Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

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This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Management, in Burlington, Vermont;
Dallas, Texas;
Washington, District of Columbia.

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

• Identifies, considers, and resolves a variety of financial-related issues, questions, and problems related to the agency financial management program. Serves as a secondary communicator with colleagues, agency management and other contacts internal & external to the agency to gather, analyze, and compile financial data to provide financial advisory services and to convey financial in a variety of written forms such as cost, budget, and ad-hoc reports
• Provides advice to program managers, analyzes, and interprets accounting data and reports and performs financial analysis, forecasts, monitoring and evaluations of progress. Based on results, collaborates, and advises management on methods to increase control over expenditures, collections, and internal controls of processes
• Coordinates and ensures timely collection and review of data for periodic reporting requirements
• Provides technical assistance in the development of procedural manuals, methods, and directives
• Providing training to team members on audit and remediation processes.

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date:
  Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Probationary Period:
  This is a full-time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

• 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").

OR

• 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 written examination; or
• Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the…