Supervisory Accountant

• Supervises directs and provides guidance to personnel engaged in developing financial management policies and procedures ensuring accurate and timely accounting assists with the audits of the financial statements by a public accounting firm.
• Develops plans of action and milestones for major work projects and ensures timely and responsive replies to correspondence and other action items. Provides professional technical advice to Federal and contractor personnel.
• Provides expert professional and technical advice to Division Chief on policies and procedures as well as legal and regulatory requirements relative to accounting accounts receivable reporting billing and cash management.
• Resolves unusual and highly complex accounts receivable accounting problems making extensive revisions and improvements to existing systems policies and procedures.
• Serves as the principal liaison between DISA and DFAS on all accounting and reporting issues. Identifies problem areas and independently resolves highly complex issues with appropriate level of DFAS management.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• This national security position which may require access to classified information requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• In accordance with DoD Instruction 1300.26 Operation of the DoD Financial Management Certification Program this position requires Level 3 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program.
• Individuals tentatively selected for drug testing designated positions at the Defense Information Systems Agency will be required to submit to urinalysis for illegal drugs prior to appointment or placement.

Basic Requirements:
This position has a positive education requirement. To qualify for this position you must meet one of the basic requirements described below:

1. 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 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

2. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting or an equivalent combination of accounting experience college-level education and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicants background must also include one of the following:
   1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
   2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor obtained through written examination; or
   3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing e.g. 15 semester hours but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting auditing or a related field e.g. valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth depth currency and level of advancement that which is normally associated 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 applicants education training and experience fully meet the specified requirements.