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 Responsibilities ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The incumbent will serve as the Audit Sustainment Accountant within the Audit Readiness Branch (SIOPS), Enterprise Property Management Division (SIOP), Installation Operations Office (SIO). SIOPS is responsible for supporting the Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) audit remediation activities, providing liaison and communication between the Branch Chief and SIOP staff as well as direction to NGA offices with regard to PP&E audit sustainment support and requirements. SIOPS oversees and implements PP&E audit remediation activities. The position supports the Audit Readiness Branch Chief, assists with leading, monitoring, and reporting on the efforts to correct the PP&E material weakness and related Notice of Findings and Recommendations (NFRs), manages the Multi-Year Corrective Action Plan (MCAP), engages with MCAP owners to address impediments or concerns, and communicates PP&E Audit Sustainment status to the Branch Chief. This information can be used for briefings to Director (D) and Deputy Director (DD), NGA; D&DD Security and Installations (SI) Directorate; D&DD SIO; the NGA Chief Financial Executive and the NGA Comptroller; and, PP&E Audit stakeholders, as necessary. In addition, the position is responsible for ensuring accurate communications with auditors and NGA stakeholders while collaborating, communicating, and implementing business process changes, technical system changes, and change management to improve the completeness and accuracy of PP&E balances. SIOPS is responsible for overseeing the PP&E audit sustainment activities. The position serves as liaison facilitating communication between NGA stakeholders, to include the Office of Contract Services, Financial Management Directorate, Information Technology Services Directorate, Chief, Acquisition Enterprise, and SI through various meetings to include Technical Exchange Meetings, Total Asset Management In-Progress Reviews (TAM IPRs), Audit Committee Meetings, and audit briefings as required. DoD FM Certification Level 3 is required within two years of occupying the position. This position is not authorized telework. Requirements Conditions of Employment Security Investigation SPECIAL INFO: As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards. - U.S. Citizenship Required - Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information) - Polygraph Test Required - Position Subject to Drug Testing - Two Year Probationary Period - Direct Deposit Required SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs. Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs. NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee\'s base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee\'s annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices. This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans\' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans\' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility. Qualifications 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 in accounting rules and regulations, including application of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) issued Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) standards, and DoD Financial Management Regulations (FMR). 2. Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and/or in writing with co-workers, leadership, customers, and mission partners on complex financial issues to include corrective action plans. 3. Demonstrated experience with federal financial audit responses and inquiries. 4. Demonstrated experience in preparing financial auditable documentation to support conclusions and journal entries. 5. Demonstrated experience in applying critical thinking to analyze and resolve complex financial accounting and reporting issues to identify business process improvements. 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 internal or external audit concepts and procedures sufficient to define and evaluate internal controls over financial reporting and support auditor requests. 2. 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. 3. Demonstrated experience in identifying and differentiating between capitalized and accountable PP&E and their effect on Agency issued financial statements. Education Additional Information
