Staff Accountant

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Leading the processing and validating of accounting transactions, such as disbursements, reconciliations and repayments; AND Reconciling a variety of subsidiary and general ledger accounts and verifying the completeness of accounting or financial data; AND Experience applying knowledge of financial management, fiscal, audit, and accounting theories, concepts, principles, and procedures; AND Experience performing internal control tests and providing responses to accounting audits. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Assisting with processing and validating of accounting transactions, such as disbursements, reconciliations and repayments; AND Assisting with reconciling a variety of subsidiary and general ledger accounts and verifying the completeness of accounting or financial data; AND Experience assisting with internal control tests and responding to accounting audits; OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows (Attach copy of transcript or list of college courses designating semester or quarter hours earned to ensure proper credit.): Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR Three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree , OR LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-9 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Assisting with reviewing accounting transactions, such as disbursements, reconciliations and repayments; AND Assisting with analysis of accounting or financial data, and information shown in a general ledger. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows (Attach copy of transcript or list of college courses designating semester or quarter hours earned to ensure proper credit.): Master’s or equivalent graduate degree OR Two full academic years of progressively higher graduate level education (In order to be creditable, education must be related to this position); OR LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé. TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-12, you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9 level for 52 weeks. For the GS-9, you must have been at the GS-7 level for 52 weeks. TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Domestic Finance – Financial Markets, Office of Federal Lending. As a Staff Accountant, you will be responsible for processing, certifying, recording, and reporting administrative receipts and expenditures in compliance with governing regulations. This opportunity is also open to any US citizen to apply under Announcement 25-DO-30-P. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.