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Supervisory Accountant
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
This position is in FEMA's Finance Center within the Financial Management Division in Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The ideal candidate for this position will be a seasoned accounting professional with strong communication and leadership skills, have expertise in overseeing a wide variety of financial accounting functions, advising senior leadership, and coordinating organizational planning and performance management processes aligned to agency priorities.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve in FEMA's Finance Center within the Financial Management Division in Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).
- →You will provide leadership, technical guidance and expertise in a wide range of administrative and accounting functions.
- →Activities include a mixture of routine and challenging accounting/reporting programs and requirements based on organizational goals and objectives.
- →The incumbent is responsible for directing and overseeing daily work assignments, setting priorities, and determining resource requirements; determining short or long term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinating with other organizations to accomplish goals and objectives; monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes.
- →This position reviews work from staff to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- →Maintains responsibility to senior management for all phases of accounting activities and administrative functions.
- →Work is carried out through subordinate managers and staff in order to achieve broad objectives set out for each assignment.
- →Provides expert advice to the Assistant Administrator, Financial Management and OCFO leadership, and to financial and program managers and other accountants in all areas of accounting particularly for unusual and difficult accounting events.
- →Typical assignments include: Serving as an accounting authority to provide senior level agency coordination of accounting issues.
- →Assisting with developing/updating financial management policies for program users to ensure compliance across the enterprise.
- →Serving as the first line and second line supervisor by providing technical and administrative supervision to staff responsible for financial management operations; and preparing direct reports performance plans and issuing performance assessments, reviewing completed work, and reviewing work in progress.
- →Managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the branch, ensuring all accounting and administrative functions are performed accurately and in a timely manner.
- →Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships on matters relating to financial and management operations with other organizations such as programs and management components, external auditors, intergovernmental financial management groups, and other appropriate organizations.
Requirements
- ✓To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy.
- ✓To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for High Risk as a condition of placement into this position.
- ✓This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information).
- ✓For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.
- ✓Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
- ✓You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.
- ✓Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
- ✓Positive Education Requirement: This position has a positive education requirement, as outlined in the "requirements"section.
- ✓You must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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