Accounting Officer

This senior accounting role involves leading financial operations, guiding staff, and developing strategic solutions within a federal appropriations framework. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance and optimizing financial processes.

• *Responsibilities:**
• Serve as a senior accountant, providing guidance and mentorship to junior accounting staff.
• Conduct in-depth reviews and analyses of complex accounting documents, reports, policies, and procedures, specifically involving federal appropriations and accounts.
• Advise on and recommend innovative solutions for intricate financial management administration issues.
• Develop and implement short- and long-term financial management goals and objectives.
• *Qualifications:**

To qualify at the GS-15 level, applicants must meet the **Basic Requirements** listed below and possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level.

• *Basic Requirements (Choose One):**
• **Education:**

* A degree in Accounting. * A degree in a related field (e.g., business administration, finance, public administration) that includes at least 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing (up to 6 hours may be in business law).

• **Experience & Education:**

* Four years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training, PLUS meeting one of the following criteria: * Completion of 24 semester hours of college-level accounting or auditing courses (up to 6 hours may be in business law). * Certification as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). * Completion of a degree with substantial coursework in accounting or auditing (e.g., 15 semester hours) combined with successful work experience in accounting, auditing, or a related financial field demonstrating strong accounting knowledge and equivalent full-performance level experience.

• *Specialized Experience (GS-15 Level):**

One year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 level, performing duties such as:

• Providing guidance and oversight to lower-level accounting staff.
• Reviewing and analyzing highly complex accounting documents, reports, and policies related to federal appropriations and accounts.
• Developing and recommending solutions for significant financial management challenges.
• Establishing strategic short-and long-term financial management goals.
• *Time-in-Grade Requirement (for Current/Former Federal Employees):**
• Applicants currently or previously holding a General Schedule position must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14 level within the competitive or excepted service.
• *Required Application Documents:**
• **Transcripts:** Required for all education-based qualifications. Failure to provide transcripts will result in an ineligible rating.
• **SF-50(s):** Current or former Federal employees must submit SF-50(s) as proof of status, grade, step, tenure, type of service, and time-in-grade eligibility.