Staff Accountant

National Endowment for the Arts•Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Staff Accountant performs accounting and financial operations work, including recording agency obligations, payments, and data adjustments in the Oracle Federal Financial system. The role uses Microsoft Excel and Word to organize financial and operational data for routine budget formulation and execution requests, supports accounting close activities, and researches transactional data to identify and resolve issues. The position also helps review and improve standard operating procedures and maintains communications sent to the Finance group email box. Applicants must meet the stated accounting education or experience basic requirement and the GS-09 minimum qualification requirement, which can be met through qualifying specialized experience, graduate education, or a combination of both. The position is open to status candidates, veterans, and Land Management eligibles under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Successfully pass a background investigation, which may include a credit check and review of financial issues, criminal offenses, and illegal drug use or possession.
Meet the accounting basic requirement through either a qualifying degree, or at least four years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training, together with one of the specified accounting education, certification, or equivalent knowledge pathways.
For GS-09, have one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-07 performing administrative transactions or staff reimbursements, invoice accuracy verification before system entry, and payment status tracking; or have two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or an equivalent graduate degree; or a qualifying combination of specialized experience and graduate education.
Submit a resume limited to two pages and supporting transcripts if relying on education. Resume must clearly describe duties, responsibilities, dates, hours worked, and how experience requirements are met.
Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with or exempt from Selective Service.
Status candidates must submit an SF-50 and recent appraisal and meet time-in-grade requirements of 52 weeks at the next lower grade by the announcement closing date.
Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
Complete an Optional Form 306 and authorize a background investigation if conditionally offered the position.
Federal salary payments must be made by direct deposit.

Responsibilities

Enter transaction details into Oracle Federal Financial to document agency obligations, payments, and standard data adjustments from sources such as travel, grants panels, credit cards, and vendors.
Organize basic financial and operational data using Microsoft Excel and Word to support routine budget formulation and execution requests.
Review internal standard operating procedures to identify process improvement opportunities and assist in developing standard operating procedures.
Support accounting close activities.
Extract transactional data using reporting queries, research it, and analyze and resolve data issues.
Maintain and update communications sent to the Finance group email box.