Job Summary

Accountants perform accounting and financial processes and transactions related to recording and reporting NGA's financial activity. They implement and establish procedures that align with federal accounting standards and policies. They also review financial and accounting results to ensure quality, accuracy, and compliance with appropriate legal, regulatory, and procedural requirements to produce

Job Description

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 relating to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and issued Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS). 2. Demonstrated experience to communicate verbally or in writing on complex financial issues, such as asset valuation. 3. Demonstrated experience responding to financial statement audit 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 providing accounting recommendations for fixed asset transactions and reporting on financial statements. 3. 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. 4. Demonstrated experience in internal or external audit concepts and procedures sufficient to define and evaluate internal controls over financial reporting and support auditor requests. 5. Demonstrated experience in applying critical thinking to analyze and resolve complex financial accounting and reporting issues in order to identify business process improvements. 6. Demonstrated experience interpreting DoD Financial Management Regulations relating to audit or property accountability.