ACCOUNTANT

You will serve as a ACCOUNTANT in the FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT & AUDIT REMEDIATION DEPT of NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND.

Major duties

• You will provide subject matter expertise to support NAVAIR efforts to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial reporting.
• You will provide input for the development of testing schedules/strategies, manage testing process, provide any training/guidance necessary, and assess the testing documentation and results to determine if remediation is required.
• You will responsible for review and analysis of relevant guidance/policies, and proposed changes, to ensure NAVAIR compliance with business and financial accounting standards and policies, and alignment with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• You will responsible for collection and analysis of Navy ERP data, principally residing in the SAP Finance, Funds Management, Materials Management, Asset Management, and Document Management System (DMS).
• You will be responsible for development and presentation of metrics to track progress of assigned duties and responsibilities and will identify areas for process improvement and/or training.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the NH-02 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, for the purpose of providing information and guidance to management or customers at all levels; 2) Possess knowledge of NAVAIR's mission, organizational structure and reporting relationships, business processes and lines of authority; 3) Review and analyze relevant guidance/policies, and proposed changes, to ensure NAVAIR compliance with business and financial accounting standards and policies; 4) Collect and analyze data from various systems (i.e., Navy ERP and DECKPLATE); 5) Analyze samples received for IPA or Navy-level Tests of Design, Execution and/or Controls; execute Internal Control Testing. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess 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 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 oneof the following: Twenty-four 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 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph 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.