Accountant (Staff)

**Duties**:
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As an Accountant (Staff), you will:

- Serve as a key financial advisor; provide leadership, policy direction, and technical expertise in matters of high complexity related to financial management, accounting, and financial reporting.
- Provide analysis and advice on new accounting standards as developed by the FASAB; develop department accounting policies; and provide advice on the effects of new laws, regulations, or requirements set by the Treasury Department and OMB.
- Analyze complex FASB commercial accounting practices and concepts; develop and communicate Treasury's opinion; and provide recommendations on the implementation and execution of the accounting and reporting within Treasury's Federal accounting framework.
- Review, analyze, and interpret applicable legislation, appropriation language, OMB directives, Treasury, and Departmental guidelines; develop specific regulatory and/or procedural guidance for implementation and maintenance; make recommendations impacting financial management/accounting procedures and policy to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
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.

**Key Requirements**:

- Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."
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- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National
- Public Trust background investigation will be required

All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.

**Qualifications**:

- You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- **Interpreting Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) issued by authoritative sources; AND**:

- **Independently developing or approving technical accounting position papers, policies and procedural instructions for financial reporting; AND**:
**Education**:
**Education Requirements**:Basic Requirements for Accountant 0510 series**:

- **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 one of 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.

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

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