Supervisory Accountant

Defense Finance and Accounting Service•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

Serves as the Deputy to the Mission Area Director, managing, planning, implementing, and evaluating DFAS Government Services accounting and financial programs. Provides strategic leadership, process knowledge, and system-level expertise over the workload, as well as professional accounting expertise in federal appropriation law, accounting theories, principles, practices, techniques, and systems. Provides program development and oversight for Government Services Mission Areas. The work is highly interrelated across DFAS sites, DoW components, and other federal agencies. The position maintains liaison with communities that generate accounting and other financial data, support accounting operations, or receive DFAS products and services. It directs and supervises administrative and technical units performing mission-essential support for the Industrial Base Pay Business line and organizes workload across subordinate divisions, branches, and sections within the Government Services Directorate. This federal position requires U.S. citizenship, suitability for federal employment, and a favorable security determination; access to classified information may be required. The incumbent must obtain and maintain Level 2 DoD Financial Management Certification within the required timeframe. Travel is 1–24%, and moving expenses will be paid. A supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required. Telework is available only rarely, on a case-by-case basis when Agency Leadership determines it serves a compelling DoD need.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Meet the accounting education or experience requirement: a bachelor's degree in accounting, or a related degree with 24 semester hours in accounting; alternatively, at least four years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training plus 24 semester hours in accounting/auditing, or CPA or CIA certification.
For GS-13, at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the Federal service, including experience with performance measurement and operational effectiveness, business process re-engineering and technology to streamline processes, applying accounting principles to novel problems, and developing or extending theories or practices for new problems or situations.
Meet the federal time-after-competitive-appointment requirement and time-in-grade requirements, as applicable.
Obtain and maintain Level 2 certification under the DoD Financial Management Certification Program; selected applicants generally must complete it within two years of entry on duty unless already subject to the certification requirement.
Pass a favorable suitability review and security determination and maintain eligibility for a sensitive position; a security clearance may be required.
Register for Selective Service if required (males born after December 31, 1959).
Pass the E-Verify employment verification check if new to DFAS.
Meet federal employment suitability requirements.

Responsibilities

Serve as Deputy to the Mission Area Director in managing, planning, implementing, and evaluating DFAS Government Services accounting and financial programs.
Provide strategic leadership, process knowledge, and system-level expertise over the workload.
Provide professional accounting expertise in federal appropriation law, accounting theories, principles, practices, techniques, and accounting systems.
Develop and oversee programs for Government Services Mission Areas.
Maintain liaison with communities that generate accounting and other financial data, support accounting operations, or receive DFAS products and services.
Direct and supervise administrative and technical units performing mission-essential support for the Industrial Base Pay Business line.
Organize workload across subordinate divisions, branches, and sections within the Government Services Directorate.