Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Compliance

Summary

You will serve as an Accountant in the FLT COMPTROLLER, FINANCIAL MGMT of COMMANDER US FLEET FORCES COMMAND.

• You will apply accounting concepts of financial statement assertions, financial reporting objectives, testing of internal controls and compiling key supporting documentation in support of audit readiness
• You will perform and document financial reconciliations, detect inconsistencies in processing and management reports; and improve internal controls to ensure the accuracy of accounting data.
• You will assist in the development and documentation of functions and processes within assigned work area.
• You will incorporate financial improvement methodology in ensuring compliance and reporting requirements towards achieving audit readiness for USFFC and supported BSO activities
• You will analyze and evaluate accounting concepts, public laws, governing policies, guideline rules, regulations and precedents.

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• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience in interpreting, preparing, examining, analyzing and presenting financial data, records, and reports.
• Experience mapping Financial Processes to Accounting events in order to validate accurate account balances reported in financial statements.
• Experience identifying and documenting financial processes and procedures and writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Experience in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations.
• Experience utilizing Navy Enterprise Resource Program (N-ERP) to research transactional data to ensure USFFC financial statements and underlying records are accurate, compliant with Federal standards and prepared to withstand independent financial audits.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:
Applicants must possess

Accounting Series 0510

Individual Occupational Requirements

Basic Requirements

• Degree: accounting; 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. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")
  
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• Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience,…