Accountant (Audit Sustainment Team Accountant)
3 weeks ago
The incumbent will serve as the Audit Sustainment Team Accountant within the Audit Readiness Branch (SIOPS), Enterprise Property Management Division (SIOP), Installation Operations Office. SIOPS is responsible for supporting the Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) audit remediation activities, providing liaison and communication between the Team Lead and Branch Chief staff as well as assistance to NGA offices with regard to PP&E audit sustainment support and requirements. SIOPS oversees and implements PP&E audit remediation/readiness activities.
As part of the Audit Sustainment Team, provides guidance and works with a team of contractor logisticians, budget analysts, and accountants supporting the NGA objective to achieve an unqualified audit opinion. Assists with monitoring and reporting on the efforts to correct the PP&E material weakness and related Notice of Findings and recommendations (NFRs), provides input to the Multi-Year Corrective Action Plan (MCAP), engages with MCAP owners to address impediments or concerns, and communicates PP&E Audit Sustainment status to the Team Lead. This information can be used for briefings to Director and Deputy Director of the Security and Installations (SI) Directorate, the Director and Deputy Director of SIO, the Chief Financial Executive, Comptroller, and PP&E Audit stakeholders as necessary. The Audit Sustainment Team Lead also provides input that ensures accurate communications with auditors and NGA stakeholders while collaborating, communicating, and implementing business process changes, technical system changes, and change management to improve the completeness of PP&E balances.
SIOPS is responsible for overseeing the PP&E audit sustainment activities. Acts as a liaison facilitating communication between NGA stakeholders namely, the Office of Contract Services, Financial Management Directorate, Information Technology Service Directorate, Chief, Acquisition Enterprise, and the Security and Installations Directorate through Operations Process Team (OPT) meetings, Technical Exchange Meetings, Total Asset Management In-Progress Reviews (TAM IPRs), Monthly Audit Committee Meetings, and audit briefings as required.
Upon placement into this position, the incumbent will need to achieve DoD FM Level 2 certification within two years of occupying the position.
Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to: 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.
This position may be eligible for a RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE: selected candidates may be offered an incentive as part of the offer of employment. To receive the incentive, selected candidates must be eligible under 5 CFR Part 575, Subpart A, upon issuance of the Final Offer Letter. Changes in federal employment status prior to issuance of the Final Offer Letter may affect eligibility. To receive the incentive, selected candidates will be required to sign a service agreement to stay within the position at NGA for the agreed upon time. If the service agreement is terminated before its completion, the employee may be required to repay a pro rata share amount of the incentive to the government. Additional information regarding recruitment incentives for current federal employees can be found in DoDI 1400.25, Volume 2006.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Security Investigation
SPECIAL INFO:
As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information)
- Polygraph Test Required
- Position Subject to Drug Testing
- Two Year Probationary Period
- Direct Deposit Required
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices.
This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility.
Qualifications
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:
1. Demonstrated experience interpreting accounting rules and regulations, including application of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) issued Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS), and DoD Financial Management Regulations.
2. Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing with co-workers, leadership, customers, and mission partners on complex financial issues to include corrective action plans.
3. Demonstrated experience in identifying and differentiating between capitalized and accountable Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) and their effect on Agency issued financial statements.
4. Demonstrated experience in the identification of property to support accounting decisions.
5. Demonstrated experience with federal financial audit responses and inquiries.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, or a related field that included, or was supplemented by, at least 24 semester hours of coursework in Accounting. The 24 semester hours may include up to 6 semester hours of credit in business law. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, or a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination, -PLUS- experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -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 24-semester-hour requirement of A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance 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 4-year 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.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:
1. Demonstrated experience in preparing financial auditable documentation to support conclusions and journal entries.
2. Demonstrated experience in application of accounting guidance with special emphasis on issues related to the capitalization of information systems, developed software, phases of software development, and related IT equipment.
3. Demonstrated experience in internal or external audit concepts and procedures sufficient to define and evaluate internal controls over financial reporting, test for improper payments, and support auditor requests.
4. Demonstrated experience in applying critical thinking to analyze and resolve complex financial accounting and reporting issues and identify business process improvements.
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