Accountant (Staff/Systems)

Defense Logistics Agency•Fort Belvoir, VA

11d

About The Position

Provides enterprise-wide compliance reviews to ensure compliance with applicable financial management requirements, standards, and policies. Assists the Director in managing and coordinating the J8 Financial Risk Management program, including reviewing DLA End-to-End (E2E) processes against Federal laws and DoD and DLA policies and regulations. Serves as an agency expert in observing whether E2E business-cycle design is synchronized with DLA’s evolving strategic direction and transformational programs. Supports Enterprise Business Cycle Owners and Process Cycle Integrators by developing agency-wide internal-control test plans to help the Agency produce auditable financial statements. Advises and educates DLA Process Owners on incorporating audit-compliant automated and manual processes and controls. Provides complex management advisory and technical services on substantive systems-accounting functions to DLA management and subject-matter experts, and collaborates across functional areas to develop solutions to E2E problems. The position requires DoD Financial Management Level 2 certification within two years and ongoing maintenance and improvement of proficiency. It is subject to suitability or fitness determination, security requirements, and drug testing.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Meet the basic accounting education or education-and-experience requirement: a related bachelor’s degree or higher including 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours may be business law), or at least four years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training providing professional accounting knowledge.
For the education-and-experience combination, meet one of the stated accounting qualifications: 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing (up to 6 hours may be business law); CPA or CIA certification obtained through written examination; or qualifying substantial accounting/auditing coursework and professional experience meeting the stated equivalency conditions.
Submit college transcripts from an accredited educational institution as specified in the qualification requirements.
Have one year of specialized experience directly related to the position; for GS-13, experience must be at the GS-12 level or equivalent.
Specialized experience must include relevant work such as making accounting or financial recommendations affecting audit-readiness policies or programs; providing technical direction or advice on accounting, audit readiness, or financial systems; adapting finance/accounting processes for business initiatives and developing implementation guidance; applying professional accounting knowledge to develop or implement finance, accounting, information-management, or budget policies; or responding to auditor expectations throughout the audit cycle.
Obtain DoD Financial Management Level 2 certification within two years and maintain and improve proficiency thereafter.
Meet applicable suitability or fitness determination requirements.
Meet Selective Service requirements, if applicable.
Provide acceptable identification, such as REAL ID, to access certain federal facilities.
Comply with DLA drug-testing requirements if selected for a testing-designated position.

Responsibilities

Conduct enterprise-wide compliance reviews of financial management requirements, standards, and policies.
Assist the Director with management and coordination of the J8 Financial Risk Management program.
Review DLA End-to-End processes for compliance with Federal laws and DoD and DLA policies and regulations.
Observe and assess alignment of E2E business-cycle design with DLA strategic direction and transformational programs.
Develop agency-wide internal-control test plans with Enterprise Business Cycle Owners and Process Cycle Integrators to support auditable financial statements.
Advise and educate DLA Process Owners on audit-compliant automated and manual processes and controls.
Provide complex management advisory and technical services concerning systems-accounting functions to DLA management and subject-matter experts.
Collaborate with other functional areas to develop cross-functional solutions to E2E problems.