Accountant

Summary

This position is open to all current Employment & Training Administration (ETA) employees serving on a career or career conditional appointment.

This position is located under the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Employment & Training Administration San Francisco Regional Office.

Duties

Duties for this position include:

Develops Expert knowledge of Employment & Training Administration (ETA) programs and applicable statutes regulations policies and ETA standard operating procedures.

Manages a grant portfolio within assigned program area(s) of High complexity complexity scope and impact and conducts the day-to-day fiscal management for the grants within his/her grant portfolio.

Prepares and delivers presentations to various internal and external audiences (e.g. internal: ETA leadership and colleagues; external: grantee community and other workforce system stakeholders) on financial and administrative matters..

Ensures grantees deliver agreed upon products and services achieve negotiated performance outcomes and operate in accordance with programmatic administrative and budgetary requirements.

Communicates Federal and grant award requirements to grantees to ensure understanding of grant requirements. Interprets Federal requirements and procedures to grantees to assist them to comply with Federal requirements.

Conducts on-site compliance monitoring reviews and enhanced desk monitoring reviews of grantees to evaluate programmatic and fiscal administration of the project assess financial management systems and functions and ensure compliance with grant requirements.

Works with grantees to identify potential issues and conducts research on policy guidance and legislation. Reviews policy and guidance for application. Provides guidance to grantee(s).

As necessary designates grantees at risk including notification to grantee remediation and documentation.

Provides technical assistance to grantees in planning operation and management of their financial systems.

Assists senior staff with designing and providing financial management training on the rules and requirements governing the various workforce development programs administered by ETA.

Effectively utilizes grant management systems in accordance with established guidelines and protocols; maintains grant files and adheres to grant management documentation requirements established in Employment and Training Orders.

Reviews a variety of financial reports analyzes and validates financial data and resolves accounting discrepancies in reported data.

Reviews analyzes and evaluates organizational-wide accounting policy and operations of grant programs for effectiveness and/or improvements. Develops specific regulatory and/or procedural guidance for implementation and maintenance or new or revised program operating documents for organizational-wide issuance.

Reviews and evaluates existing finance and accounting policies standards and procedures to develop improved working processes. Approaches proposed solutions in a systematic manner and applies analysis to develop assessments make disposition recommendations and offer alternatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements for Occupational Series 0510 Accountant:

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. Similarly accountant should be interpreted generally as accountant and/or auditor.)

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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. The applicants background also must include one of the following:

1. 24 credit hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;

2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor obtained through written examination; or

3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing e.g. 15 credit hours but that does not fully satisfy the 24-credit-hour requirement of paragraph A provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting auditing or a related field e.g. valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth depth currency and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 credit hours in accounting the applicants education training and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements described above you must have the Specialized Experience described below.

For GS-13 Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level of GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge skills and abilities (KSAs) to perform the duties of the position successfully and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Qualifying specialized experience for GS-13 includes ALL of the following:

• Experience using subject matter expertise in analyzing organizational fiscal or administrative practices policies or functions of grant programs;
• Experience analyzing interpreting and reporting on financial data related to grants contracts or other matters to identify opportunities for improvement support the ETA-funded workforce system and determine adequacy of internal controls including testing financial systems for compliance; and
• Experience interpreting federal legislation policies programs and regulations to provide authoritative advice to grantee financial personnel on the rules and requirements governing the various workforce development programs.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Education

Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service.

If your education was completed at a foreign college or university you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position. Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information.

Additional information

The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers improve working conditions expand high-quality employment opportunities and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

As a condition of employment all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities systems information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

This position is inside the bargaining unit. If the duty location is within the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the Local 12 AFGE bargaining unit. If the duty location is outside the Washington D.C. metropolitan area the position will be included in the NCFLL bargaining unit.

For more information click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.

Based on agency needs additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

The Fair Chance Act (FCA) prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicants criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOL employee has violated your rights under the FCA you may file a complaint of the alleged violation following our agencys complaint process Guidelines for Reporting Violations of the Fair Chance Act.

Note: The FCA does not apply to some positions specified under the Act such as law enforcement or national security positions.

All Department of Labor employees are subject to the provisions of the Drug-Free Workplace Program under Executive Order 12564 and Public Law 100-71.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.