Accountant ,gs-0510-12 - Baltimore, United States - U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard

Verified Company

Baltimore, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

You will serve as a accountant and develop, coordinate and oversee financial reporting and analysis, audit remediation and coordination, financial policy, and property accounting.

Being a civilian working for the Coast Guard (CG) makes you a valuable team member.

Some of the typical duties include:

Performing various analyses on currently actual funding execution and future projections of needs in regards to the accounting of inventory management and budget execution.
Designing new systems or the development of modifications to existing systems
Serving as a mentor to the sections military officers in principles and practice of government accounting
Responding to management requests for financial information, new directives from headquarters changing current accounting procedures, and implementing new accounting system changes
Composing internal and external procedural documentation
Providing a variety of accounting services to Management, Headquarters, and other government agency officials by preparing, analyzing and interpreting financial reports as well as developing new or tailoring existing reports as required

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

U.S. Citizenship is required.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
You may be required to serve a oneyear probationary period.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:

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 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")

OR

A combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.

The applicant's background must also include _one _of the following:

Twentyfour semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24semesterhour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the fullperformance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

In addition to the basic requirement, the applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next grade level in the Federal service.

At the GS-12 level - Applicant must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level

Specialized experience includes:

providing professional accounting advice to management officials to assure accuracy of transactions and reliability of reporting, billings, collections, claims and remittance systems, ensuring the integrity of these systems, and developing new and revised techniques to improve system efficiency; reviewing and preparing accounts receivable accounting reports; developing, performing, and balancing accounting reconciliations using automated tools to determine and support the accuracy of recording transactions and the reliability of reports that are produced.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

National Service Experience (i.e.

, volunteer experience):

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valua