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Accountant
Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
Serves as an Accountant in the Office of the CFO, performing accounting duties that include reconciling general ledger accounts, preparing financial reports, providing accounting guidance, supporting automated accounting systems, analyzing financial data, and resolving accounting discrepancies in accordance with the Federal Credit Reform Act (FCRA), Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS), Treasury Financial Manual (TFM), and other relevant statutes and regulations.
What You'll Do
- →The Accountant: Conducts financial analyses, audits, and/or investigations of major foreign and/or domestic businesses; reviews, analyzes, and validates industry financial data.
- →Designs, implements, and develops automated accounting systems.
- →Provides expert advice in specialized areas of accounting, resolving problems, and developing policies.
- →Determines accounting system adequacy, reviews legislation and regulations and develops rules, procedures and guidelines for program users and develops and monitors internal accounting control program(s): identifying problem areas and developing solutions to improve operating program effectiveness.
- →Maintains complex operating accounting systems, which includes developing systems improvements, and providing solutions to program management problems and provides advice to financial and program managers and other accountants on unusual and difficult accounting systems and/or operations problems.
- →Develops procedural manuals, methods, and directives.
- →Conducts independent studies for special projects and develops segments of surveys and systems for gathering and analyzing data; resolves accounting discrepancies in reported data.
- →The ideal candidate for this position possesses extensive experience in federal financial reporting and general ledger reconciliations, including SF-133s, DATA Act submissions, and year-end audit support.
- →Additionally, they bring demonstrated expertise in evaluating automated accounting systems, enhancing internal controls, and delivering strategic financial guidance to executive stakeholders.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may 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 the 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.
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- ✓Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- ✓Degree: Accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting.
- ✓The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.
- ✓(The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard.
- ✓Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") OR B.
- ✓Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.
Personality Fit
Job ID: fa759398-2768-4c84-a3c5-47da2fb0f1bc
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