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Public Notice - Accountant (Direct Hire)
Goddard Space Flight Center · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
Positions advertised are in various organizations and locations. NASA may fill positions in any of the following grade levels listed in this announcement (GS-09/11/12/13/14 levels).
What You'll Do
- →Duties described below are at the highest grade advertised.
- →Duties assigned at lower grade levels will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity; duties will be commensurate with the grade of selected employee.
- →Provides technical advice and tools to accountants and analysts in the continuing revision and improvement of the Agency accounting system and processes, including the implementation of financial quality assurance and internal control activities.
- →Serves as an interface for financial audits, reviews, and assessments.
- →Evaluates, reviews, and interprets statutory, regulatory, and policy directives affecting operations to ensure compliance with applicable laws.
- →Develops financial analysis and financial reporting tools and techniques.
- →Plans and coordinates implementation and execution of approved policies, programs, and services related to accounting systems.
- →Prepares policies and procedures incorporating statutes, regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles and standards related to financial quality assurance and internal control activities.
- →Reviews reconciliations and financial reports to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- →Provides guidance regarding accounting and financial reporting matters; may participate or lead Center/Agency financial process teams.
- →Develops new approaches to solving unanticipated or unique problems and discerning meaningful solutions from data to solve problems.
- →Establish and monitor internal controls to identify problem areas, determine actions required, improve operating effectiveness, and ensure and maintain the integrity of financial and accounting information.
- →Serve as a technical expert, providing guidance on accounting regulation, policy, and procedures to supplement guidelines received from Headquarters, Government Accountability Office, Department of Treasury, or Office of Management and Budget.
- →For supervisory positions, you will perform a full range of supervisory duties, which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.
Requirements
- ✓Basic Requirement: A.
- ✓You must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major in 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").
- ✓Have a combination of education and experience: Have 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.
- ✓Your background must also include one of the following: 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality.
- ✓This can include up to 6 hours of business law.
- ✓U.S. degrees must have been awarded from colleges or universities that are accredited by recognized accrediting organizations.
- ✓For a list of schools that meet this criteria, go to http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs.
- ✓These education credentials must be deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓All degrees must have been received in the year of, or any year subsequent to the original date of accreditation.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 04ee97d2-c7e1-449c-b328-29848aa8663b
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