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Accountant
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 55 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent serves as an Accountant responsible for ensuring specific modal administrations receive professional accounting and financial reporting services. Accounting operations are maintained and monitored in accordance with current accounting policies and standards prescribed by government regulations.
What You'll Do
- →Incumbent utilizes knowledge of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB).
- →Treasury Financial Management (TFM), and OMB Circulars A-136 and A-I I in performing position duties.
- →Performs multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.
- →Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team and may perform some leadership functions for small projects/programs or other work activities.
- →Applies experience and advanced knowledge to plan and conduct functional activities for projects and programs.
- →Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues.
- →Analyzes and reconciles transactional data within the financial accounting system and external source systems to ensure proper accounting now and financial reporting.
- →May prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports on a national level, which arc submitted directly to DOT OMB, and OFM.
- →Resolves problems relating to all aspects of accounting by adhering to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and other guidance received from Treasury, OMB, and OFM.
- →May analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts for accurate reporting involving the resolution of problems relating to all aspects of accounting; i.e., based on the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and guidance received from Treasury, OMB, and OFM.
- →Must interpret regulations and adapt regulations to meet reporting requirements and the various system limitations.
- →Provides explanation to management, team lead and others reviewing the statements concerning the complex data contained in the reports.
- →Demonstrates considerable independence in planning time and helping a manager, project/program manager, and/or team leader to plan and use assigned resources to accomplish projects/programs/activities.
- →May identify and request additional resources, as needed.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
- ✓This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications.
- ✓If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page).
- ✓Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration.
- ✓Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation.
- ✓Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university.
- ✓A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered.
- ✓See Qualifications Required.
- ✓KSAs Information As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.
- ✓Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
- ✓In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5be539ee-2d37-47c7-92d8-4e88ed7c9496
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