An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
Supervisory Accountant Department of Ste Department of Ste Headquarters Summary This position is loced in Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Principal Deputy Comptroller for Enterprise Financial Operions, Global Financial Operions Directore, Office of Global Accounting (CGFS/EFO/GFO/GA). CGFS establishes effective financial management policies and management controls for the Department's worldwide financial and monetary operions and ensures adeque systems to produce useful, reliable, and timely financial programmic informion. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Principal Deputy Comptroller for Enterprise Financial Operions, Global Financial Operions Directore, Office of Global Accounting (CGFS/EFO/GFO/GA). CGFS establishes effective financial management policies and management controls for the Department's worldwide financial and monetary operions and ensures adeque systems to produce useful, reliable, and timely financial programmic informion. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charleston, SC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776 - $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional domestic and/or internional travel may be required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0510 Accounting Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Announcement number
M/CGFS-MPI-2026-0031
Control number 882755700 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency U.S. Department of Ste employees within the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services (CGFS) and CTAP employees only. Duties Help Establishes and maintains worldwide accounting systems and policies. Resolves technical accounting and financial management problems; and provides expert advice on allotment account issues and problems. Communices and renders interpretions of Departmental and Government accounting policies, priorities, requirements, and guidelines. Exercises supervisory authorities and responsibilities involving work assignments and review, as well as the administrive and personnel management functions relive to the staff supervised. Evalues worldwide allotment accounting operions and takes necessary actions to ensure effective and efficient implemention of worldwide Allotment Accounting responsibilities. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Incumbent subject to random drug testing. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Qualificions Applicants must meet all the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion OR if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your applicion.
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Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing de of this announcement.
Time-In-Grade Requirements:
Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F. All applicants MUST meet one of the basic qualificion requirements described below for this position:
BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
A. Applicants must have a degree from an accredited college or university in accounting and/or auditing OR a degree in a reled field such as business administrion, finance, or public administrion th included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting and/or auditing. (The 24 semester hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law); OR B.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
Have least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combinion of accounting experience, college-level educion, and training th provided professional accounting knowledge AND meet 1, 2 or 3 below: 1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses. (This can include up to 6 hours of business law.) 2. A certifice as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor obtained through a written examinion. 3. Have least 4 years of experience in accounting AND completion of the requirements for a degree th included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, (e.g., 15 semester hours) but th does not fully sisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement described in paragraph A above, AND (a) have successfully worked the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a reled field, (e.g., valuion engineering or financial institution examining); AND (b) a panel of least two higher level professional accountants or auditors determined th I have demonstred a good knowledge of accounting and of reled and underlying fields th equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement th which is normally associed with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A above; AND (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, my educion, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
Note:
All applicants MUST submit transcripts as verificion of educional requirement OR a certifice as a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examinion OR panel recommendion th includes all the requirements as described under Combinion of Educion and Experience #3 above by the closing de of this announcement. If you fail to provide requested informion, or the informion you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you WILL lose considerion for this position.
IN ADDITION
to meeting one of the basic qualificion requirements listed above, the applicant MUST have least one year of specialized experience th has equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience is reled to the work of the position and equivalent to least the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstre the following: Experience providing leadership and program oversight in the allotment accounting operion for the organizion. Experience using the theories, concepts, principles and practices of accounting and financial management in order to analyze and resolve accounting issues. Experience preparing stements for accounting activities, ensuring effective use of financial automed systems. In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstre th the candide possesses the following qualities: Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others; Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situions on the facts and circumstances; Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situions without undue stress; Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and Capacity to "see the job through." Educion See the qualificions section of this vacancy announcement for educion requirements. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials, : www.naces.org/members.php . Additional informion To request a reasonable accommodion for additional time on the timed sections of the assessment, please submit your request using the "Request a Reasonable Accommodion" button within the Assessment Applicion. For all other reasonable accommodions the U.S. Department of Ste, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodions (OAA) OAA@ste.gov . OAA is responsible for reviewing and adjudicing reasonable accommodion (RA) requests for the Assessment Btery being used for this announcement. The following applies to all RA requests: RA requests cover additional time on timed sections only. Applicants submitting a RA request MUST tach supporting medical documention signed by a licensed, treing medical provider. The documention should describe the nure, severity, and expected durion of the condition, identify the relevant medical condition or diagnosis, and explain the basis for the requested extension. RA requests th do not contain supporting medical documention tachments the time of initial request may be subject to further review.
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the following documents do not, on their own, qualify for automic approval of the RA request: Schedule A letters, VA benefits letters, or SSA letters. Applicants MUST submit their applicion before the vacancy closes, even if pending an accommodion decision. Applicants are encouraged to carefully follow instructions reled to medical documention provided in the vacancy announcement prior to beginning the RA process. Applicants will have 48 hours after their RA request is adjudiced to complete the assessment btery. Scores genered after the allotted timeframe will not be admissible and the applicant will not be considered further for the vacancy. If a different type of RA is needed, please contact OAA directly OAA@ste.gov . If eligible, situional telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in this Bureau for up to 240 days and may require a higher or lower security clearance. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Agency & Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP & ICTAP): View OPM's
CTAP & ICTAP
eligibility website for more informion. You must be red in the Well-Qualified cegory and submit supporting documents under the required documents section of this announcement to receive selection priority considerion. To be considered Well-Qualified applicants must: score an 85 or above, meet Minimum Qualificions, and demonstre proficiency in some, but not all major aspects of the position. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The evaluion process consists of the ApplyGov Competency Based Assessments for which applicants assigned a score between 70 and 100. A resume review by subject mter experts conducted for the top qualified candides based on total score. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. You assessed on the following job-reled competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
Supervisory:
Oral Communicion, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Customer Service, Leadership, Planning & Evaluing, Influencing/Negotiing, Stregic Thinking, Human Capital Management. ] Set aside least 2 hours to take the external assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. There are timed sections th must be completed within the allotted timeframe. Your score from the external assessment (i.e., Supervisory) will remain on file for 180 days, allowing you to apply for multiple DOS-announced positions without needing to retake the assessments. Top applicants may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. The assessment is used to measure the degree in which your background mches the competencies and KSAs required for this position. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies: Knowledge of researching and interpreting US laws and regulions reled to accounting / auditing procedures. Skill in developing and applying financial management techniques. Ability to assess and/or contribute to the development of accounting systems. Knowledge of financial analysis and evaluion techniques. Ability to perform personnel supervisory duties.
Resume review:
Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume should demonstre how you meet all aspects of the specialized experience stement. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., links embedded in your resume will not be opened.). If meeting basic qualificions through educion only or a combinion of educion and experience, applicants will not be referred to the SME panel but reviewed by the HR Specialist for referral. Applicants found to be among the top qualified candides referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. Qualified non-competitive candides must be deemed best qualified based on the applicant assessment in order to be referred to the hiring official for further considerion and possible interview. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We do not make assumptions regarding your experience. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion may result in your removal from considerion. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 5. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current eligible DOS employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).
Note:
You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. 6. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 7. CTAP documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into
USAJOBS. STEP 2
Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Christy Justice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 JusticeCL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. 1. Resume limited to two pages showing relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must support your answers to the completed online assessment questions. Resumes longer than two pages deemed ineligible and will not be considered further. 2. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. 3. Other Qualificion Documention (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable. See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 4. Most recent SF-50s (Notificion of Personnel Actions), if you are a current eligible DOS employee (per 3 FAM 2313.4(a)(5)), including current employees applying under a non-competitive hiring authority . The SF-50s must show: effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion (e.g., promotion, within-grade increase, and separion SF-50s). Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. 5. Performance appraisal, strongly encouraged for current eligible DOS employees. Submit a copy of your most recent (i.e., usually within the last 18 months) final (i.e., not a mid-year review) official (i.e., signed by the ring official and in original form) annual performance appraisal for the hiring manager's considerion. If a performance appraisal is not available, you may provide a stement and/or a stement from your supervisor explaining the reason one is not available and your servicing HR Office contact informion (name, email address, phone number).
Note:
You may be requested to provide an appraisal to the hiring official if one was not provided with your applicion. To receive a promotion, the employee's most recent performance ring must be "fully successful" or an equivalent level or higher. Employees who are tentively selected to receive a promotion required to provide performance documention within two business days of request. Servicing HR Offices may be contacted to verify performance rings. 6. Non-competitive hiring authority eligibility documention, if applicable . If you are a current eligible DOS employee applying under a non-competitive hiring authority (e.g, FS tenured employees, USUN reinstement eligibles, Schedule A), you must submit proof of non-competitive eligibility with your applicion. For informion reled to Schedule A hiring authority for individuals with disabilities OPM's hiring informion site. 7. CTAP documention, if applicable (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, certificion of expected separion, etc.). In addition submit a copy of your current (or last) performance ring of record which must be least fully successful or equivalent and submit all required documents listed above th apply to you (e.g., resume, transcripts, SF-50, etc.). If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS To start your applicion, click Apply and we'll walk you through the process to tach a resume and any required documents. During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into
USAJOBS. STEP 2
Submit your resume. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section. To learn how to view the stus of your submitted supporting documention and applicion, the Applicion Instructions section of our agency's Civil Service selection process site . Technical assistance with your on-line applicion is available through the Help Desk fedhirehelp@applygovernment.com or by calling (866) 656-6830 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. ET Alterne Applicion Procedures If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Christy Justice Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 JusticeCL@ste.gov Address U.S. Department of Ste Not accepting applicions by Mail Charleston, South Carolina 29405 United Stes Next steps After all applicion packages are received, we will review applicions and evalue applicants' qualificions. Then, in approximely two weeks after this announcement closes, we will refer candides, as described in the "How You Will Be Evalued" section, to the hiring manager for selection considerion. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. After a selection is made. For the selected candides who receive a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability review and/or security background investigion th generally takes an average of least two to six months. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Charleston, SC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776 - $163,514 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional domestic and/or internional travel may be required for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Announcement number