ACCOUNTING OFFICER (Title 5)

Description:

DUTY LOCATION: United Stated Property & Fiscal Office (USPFO), Hartford, CT

AREA(S) OF CONSIDERATION:

• Area I: All On Board Federal Employees (T5), Tenure 0,1,2,3 assigned to the USPFO of the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.

Requirements:

MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

1. 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 six hours of credit in business law.

-OR-

2. Combination of Education and Experience: At least four years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The candidate's background must also include ONE of the following:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to six hours of business law;
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;
3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing. For example, completed 15 semester hours however, the school course work does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour degree requirement as defined above in paragraph one (subject: Degree), provided that:
   1. The candidate successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field for example, valuation engineering or financial institution examining;
   2. A panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors determined that the candidate demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and advancement levels that are normally associated with successful completion of the four-year course of study degree, as described above in Paragraph One; and,
   3. Except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the candidate's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All on-board Title 5 Excepted Service employees assigned to Series GS-0510 positions, are considered eligible for merit promotions if they have the competencies and a minimum of one year experience in the grade immediately below the next higher level. However, management directed reassignments or new hire candidates must have competent experiences that are commensurate/equivalent to the accounting program business with demonstrated understandings of the program's principles and concepts.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Your resume and any other supporting documentation you wish to provide must clearly substantiate you currently possess 36 months of specialized experience in the following:

• Experience demonstrating broadening finance, accounting and audit program competencies in leading, planning and scheduling program work in a manner that promotes smooth flow and even distribution of assigning work requirements.
• Experience training and guiding employees on various finance programs and assigning tasks.
• Experience involving accounting program assignments, balancing finance program work requirements, compliance with specific finance program policies, and providing advice, mentoring, and directions on a wide variety career development options.
• Experience in addressing specific employee performance issues.
• Experience in structuring assignments that created effective and efficient performance results with measured and improved task processes.
• Experience improving training applications for career development that resulted in the employees' increased performance values in quality work, timeliness considerations, and work efficiencies.
• Experience and endorsements on mentorship competencies provided to employees.
• Experience demonstrating a working knowledge of equal employment and affirmative action programs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Skill in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately.
• Ability to clearly enunciate English without impediment of speech that would interfere or prohibit effective communication.
• Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
• Skill in presenting formal training presentations and briefings.
• Skill in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and concepts and specific detailed knowledge of National Guard prescribed accounting system for military and fund operations to independently accomplish a variety of program assignments.
• Knowledge of automated systems designs, practices, and limitations to describe systems specifications and requirements to computer programmers.
• Skill in analyzing accounting systems, adapting and modifying conventional accounting systems, and analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems and ensure conformance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Knowledge and skill to serve as a Systems Accountant to develop automated subsystems; determine functional accounting requirements; assure interface with the large, automated management system; guide systems programming; develop functional tests; write instruction manuals; give oral presentations on development progress; and attend meetings on system integration and problems resolution at the state, region, NGB, DoD level.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION: As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0510-12 position and dependent on the positions certification level (level II), the employee must complete the higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.