Accountant

Accountant Job Duties

As an Accountant, you will:

• Identify routine inefficiencies in accounting workflows and recommends procedural enhancements that improve operational efficiency while maintaining compliance with applicable standards.
• Use Federal accounting systems such as Oracle Federal Financial and related enterprise platforms, the incumbent performs financial operations that include recording, verifying and adjusting financial entries.
• Support internal control activities by following established procedures, maintaining documentation and helping identify potential risk or control gaps.
• Conduct transaction-level reviews and reconciliations, supports the preparation of trial balances and assists in the production of financial reports to support internal stakeholders and external mandates.
• Perform complex and high-level accounting operations in support of the Department of Health and Human Services' Program Support Center (PSC) and its customer agencies.
• Trace transactions across multiple accounting systems and ensure consistency between general and subsidiary ledgers.
• Conduct root cause analysis of audit findings and implement sustainable solutions in partnership with other branches, systems owners, and policy advisors.
• Provide functional and technical leadership within the team by mentoring junior accountants and supporting staff development.
• Serve as a point of contact for internal and external audits, prepare documentation to support financial statement assertions and provide walkthroughs of accounting processes to auditors and review teams.