Systems Accountant

Summary

The incumbent serves as a Systems Accountant performing multiple and varying assignments under the limited direction of a manager or more experienced professional. The incumbent is an individual contributor and/or member of a team and performs some leadership functions for small projects/programs and/or other work activities.

Duties

Applies experience and advanced knowledge applicable to systems accounting, to plan and accomplish assignments. Assignments may require knowledge and experience working across functional and/or organizational lines. Typical assignments may include: Analyzes financial system modules to detect deficiencies, mitigate data integrity risks, and ensure full disclosure of financial transactions. Identifies gaps in reporting capabilities and designs modern, data-driven reporting solutions to improve visibility into customer financial statuses. Identifies needed changes in reporting requirements, which would provide more meaningful information, and to determine ways and means to make financial accounting practices more effective and efficient for implementation and new releases. Uses the accepted software packages and approved methodologies to document and maintain the user's functional requirements for the financial software capabilities. Finalizes, completes and records this functional documentation in a format suitable to meet the requirements of Financial Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication Number 38 and other standards. Leverages modern business analysis methodologies to gather, document, and maintain user functional requirements for financial system capabilities. Ensures all systems documentation complies with current federal information processing standards and agency architectures. Leads complex business process re-engineering (BPR) initiatives and develops end-to-end financial business scenarios to optimize workflow efficiency. Creates comprehensive system test plans and conducts detailed systems functional testing to validate system integrity prior to deployment. Creates targeted technical training programs to ensure seamless organizational readiness, successful module deployment, and sustainable maintenance of subsequent financial software releases. Responsible for creating financial business scenarios, business-processing re-engineering approach development, training materials, and methodology necessary for the design, implementation and maintenance of assigned modules within the financial system. Reviews and approves the technical work of junior systems accountants. Acts as an escalation point to resolve or mitigate risks identified during requirements gathering, testing, data conversion, or system implementation. Assists leadership in forecasting resource needs and developing strategic technical solutions. Initiates, resolves, or escalates any issues or risks identified by lower-level system accountants or participants in the requirements definition, testing, conversion or implementation of financial software modules and subsequent releases of the software. May help the manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional develop and/or recommend solutions. Operates with considerable independence in planning work, managing timelines, and allocating assigned resources. While aligned with established federal policies, the role exercises significant discretion to innovate new approaches, optimize workflows, and adapt to changing software environments. Contacts typically are internal and external, with regular contacts among major subdivisions and LOB's/SO's, customers, employees and other external parties. Maintains regular contact with internal business lines, major subdivisions, external customers, and federal oversight entities. Successfully translates complex technical/accounting system behaviors into clear, policy-aligned explanations for non-technical audiences. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or recommend new approaches. Assignments often require reviews of policies and precedents under the limited guidance of a manager or other employee. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Qualifications and evaluation

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Education

This position has a positive education requirement: Applicants must submit a copy of their college or university transcripts(s) and certificates by the closing date of announcement to verify qualifications. If selected, an official transcript will be required prior to appointment. You may upload these documents with your application in USAJOBS or fax it to fax number provided in the announcement (please include announcement number on each page). Failure to do so will result in loss of consideration. Schools must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation may be verified at the following website: www.ed.gov/accreditation. Foreign education must be evaluated by a private professional organization specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials or an accredited U.S. educational institution in terms of equivalence to a degree acquired at an American college or university. A copy of the evaluation results must be included, otherwise your foreign education will not be considered. KSA INFORMATION: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and Selective Factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Quality Ranking Factor (QRF), if applicable, and the KSA¿s listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How to apply

Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position. You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register. RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week. Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible. You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.

Required documents

A Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) or DD214 (member 4 copy) is required to verify area of consideration. Other supplemental documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application. These documents must be included with your application or emailed to 9-AMC-AHF-S210@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All emailed documents should reference the announcement number. Applicants claiming eligibility for the Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO), MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date. This position has a positive education requirement; college transcripts are required for ALL candidates newly appointed to the FAA in the 510 series. College transcripts must be submitted from current FAA employees applying for internal vacancies if they have never held a position in the 510 series with the FAA. College transcripts are not required from current FAA employees who are currently occupying a 510 series. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to employment. If you are a current or former Federal employee (including a current FAA employee), you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy. If you are a current Federal employee and need a current copy of your SF-50, please contact your personnel office. If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/. If you are a former Federal employee, you can obtain a copy of your SF-50 by writing the National Personnel Records Center Annex, 1411 Boulder Boulevard, Valmeyer, IL 62295. Additional information is available from this link: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/opf. Expanded Veterans Hiring Opportunity (EVHO) are preference eligibles and veterans who are honorably discharged from the Armed Forces after completing at least three (3) years of continuous active service. Applicants claiming eligibility for EVHO, MUST submit a DD Form 214 reflecting character of service to verify eligibility by the closing date of the announcement as requested by the Human Resource Office. Eligibility for EVHO will be considered based on applicable documentation submitted by the closing date.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements NOTES: 1. Applicants must apply online to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement. Faxed, mailed or emailed applications cannot be accepted. 2. Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. 3. Some, none or all applicants may be interviewed. 4. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: https://www.faa.gov/jobs/working_here/benefits 5. Position(s) may be realigned based on approved reorganization. 6. Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at www.abetterlifeokc.com. 7. To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Caleb Weston at Caleb.A.Weston@faa.gov. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA