Supervisory Accountant

Duties

Plans, organizes, and directs maintaining the entire accounting program characterized by a number of operating accounting systems and related programs.

Identifies need for changes in priorities and takes action to implement such changes.

Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts long and short-term priorities, and prepares schedules.

Determines and implements applicable policies, procedures and techniques to be used in the overall accounting program.

Ensures compliance with laws, such as, appropriation law statutes with Public Law 97-258, Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act, and the Chief Financial Officers Act.

Works directly with Headquarters senior staff and with senior financial officials in the commands, agencies, public and private sectors.

Provides advice and opinions to management officials concerning financial management and/or accounting issues.

Serves as liaison between the District and Headquarters on systems related issues, and ensures implementation of system changes.

Provides necessary systems analysis, including flow charting of work process, designing local management reports, analyzing error trends, and maintaining a District-wide help desk to resolve Branch member's systems problems.