Accountant

Job Title

Professional Accountant

Duties

At the highest advertised grade, you will:

• Serve as a professional accountant applying a wide variety of established accounting and financial rules to agency financial transactions, accounts, and reports to ensure accuracy, compliance, and informed decision-making.
• Provide technical advice and assistance to program managers and accounting staff on accounting transactions and related processes to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely recording and effective issue resolution.
• Utilize professional accounting knowledge to interpret and apply accounting policies, regulations, and procedures to financial transactions ensuring compliant and accurate execution and readiness.
• Perform all aspects of the accounting function, review, research, and reconciliation on financial transactions, accounts, and supporting records to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely reporting.

If you are hired at a lower grade level, your duties will be less complex and you will have more supervisory oversight. You may be promoted to more complex duties and work more independently, as your career progresses. NOTE: Career ladder promotions are not automatic, and all eligibility and qualifications requirements must be met in order to progress to the next grade level. One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.