Supervisory Accountant

Summary

The incumbent serves as a Section Manager within the Administrative Payments Branch.

Duties

• Applies an advanced knowledge of the technical aspects of accounting and general accounting functions and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the branch. As such, the incumbent plans and assigns work, tasks and responsibilities, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines goals/objectives and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations and Branch manager to accomplish goals and objectives; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes. Serves as a front-line manager over professional and administrative support staff performing the full range of supervisory duties and fulfilling the responsibility for personnel management over subordinate personnel. Reviews and evaluates work produced by the organization to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Maintains responsibility to senior management for all phases of accounting activities, reporting, and analysis. Work activities are carried out through subordinate staff, to achieve broad objectives set out for each assignment. The incumbent provides services in the following functional areas: accounts payable processing for commercial payments, grants, inter-entity and agency cost and payment transfers (IPAC) in accordance with Federal regulatory guidelines, and other miscellaneous payments such as legal settlements, utilities, and training. Duties include recording obligations for all procurement activities in compliance with Federal regulations; performing preview, validation, and payment sweep processing to audit and process daily payment batches sent to the Treasury; and managing supplier set-up and maintenance tables. The incumbent processes interfaces for procurement cards, the e-invoicing solution, and the Department procurement system. Additionally, the incumbent provides Tier 2 help desk support for the e-invoicing solution and Departmental procurement system, identifying and correcting system issues within the e-invoicing solution and workflow process. The incumbent researches financial data, reconciles and analyzes general accounting transactions for sub-ledger reporting, and develops reports, as well as designs, tests, and implements system changes, interfaces, and automated processes in an Oracle Federal Financial National Enterprise System. Furthermore, the incumbent establishes and monitors organizational (section) and individual measures to determine success in meeting stated goals and objectives, conducts internal audits of financial and accounting functions to assess quality, deficiencies, and non-conformance, and reviews operations to ensure the adequacy of internal controls to minimize the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Performs as a front line manager over the work of a large staff of accountants, financial management specialists, and accounting technicians affecting all Operating Administrations within the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and several non-DOT client agencies. Applies knowledge of various programs and fund types (direct, F&E, Franchise, Working Capital, Trust, Revolving, etc.) within each customer¿s organization in order to provide direction, advice, and service regarding financial management matters, audit support and accounting policies to their staff. The work affects the plans, goals, and effectiveness of each agency¿s mission. This position requires frequent personal contacts, coordination, consultation, and correspondence, with the multiple departments and agencies program and financial management offices. Additional managerial responsibilities include communicating the organization's vision and objectives; monitoring and evaluating employee performance; coaching and developing employees; approving leave; approving selections; recommending or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS A. 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 B. 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 types 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 as stated above, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FV-I (FG/GS-13) level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: managing accounts payable processing for a wide variety of payments (i.e., commercial payments, grants, inter-entity and/or agency cost and payment transfers); conducting audits of financial/accounting functions to assess quality, deficiencies, and/or non-conformance; providing support for procurement process/system; and leading the implementation of financial policies, system changes, and/or processes. Applicants should provide examples of specialized experience in their Work History. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. KSA INFORMATION: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Leadership and Management Dimension, etc. in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Leadership and Management Dimensions, etc. listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How to apply

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.