Accountant (Staff)

Job Title

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America's national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.

In carrying out its important memorial and educational mission, the Museum is guided by its institutional values for our workplace: Honor the memory of the victims; carry out our work with dignity, humility, integrity and respect for others; and strive for excellence through teamwork, rigor, and a culture of continuous learning. Consistent respect for others is the foundation for trust, collegiality and inclusion.

Duties include:

• Performs reconciliation of accounts to ensure subsystems agree to the General Ledger and/or Treasury balances and prepare journal entries to adjust balances as necessary.
• Prepares all federal financial reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Reports include but are not limited to SF 224 Statement of Transactions, Governmentwide Treasury Account Symbol Adjust Trial Balance (GTAS), SF-133 Report on Budget Execution and Budgetary Resources, General Fund, Treasury Report On Receivables (TROR), and other internal financial reports.
• Approves accounts payable payments within federal payment systems, such as Secure Payment System (SPS) and International Treasury Services (ITS).
• Processes all Inter-Agency Agreements (IAA) and related payments within federal systems.
• Develops recommendations for improvements in internal controls and develops justification for financial/accounting policy to prevent waste, fraud and abuse, and discourage errors and irregularities.
• Prepares and emails daily federal Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) cash updates to the Controller, noting if the Museum is reported with any negative balances.
• Sends a daily donated cash position report to the CFO, Senior Financial Management Advisor, Controller, Budget Director, and Financial Accounting Manager.
• Prepares and processes journal entries for non-recurring reclassification requests.
• Collaborates with the Financial Systems Analyst and/or Senior Budget Analyst on journal entries to finalize amounts and resolve budget errors.
• Prepares and records recurring month end journals and all year end expense accruals.
• Supports financial statement audits by preparing and responding to Prepared By Client (PBC) requests and other audit inquiries.
• Interprets guidelines and drafts and/or enhances existing written procedures and processes.
• Conducts research, analyzes data, and resolves discrepancies as assigned. This includes identifying trends and patterns; modifying accounting and reporting systems to accept new kinds of data; and developing solutions and presenting findings.
• Provides federal systems technical support to users in the Office of Finance.