Supervisory Accountant

About the role

The incumbent serves as a Section Manager within the Administrative Payments Branch.

What you will do

• Applies an advanced knowledge of the technical aspects of accounting and general accounting functions and an advanced understanding of the objectives of the branch.
• As such, the incumbent plans and assigns work, tasks and responsibilities, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines goals/objectives and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations and Branch manager to accomplish goals and objectives; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Serves as a front-line manager over professional and administrative support staff performing the full range of supervisory duties and fulfilling the responsibility for personnel management over subordinate personnel.
• Reviews and evaluates work produced by the organization to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains responsibility to senior management for all phases of accounting activities, reporting, and analysis.
• Work activities are carried out through subordinate staff, to achieve broad objectives set out for each assignment.
• The incumbent provides services in the following functional areas: accounts payable processing for commercial payments, grants, inter-entity and agency cost and payment transfers (IPAC) in accordance with Federal regulatory guidelines, and other miscellaneous payments such as legal settlements, utilities, and training.
• Duties include recording obligations for all procurement activities in compliance with Federal regulations; performing preview, validation, and payment sweep processing to audit and process daily payment batches sent to the Treasury; and managing supplier set-up and maintenance tables.
• The incumbent processes interfaces for procurement cards, the e-invoicing solution, and the Department procurement system.
• Additionally, the incumbent provides Tier 2 help desk support for the e-invoicing solution and Departmental procurement system, identifying and correcting system issues within the e-invoicing solution and workflow process.
• The incumbent researches financial data, reconciles and analyzes general accounting transactions for sub-ledger reporting, and develops reports, as well as designs, tests, and implements system changes, interfaces, and automated processes in an Oracle Federal Financial National Enterprise System.
• Furthermore, the incumbent establishes and monitors organizational (section) and individual measures to determine success in meeting stated goals and objectives, conducts internal audits of financial and accounting functions to assess quality, deficiencies, and non-conformance, and reviews operations to ensure the adequacy of internal controls to minimize the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Performs as a front line manager over the work of a large staff of accountants, financial management specialists, and accounting technicians affecting all Operating Administrations within the U.
• Department of Transportation (DOT) and several non-DOT client agencies.
• Applies knowledge of various programs and fund types (direct, F&E, Franchise, Working Capital, Trust, Revolving, etc.) within each customer¿s organization in order to provide direction, advice, and service regarding financial management matters, audit support and accounting policies to their staff.
• The work affects the plans, goals, and effectiveness of each agency¿s mission.
• This position requires frequent personal contacts, coordination, consultation, and correspondence, with the multiple departments and agencies program and financial management offices.
• Additional managerial responsibilities include communicating the organization's vision and objectives; monitoring and evaluating employee performance; coaching and developing employees; approving leave; approving selections; recommending or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

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: ***

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 Leadership and Management Dimension, etc. 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 Leadership and Management Dimensions, etc. 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 you will be evaluated

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.

Documents you must provide

• A Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) is required to verify area of consideration.
• Other supplemental documentation will be accepted in combination with your online application.
• These documents must be included in your application or emailed to *** on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• All emailed documents should reference the announcement number.
• 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 an 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 an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

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. *** 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. Position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: ***

5. Position(s) may be realigned based on approved reorganization. 6.

Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at *** 7. To confirm receipt of documents, please contact Caleb Weston at ***.

This is not a bargaining unit position. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA