Accountant

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Examining and interpreting accounting data, records, and reports; AND Operating automated accounting systems. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Master’s degree or Master’s or equivalent graduate degree. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. A combination of education and experience. Only graduate level education in excess of 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours), may be used to combine education and experience. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying accounting theory, concepts, principles and practices sufficient to: Demonstrate a basic level understanding of accounting theory and concepts; OR Experience in operating and maintaining automated accounting systems sufficient to: Processing accounting documents and/or performing research and analysis. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: One full year of graduate level education in either accounting or auditing or related fields, such as business administration, finance, or public administration; OR a Bachelor’s Degree with Superior Academic Achievement demonstrated through class standing (upper third of the graduating class); grade point average (a GPA of 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on 4 years education or courses completed during the final 2 years; or a GPA of 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on required courses in the major field); or election to membership in a national scholastic honor society. A copy of transcript or list of college courses designating semester or quarter hours earned is required. OR A COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Only graduate level education (i.e. education beyond the Bachelor’s degree) may be used to combine education and experience.
This position is part of the National Archives and Records Administration. This position is located in Accounting Policy and Operations (XA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (X), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and under the general supervision of the Accounting Officer.