Job Description

Cost Accountant

As a Cost Accountant, GS-0510-11, you will:

• Analyze, examine, and interpret accounting data, records, and reports to determine past costs, identify improperly recorded costs, and reallocate cost to ensure they are recorded in proper cost structure.
• Utilize GFEBS to inform managers of the cost of performing various functions associated with Service Level Agreements (SLA) and Service Support Programs (SSP) and assist them in using their funds in a more cost efficient and cost-effective manner in support of their goals.
• Furnishes advice and assistance to management on accounting and financial management matters, analyzes information, resolves conflicting data, and formulates recommendations for management decisions.
• Coordinates and integrates analytical activities related to cost accounting and management. Using appropriate costing methodologies, the incumbent develops cost accounting data to provide accurate and timely financial information to satisfy command information requirements and to document full costs of installation activities.
• Provides accounting advice and recommendations to program managers and the installation staff.
• Determines, selects, organizes, and analyzes appropriate data for the effectiveness and/or efficiency of operations for use in executing performance measurements.
• Interprets financial management policy and provides guidance to staff elements.
• Identifies, monitors and reports trends and performance measurements that will aid managers in making financial management decisions.
• Plans, coordinates, and performs comprehensive reviews, special studies, and selective internal examinations of USPFO functions pertaining to cost management environment under the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) and its interfacing feeder systems (STANFINS/AFCOS, SPS, DTS, DCPS, GCSS-A, ODS, FCM, IATS).
• Conducts detailed analysis on Interfacing System Information Documents (IDOCs) and takes corrective action to ensure proper system master data allows for proper interfacing.
• Confers with representatives of other local offices/directorates to resolve USPFO problems associated with improper cost management attributable to functions under their jurisdiction.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment:

• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications:

General Experience: 12 months of on-the-job experience performing basic accounting principles, conducting general business program requirements, and the ability to perform accounting work that includes financial statement and financial related programs.

Specialized Experience: Do you have at least 24 months of accounting experiences and competencies that provided knowledge of principles and procedure?

• The candidate must have at least 24 months of accounting experiences and competencies that provided knowledge of principles and procedures.
• Candidate must have experiences and training that demonstrate the ability to conduct accounting business in accordance with directives and policies.
• Ability to study and evaluate the existing internal control systems to determine the level of reliability.
• Skills to determine the appropriate procedures needed to validate system reliability.
• A candidate must have the competency to obtain sufficient reliable evidence through inspection, observation, inquiries, and confirmation to provide a reasonable basis for an opinion regarding the activity under examination.

Financial Management Certification: Employees must obtain the appropriate certification levels for their positions within 24 months after initial assignment; and, employees must maintain the positions' continuous training and education studies, as identified for each certification level, during the defined 24 month period.

Education:

• Degree: Accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included - or - was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to six hours of credit in business law.
• Combination of Education and Experience: At least four years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The candidate's background must also include ONE of the following:
• Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to six hours of business law.
• A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination.
• Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing.

Additional information:

Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance within 1(One) Year of appointment. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.

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