SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT

Summary

Who May Apply: This announcement is open to current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service and current DFAS VRA employees and eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.

Duties

• Serves as the Deputy to the Mission Area Director to manage, plan, implement, and evaluate DFAS Government Services accounting and financial programs. Provides strategic leadership, process knowledge, and system-level expertise over the workload.
• Provides professional accounting knowledge and expertise in federal appropriation law, accounting theories, principles, practice techniques, and accounting systems.
• Provides program development and oversight responsibilities for Government Services Mission Areas. Responsibilities are highly interrelated and interdependent across all DFAS sites, DoW components, and other federal agencies.
• Maintains constant liaison with all communities generating accounting and other financial data, supporting accounting operations, and/or receiving DFAS products and services.
• Directs/supervises admin and tech units performing mission-essential support for the Industrial Base Pay Business line. Organizes workload across subordinate divisions, branches, and sections within the Government Services Directorate.

Qualifications

Human Resources will determine your qualifications for each entry grade level based on your interest and the additional following criteria. Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume. Please be sure to clearly describe this in your resume. Combinations of education and experience may also be sufficient. Basic Requirements: This position has a positive education requirement. To qualify for this position you must meet one of the basic requirements described below: (1) Completion of all requirements for a bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university; 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. OR (2) Candidates may also qualify through a combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge AND 24 semester hours in accounting/auditing courses, which may include up to 6 hours of business law, OR a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor. You may need to send proof of education or of certification to be considered for this position. Click here for more information on who must submit documentation at the time of application and what documentation is acceptable: Transcripts and Certifications. GS-13 Level: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, qualified applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-12 for GS-13) in the Federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position. GS-13 Specialized Experience Is Defined As: (1) Establishing, applying, and monitors/evaluates progress of performance measurement indicators for assessing operational effectiveness. Actively organizes and promotes DFAS business process re-engineering efforts and the application of technology to streamline operational processes, reduce operating costs, and improve services. (2) Applying accounting principles, theories, and practices in new or novel ways to solve problems. (3) Developing or extend theories or practices for application to new problems, operations, or situations. You may qualify for consideration if meeting specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Education

GS-13 Substitution of Education for Experience: Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level. This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program as a condition of employment. If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within two (2) years of your entry on duty in the position unless you are already in a position that requires a Level 2 Certification in which case you must complete the certification within the original 2-year period. Failure to become certified within the required time-frame may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service. Information about the DoD FM Certification Program is available at http://www.dfas.mil/dam/dfas/careers/pdf/DoDFMCertificationProgram.pdf. **This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.