Accountant (Cash Management)

Indian Health Service•Albuquerque, NM

About The Position

The Indian Health Service is hiring an Accountant (Cash Management) to perform accounting and cash management functions that support the agency’s programs and services. The position analyzes and reconciles financial information, prepares financial reports, and helps ensure funds are effectively managed. It manages and analyzes cash flow, forecasts cash needs, and develops strategies to optimize cash use and control financial risk. The position is offered at GS-09, GS-11, or GS-12 qualification levels, with promotion potential to GS-12. Applicants must meet the accounting education or experience basic requirement and the applicable grade-level qualifications. The role requires U.S. citizenship, a federal background investigation, financial suitability review, E-Verify, direct deposit, and a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form. Selectees must provide two valid forms of identification; a state-issued ID or driver’s license must be REAL ID-compliant. The position is covered by a bargaining unit. Recruitment or relocation incentives may be authorized, and at least a one-year service agreement will be required.

Requirements

Meet the basic accounting requirement through an accounting degree, or a related degree with 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours may be business law), or the specified combination of accounting experience, education, and training. The experience-and-education combination requires at least four years of accounting experience and must also meet one of the stated accounting-coursework, certification, or substantial-coursework and professional-experience alternatives.
For GS-09, have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07 performing relevant accounting, financial reporting, general ledger, fiscal year-end, or cash management work; or meet the stated graduate-education or education-and-experience combination alternative.
For GS-11, have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 performing relevant financial analysis, reconciliation, accounting-system improvement, cash-flow analysis, or forecasting work; or meet the stated doctoral-level graduate-education or education-and-experience combination alternative.
For GS-12, have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 analyzing complex financial information, conducting financial management studies, improving financial processes and controls, assessing regulatory impacts, or managing and forecasting cash flow.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
The position requires a federal background investigation and review of financial history for financial suitability. Applicants must complete required forms within five calendar days of receiving instructions and must satisfy legal financial obligations.
A Confidential Financial Disclosure Form is required, and selectees must successfully pass E-Verify.
Set up direct deposit and, before appointment, present two valid forms of identification. A state-issued ID or driver’s license must be REAL ID-compliant.
Selectees may be subject to a probationary period; ESEP appointees typically serve a two-year trial period.
Applicants must meet qualification requirements within 30 days of the announcement closing date. Competitive-service merit-promotion candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements; these provisions do not apply under ESEP.
Submit transcripts or course information to document education qualifications. Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
IHS employees whose duties require work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy; vaccine exemption requests may be available.
The position is designated under Public Law 101-630 and involves contact or control over Indian children; the agency must ensure that appointees have not been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to certain crimes.
At least a one-year service agreement is required if appointed with a recruitment or relocation incentive.

Responsibilities

Examine, analyze, interpret, and reconcile financial accounts, transactions, records, and other financial information.
Verify general ledger balances and determine necessary adjustments or corrections.
Review financial reports and statements to identify discrepancies, abnormal trends, reporting deficiencies, and internal control weaknesses; develop corrective solutions.
Conduct financial management studies and analyze financial processes, systems, policies, and procedures to recommend improvements to accounting operations, controls, and financial reporting.
Manage and analyze cash flow to minimize financial risk and ensure funding is available for organizational operations, programs, and services.
Forecast cash needs and develop strategies to optimize the use and control of cash and improve management of financial resources.