Accountant

Summary

The incumbent serves as an Accountant responsible for ensuring specific modal administrations receive professional accounting and financial reporting services. Accounting operations are maintained and monitored in accordance with current accounting policies and standards prescribed by government regulations. Incumbent utilizes knowledge of Federal Accounting Standard Advisory Board (FASAB), Treasury Financial Management (TFM), and OMB Circulars A-136 and A-11 in performing position duties.

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Duties

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Performs a combination of routine and multiple and varying assignments under the general direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Acts as an individual contributor and/or member of a team for projects/programs within a defined area of responsibility.

Applies experience and detailed knowledge to plan and conduct functional activities for projects and programs. Helps develop and recommend approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Analyzes and reconciles transactional data within the financial accounting system and external source systems to ensure proper accounting flow and financial reporting. May prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports on a national level, which are submitted directly to DOT, OMB and OFM. Resolves problems relating to all aspects of accounting by adhering to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. (GAAP) and other guidance received from Treasury, OMB, and OFM. May analyze and reconcile general ledger accounts for accurate reporting involving the resolution of problems relating to all aspects of accounting i.e. based on the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and guidance received from Treasury, OMB, and OFM. Must interpret regulations and adapt regulations to meet reporting requirements and the various system limitations. Provides explanation to management, team lead and others reviewing the statements concerning the complex data contained in the reports.

Identifies and analyzes accounting problems or new requirements, which occur in the ongoing processing of data to the accounting system. Helps provide requirements for processing complicated financial transactions which relate to all aspects of the general ledger accounts. Plans and organizes the necessary steps or methods used to report financial information needed for the monthly, quarterly, and annual statements. Identifies methods to improve costs, quality and timeliness of organizational activities through business process reengineering.

Demonstrates some independence in planning time and using assigned resources to accomplish tasks or small projects.

Contacts are primarily internal to the organizational unit, major subdivision, or LOB/SO with a manager and other employees to share information, provide data and/or written analyses, and/or explain the statuses of assignments. Depending on the specialty, may have frequent contacts with customers and other external parties on routine matters such as gathering information, explaining regulations, and discussing the customers situations. Some contacts include employees in the DOT Operational administrations, other ESC customers, policy officials, managers, and professionals, as well as the same level of contact with personnel in other Government agencies such as Treasury, OMB, OPM, and GSA.

Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow some discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es). Typically receives guidance on selecting approaches from a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.

Refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional when guidelines are not available or applicable.

Work typically is reviewed frequently during assignments and at completion to ensure timeliness, policy compliance, and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities.

Work activities typically support and may be vital to the success of projects and/or activities for one or more organizational units, major subdivisions, and/or LOB's/SO's.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
• This position has a positive education requirement. Transcript(s) required.
• Successful completion of a security investigation may be required.
• One year probationary period may be required.
• Please review the Required Documents Section.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

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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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 applicant's background must also include one of the following:

1) Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate types 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 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement as stated above, 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 above; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENT you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the FV-F (FG/GS 5-9) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE includes: examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting data; identifying, analyzing and resolving a range of accounting problems; performing research and preparing special reports on financial data that may be requested by management; identifying, gathering, and analyzing accounting data; preparing accounting and financial reports for use by others; analyzing and reconciling reports to reflect an organizations financial activities and status of funds; designing, developing, examining and interpreting accounting data, statements and reports for managements use.

Applicants should include specialized experience within their resume.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

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:

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.

See Qualifications Required.

KSAs Information

As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.

In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Demonstrated Abilities and Other Factors listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

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Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.

Position may be subject to a background investigation.

A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies.

NOTES:

1) Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted.

2) Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job.

3) Some, none, or all candidates may be interviewed.

4) To receive consideration for this position, applicants must upload the required documents or email them to View email address on click.appcast.io on or before the closing date of the announcement (See Required Documents).

5) This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: Pay & Benefits | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov).

6) Position(s) will be filled anywhere within AMK-330 at the FV-G level.

7) Position(s) will be realigned based on approved reorganization.

7) Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at

8) To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Caleb Weston at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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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.

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