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Systems Accountant
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
The Property Accounting and Reporting Division is responsible for the full range of property and financial management functions to identify all FAA assets. The division ensures that asset costs are correctly classified, and the costs are timely capitalized. The Capitalization Policy and Performance Branch is responsible for the development, interpretation, dissemination, and oversight of Property, Plant, and Equipment policy, and all applicable Federal guidelines.
What You'll Do
- →The Systems Accountant maintains FAA financial policies and procedures for capitalization under the minimal direction of the manager or other experienced professionals.
- →Interprets Federal regulations and reconciles the impact on current FAA procedures and operations.
- →Evaluates impacts of proposals or enactments of various PP&E policies from regulatory agencies to include the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Federal Accounting Standard Advisory Board (FASAB), and the U.S.
- →Utilizes technical writing skills to amend, and/or draft new requirements as needed, and works with other AFM staff to develop dissemination strategies for implementation and compliance.
- →Applies experience and subject matter expert knowledge of accounting principles and applications to advise FAA Line of Business/Staff Offices (LOB/SO) on matters relating to capitalization and system developments, including the National Project Capitalization Tool.
- →Acts as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the application of property accounting policies and procedures to FAA programs and systems.
- →Responds to inquiries for capitalization program support and performs capitalization quality assurance (QA) reviews in support of the agency requirements for the financial audit process.
- →Prepares written responses to auditor inquires and development of Corrective Action Plans from financial statement audit.
- →Interacts with LOB/SO and external audit stakeholders to include Department of Transportation (DOT), Treasury Department and independent contractor audit vendors to ensure compliance with PP&E policies throughout the audit process.
- →Serves as a subject matter expert to FAA LOB/SO on property capitalization policies and procedures.
- →Communicates FAA property accounting policies and procedures internally to the FAA¿s LOB/SO and externally to the independent DOT-identified auditors.
- →Prepares written documents to include memorandum that document business decisions, operating instructions and manuals, training material, briefings, financial manual updates, and other related documents.
- →Supports LOB/SO regional and headquarters personnel on capitalization requirements and policy interpretation.
- →Analyzes and determines cost allocation for FAA capital projects.
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.
- ✓Basic Requirements: A.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 35f87cfa-ea15-4999-9e58-8364c482f46f
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