This position is in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA). The incumbent of this Supervisory Accountant position performs a variety of complex accounting duties, utilizing a professional knowledge of accounting principles and procedures in carrying out assignments. This position is outside the bargaining unit.
Duties for this Position Include: Performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities, including but not limited to the following: planning and directing work of subordinates, setting and adjusting priorities and establishing deadlines for completion of work. Assigning work to subordinates based on knowledge and skill levels, priorities, difficulty and other requirements of assignments.
Developing and/or assisting in the development of performance standards and evaluating subordinate performance. Providing instruction, advice or counsel to subordinates on both work related and administrative issues; hearing and resolving complaints from employees. Issuing minor disciplinary actions, including oral and written warnings and reprimands, as well as recommending action to superiors in more serious cases.
Identifying training needs of employees, providing or arranging for necessary developmental opportunities. Provides guidance and leadership to staff and client organizations on resolving technical problems involving accounting principles and techniques. Reviews and analyzes various financial management reports and data to identify the cause of transaction variances, problems, and potential problems related to financial records.
Identifies weaknesses and problems and develops recommendations and/or requirements for revisions or modifications to existing financial management and reporting processes to improve Employment & Training Administration's (ETA's) accounting, financial management, reporting functions, and processes.
Reviews documents and coordinates with the ETA and Department of Labor (DOL) Offices to include reviewing accounting, financial management, analysis and reporting, as well as audit issues from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), financial statement auditors, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), DOL offices, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Treasury, Government Accountability Office (GAO) and other agencies and offices as needed; drafts appropriate responses.
Any applicant falsely claiming an academic degree from an accredited school will be subject to actions ranging from disqualification from federal employment to removal from federal service. If your education was completed at a foreign college or university, you must show comparability to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States and comparability to applicable minimum coursework requirements for this position.
Click Evaluation of Foreign Education for more information. Unofficial Transcript(s) (in English) - If you are using education as a basis for qualifying for this position, you must submit all applicable academic transcripts demonstrating that you meet the qualifying educational requirements (ex. BA/BS, MA, JD, Ph.D., etc.).
If specific coursework is required to qualify, you must supply an unofficial transcript from each academic institution in which the required courses were taken in order to receive credit. You may upload your unofficial transcript(s) as one document with a maximum size limit of 5 MB. NOTE: The OFFICIAL Transcript(s) MUST BE RECEIVED, if you are selected, and prior to receiving the firm offer with a start date.
michigan.kevin.g@dol.gov · 202-693-1000 X17373
This position is with Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor.
The posted pay range is $169279 – $197200/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-01.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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