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 creating or analyzing financial statements, general ledger accounts, and internal controls following Financial and/or Federal Accounting Standards (i.e.: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and non-GAAP).
2. Demonstrated experience analyzing and providing recommendations to re-mediate accounting issues and/or audit findings.
3. Demonstrated experience using the United States Standard General Ledger (USSGL) and/or knowledge of Office of Management and Budget Circulars, the DoD Financial Management Regulation and other data from financial systems to perform financial analysis, risk assessments, and evaluate control activities.
4. Demonstrated experience identifying key controls ensuring the validity of GAAP-compliant solutions to accounting processes.
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 identifying and/or resolving financial management issues to address audit findings or operational challenges.
2. Demonstrated experience planning, evaluating, testing, and monitoring accounting events, business processes, corrective action plans, and other accounting issues.
3. Demonstrated experience collaborating with others to achieve financial objectives and the ability to communicate accounting information (e.g., data, financial information, audit status, etc.) to various audiences.