Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

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This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Finance, Indianapolis, IN. Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.

This position is located within the Office of Finance (OF), Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Typical duties include:
Performing general ledger operations, including analyzing transactions for effects on CBP's assets, liabilities, net position and operations. Providing professional accounting service by preparing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting accounting data and in reconciling financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information. Providing professional accounting advice by reducing recurring accounting data errors and recommending financial actions by analyzing accounting options. Preparing financial statements and reports for internal and external stakeholders.

This position starts at a salary of $90,341.00 (GS-12, Step
1) to $ (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $117,446 (GS-12 Step 10). GS Salary:
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You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards.

Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.

Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit:
This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions - NTEU. For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites - National Treasury Employees Union - NTEU This vacancy has a local commuting area requirement, as defined below:
The area surrounding the duty station by which people reasonably travel back and forth from home to work;
Or The employee's permanent duty station is located within the reasonable travel area surrounding the duty station of this vacancy;
Or if applicable For employees who are detailed or temporarily promoted for more than 1 year to another duty location, the detailed or temporary duty location is considered to be the duty location of record for commuting area purposes. For employees detailed or temporarily promoted for less than one year, the permanent duty location is considered the duty location of record for commuting area purposes.

Basic Education Requirement:
1. Degree:
Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in either accounting or 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.

(The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor."OR2. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through…