This position is located in the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Financial Management Directorate, Accounting Division. The incumbent provides authoritative advice to management in the organization on all financial-related issues as the technical expert ensuring the integrity of financial reporting for the Office of the Secretary of War (OSW), WHS, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), and other supported DoW activities.
This is a Direct Hire Public Notice, under this recruitment, applications will be accepted for each location and/or installation identified in this Public Notice and selections are made for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. This Public Notice is to gather applications which may or may not result in a referral or selection.
This position is being filled under Direct Hire Authority (DHA) in accordance with Section 5 U.S.C. 9905, as amended by P.L. 116-92, SEC 1109, further amended by P.L. 116-283, SEC 1117 and further amended by P.L.118-31, SEC 1104 and SEC 1250B. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration. Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following: .
Serves as a technical authority for the Field Accounting Team, providing expert support to ensure all activities comply with legal and regulatory mandates while fulfilling strategic customer objectives. Identifying discrepancies and determining root causes and implementing corrective actions that maintain compliance with federal accounting standards and WHS operating procedures.
Executing a wide range of financial reconciliations, metric reports, and analytical review that requires numerous unrelated analytical steps, cross-system transaction research and interpretation of fiscal policies.
The incumbent exercises significant, independent responsibility in executing the full range of complex field accounting operations Responsible for assisting in resolving accounting challenges and developing new, compliant methodologies for the directorate using policies, financial regulations, procedures and laws (e.g., DoW FMR, SFIS, SOPs)
ARE YOU QUALIFYING BASED ON EDUCATION or A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE? You must provide sufficient documentation of your education in your resume. You MUST provide a copy of official or unofficial transcripts or degrees in your application package. It may also be acceptable to document your applicable course listing in your resume (course number, credits earned, etc.). Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency.
If selected, an official/sealed transcript will be required prior to appointment. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.
education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
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This position is with Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense.
The posted pay range is $85447 – $111087/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Secret security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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