Accounting Officer

Accounting Officer Legislive Branch Government Accountability Office Financial Management and Business Operions (FMBO) Summary The GAO is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. This position is loced in the Government Accountability Office. As a Accounting Officer you responsible for development, maintenance, and management of GAO's financial operions, accounting operions, fiscal policy, and financial management systems oversight and support. Learn more about this agency Summary The GAO is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. This position is loced in the Government Accountability Office. As a Accounting Officer you responsible for development, maintenance, and management of GAO's financial operions, accounting operions, fiscal policy, and financial management systems oversight and support. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $150,656

• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade MS 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0510 Accounting Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FMBO-26-ST-12942211

Control number 868003800 This job is open to Help Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Clarificion from the agency Stus Candides (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligibles) Videos Duties Help As a Accounting Officer , MS

• 0510-2 your typical work assignments may include the following: Plan, direct, and control the allocion and utilizion of all authorized resources for execution of agency-wide programs.

Ensure timely delivery and completion of all products and services by anticiping problems and providing solutions or alternives to customers. Initie and direct special projects needing significant management involvement to integre multiple disciplines and units in order to achieve project objectives. Assign work and establish workload priorities. Ensure effective implemention of EEO and all other special emphasis programs. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must meet all qualificion requirements before the announcement closes. 1. You must be a U.S. citizen 2. You may be required to submit a financial disclosure stement. 3. You must be suitable for federal employment. 4. Registered for Selective Service, if applicable. ( www.sss.gov ). 5. Completion of a probionary period may be required Qualificions In addition to meeting the Individual Occupional Requirements, you must also meet the specialized experience below:

Basic Requirements:

Degree:

Accounting; 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. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor").

• OR•Combinion of educion and experience: least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combinion of accounting experience, college-level educion, and training th provided professional accounting knowledge.

The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of approprie type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certifice as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examinion; or 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 of paragraph A, provided th (a) the applicant has successfully worked the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a reled field, e.g., valuion engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined th the applicant has 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; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's educion, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

Minium Requirements:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Applicants must have 1 year (52 weeks) of specialized experience the next lower band level or level equivalent to the

GS-14, MS-1, PT-III, PE-IIB

in the federal service, or comparable prive/public sector experience which has equipped the applicant with the skills and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

is defined as experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures, preparing, and ensuring the propriety of reported financial informion; processing payments and collections; and interfaces da from external systems. Educion See educion requirements in the qualificion area. Additional informion Upde your resume so it meets new resume requirements: Starting on September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan . USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to upde the resumes in your profile before applying to a job. Wh is required in the resume? Resumes submitted for federal jobs are required to have: Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-Job experience should include employer name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions th explain how your previous work experience reles to and helps you meet the required qualificions in the GAO job announcement to which you are applying. Educion, certificions or licensures-If the job announcement requires any educion, certificions or licensures, make sure you include the required informion on the resume. For more informion on the how to check the resume for the new 2-page requirement, please go to the Help Center or click the link : USAJOBS Help Center

• Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements Form I-9, Employment Verificion and the Electronic Eligibility Verificion Program
• GAO participes in the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verificion Program (E-Verify).

E-Verify helps employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. If selected, the Form I-9 required the time of in-processing. Click here for more informion about E-Verify and to obtain a copy of the Form I-9 . This is not a bargaining unit position. Travel and relocion expenses will not be paid for by the GAO. Males born after 12/31/59 and least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System.

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//www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx . Selectees required to complete questions contained on the Declarion for Federal Employment (OF-306) the time a tentive job offer is made. If selected, the time of appointment, selectees required to upde the

OF-306. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

GAO provides reasonable accommodions to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodion, please email ReasonableAccommodions@gao.gov .The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), nional origin, age, disability, genetic informion, sexual oriention, or gender identity. The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), nional origin, age, disability, genetic informion, sexual oriention, or gender identity. The

U.S. GAO

is part of the Legislive Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. Initial appointments, permanent or indefinite, to the GAO require completion of a one or two-year probionary period. 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. If you meet the qualificion requirements sted above, you further red based on your responses to the assessment questions. Please make sure th your responses to the assessment questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrive response to any vacancy question(s) th requires further explanion, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your ring may be affected or you may be determined ineligible. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Accounting Operions, Administrion and Management, Client Engagement/Change Management, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Oral Communicion, and Planning and Evaluing To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12942211 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 You must provide a complete applicion package which includes:

Resume:

For qualificion determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week (if part-time) and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present) . If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.

GS-0301-09.

Do NOT include photographs (or links to social media such as ), inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If you are using your educion to qualify (even partially), you must submit a copy of your transcripts. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you required to provide official transcripts.

Foreign Educion:

If you are submitting a transcript from a non-US educional institution, applicants must submit all necessary documents to a prive U.S. organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educional credentials, commonly called a credential evaluion service. For additional informion, please http://www.gao.gov/careers/foreignedu.pdf.

Veteran Hiring Authority Eligibles:

VEOA, VRA, and 30% Disabled Veterans must submit adeque proof of active service in the Armed Forces including Member 4 copy of your DD-214, which indices character of service. To claim 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15 and a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs verifying the percentage of your disability and preference in hiring. To claim 5-Point veterans' preference, you must submit a Member 4 copy of the DD-214 or if you are currently active duty: an official stement of service from your command. For more informion on veterans' preference : https://www.usajobs.gov/Veterans . If you are applying under Military Spouse Preference , you must Proof of marriage to the service member and the service members DD-214 (member 4 copy); or Proof the service member was released or discharged due to a 100 percent disability; or Proof of the service member's deh while on active duty. Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent), showing tenure, type of service (competitive/excepted) and the highest grade held. If you are applying under the Schedule A hiring Authority for individuals with disabilities, you must submit proof disability. If you are applying as a Former Peace Corps and AmeriCorps Vista Volunteers, you must submit Certificion of this volunteer service. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.

• To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
• Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
• After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process
• You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position.

Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. If you are unable to apply online, please contact Yvette Jackson JacksonY@gao.gov or JacksonY@gao.gov by 4 p.m. on the closing de of the announcement. For technical issue with

USAJOBS:

Please refer to the USAJOBS help page. Agency contact informion Yvette Jackson Phone 4046791913 JacksonY@gao.gov Address Government Accountability Office Human Capital Office 441 G Street NW Washington, DC 20548 US Next steps After the closing de of this announcement, GAO's Human Capital Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions by reviewing your assessment questionnaire and resume to complete an analysis. Please be as complete and thorough as possible. If your applicion is red "best-qualified," your name referred to the selecting official for considerion. At this point you may be contacted for an interview. If you do not meet the key requirements, and/or basic qualificions or you fail to submit all required applicion merials, your applicion will not be 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 You must provide a complete applicion package which includes:

Resume:

For qualificion determinions your resume must contain hours worked per week (if part-time) and des of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present) . If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as insufficient and you will not receive considerion for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e.

GS-0301-09.

Do NOT include photographs (or links to social media such as ), inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If you are using your educion to qualify (even partially), you must submit a copy of your transcripts. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you required to provide official transcripts.

Foreign Educion:

If you are submitting a transcript from a non-US educional institution, applicants must submit all necessary documents to a prive U.S. organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educional credentials, commonly called a credential evaluion service. For additional informion, please http://www.gao.gov/careers/foreignedu.pdf.

Veteran Hiring Authority Eligibles:

VEOA, VRA, and 30% Disabled Veterans must submit adeque proof of active service in the Armed Forces including Member 4 copy of your DD-214, which indices character of service. To claim 10-point veterans' preference, you must also submit an SF-15 and a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs verifying the percentage of your disability and preference in hiring. To claim 5-Point veterans' preference, you must submit a Member 4 copy of the DD-214 or if you are currently active duty: an official stement of service from your command. For more informion on veterans' preference : https://www.usajobs.gov/Veterans . If you are applying under Military Spouse Preference , you must Proof of marriage to the service member and the service members DD-214 (member 4 copy); or Proof the service member was released or discharged due to a 100 percent disability; or Proof of the service member's deh while on active duty. Current or former federal employees must submit their most recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent), showing tenure, type of service (competitive/excepted) and the highest grade held. If you are applying under the Schedule A hiring Authority for individuals with disabilities, you must submit proof disability. If you are applying as a Former Peace Corps and AmeriCorps Vista Volunteers, you must submit Certificion of this volunteer service. 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion.

• To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion.
• Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
• After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process
• You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position.

Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. If you are unable to apply online, please contact Yvette Jackson JacksonY@gao.gov or JacksonY@gao.gov by 4 p.m. on the closing de of the announcement. For technical issue with

USAJOBS:

Please refer to the USAJOBS help page. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Yvette Jackson Phone 4046791913 JacksonY@gao.gov Address Government Accountability Office Human Capital Office 441 G Street NW Washington, DC 20548 US Next steps After the closing de of this announcement, GAO's Human Capital Office will conduct an evaluion of your qualificions by reviewing your assessment questionnaire and resume to complete an analysis. Please be as complete and thorough as possible. If your applicion is red "best-qualified," your name referred to the selecting official for considerion. At this point you may be contacted for an interview. If you do not meet the key requirements, and/or basic qualificions or you fail to submit all required applicion merials, your applicion will not be 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 Open & closing des 05/06/2026 to 05/19/2026 Salary $150,656

• $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade MS 2 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

FMBO-26-ST-12942211

Control number 868003800