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Systems Accountant
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 66 days ago
About the Role
The Financial Operations Division (AFM-200) establishes financial system requirements that support Delphi and PRISM. The Systems Reporting Services Branch (AFM-230) develops financial reports and dashboards that support agency operations that provides data from any of the FAA¿s financial systems, including DELPHI, PRISM, and the E2 Travel System.
What You'll Do
- →The Systems Accountant is a recognized subject matter expert in financial systems and provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager or executive.
- →May act as the principal Accountant to develop new and innovative approaches, methodologies, and/or techniques.
- →The Systems Accountant is responsible for developing and maintaining financial systems and reporting processes for the Office of Financial Management (AFM).
- →Generates and produces reports and dashboards using the agency¿s financial systems data.
- →Ensures reporting methods adhere to the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board accounting standards and the practices and procedures within the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act of 1990.
- →Supports the annual financial statements audit by ensuring that financial system data is represented accurately in financial reports and dashboards.
- →Applies experience and expert knowledge of systems accounting principles, financial management systems, and financial management reporting requirements in order to conduct functional activities for projects/programs that often require the development of new and innovative approaches.
- →Identifies and resolves challenging problems or issues that often cross- organizational boundaries and impact on the accomplishment of strategic objectives.
- →Assignments include providing guidance to less-experienced professionals; leading large project/program teams; defining and developing internal policies and procedures; predicting potential issues and proposing preventive actions.
- →The Systems Accountant supports financial system maintenance and improvements that enable the agency to leverage innovative reporting practices that align with the Department of Transportation¿s (DOT) strategic goals and the FAA¿s automation initiatives.
- →Collaborates with financial staff within AFM and liaisons within the Office of Information and Technology (AIT) to ensure FAA financial systems are configured with proper reporting functions.
- →Participates in financial systems implementation projects to ensure accounting and financial management standards are met to include defining requirements, testing, and deployment.
- →Interacts with the Lines of Business (LOB) and Staff Offices (SO) to assist and/or complete financial system reporting requests that require data from FAA financial systems.
- →Implements the DOT strategic initiative to improve reporting accuracy with automation technologies.
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
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