the internal control structure.
- →Develops policy, accounting requirements, procedures, and system requirements necessary to support accurate and complete accounting and reporting for financial data to be properly supported and represented in the financial statements.
- →Leads or actively participates in the development of policies and procedures for new systems and processes and/or major revisions to existing systems and processes.
- →Maintains relationships and communication with financial system stakeholders and working with and providing expert advice to develop or enhance financial/accounting processes and systems.
- →Collects and analyzes data and numerous sources of information to ensure changes are complete, applied and accomplished.
- →Communicates and coordinates with the varied and many financial and business divisions and national offices of FPAC to develop, maintain, enhance and provide analysis on accounting policy.
- →Develops and implements program improvements and briefs senior officials on program status.
- →Determines adequacy and acceptability of accounting and financial reporting systems and prescribes and recommends, via oral and written communications, needed changes to top and senior management officials.
- →Supports and drives General Ledger Integrity, Reporting, and Policy to achieve measurable results as denoted by Financial Management’s performance metrics.
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 during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, 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: f8a33881-5e1f-4110-8fc5-462559722487
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