Summary
As a Supervisory Accountant, you will be responsible for the leadership, direction, and oversight of financial accounting and reporting activities, including oversight of the financial statements, ensuring sufficient documentation provided to external and internal auditors, and interpret and organize implementation of GAO, OMB, Department of the Treasury, DOE, and FERC financial and budget policy initiatives; and promulgates WAPA-wide financial management directives and procedures.
Duties
As a Supervisory Accountant, you will: You will serve as a principal accounting and reporting advisor to the Comptroller, the CFO, WAPA's Senior Officials, and technical liaison to Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Finance and Accounting and U.S. Treasury, Bureau of Fiscal Service, General Accounting Office (GAO), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and other regulatory entities in matters related to WAPA's financial accounting and reporting obligations. Manages, supervises, staff, plans, and evaluates the Financial Reporting team ensuring financial integrity. Serves as senior advisor and subject matter expert regarding financial accounting and financial reporting obligations. Ensures accounting and financial reporting activities and deliverables are conducted and reported in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), DOE, GAO, OMB, and Treasury. Facilitate authoritative review of newly issued legislative and regulatory guidance and standards. Plans, coordinates, and manages month and year-end financial reporting and ensures proper fiscal closes/openings. Coordinates financial audits and remediate audit findings.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service. You may also be required to complete a one-year supervisory probation period. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Upon reporting, and annually thereafter, you may be required to complete a financial disclosure (OGE-450).
Education
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How you will be evaluated
USAHire: To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Minimum Qualifications: Once the application process is complete, the Human Resources Office will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documentation to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualifications. Rule of Many Rating Procedure: You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. Once the application process is complete, your resume, supporting documentation, and questionnaire/assessment responses will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your responses to the USA Hire Assessment rating assessment(s) will be scored. You will be ranked in score order plus any Veterans' preference points. All candidates who score above a predefined cut score will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. All applicants tied at the cut line will be referred. If additional candidates are needed, groups of three per vacancy will be referred. Application of Veterans' Preference: If you are a preference eligible candidate, you will be listed ahead of non-preference eligibles with the same score. Preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10 percent or more are listed at the top of the certificate in the order of their ratings unless the job is scientific or professional at the GS-9 grade level or above (or equivalent). If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Career Transition Assistance Programs: To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be rated "well-qualified". You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date (10/23/2026) of this announcement. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13086437.