COST Accountant Security Clearance

Position: COST ACCOUNTANT with Security Clearance
Location: Fort Dix

Duties As an COST ACCOUNTANT, GS-0510-11, you will:
* The incumbent 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.
* 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.
* 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).
* Research regulations, policies, procedures and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex fiscal issues/problems regardless of the technical difficulties encountered.
* Confers with representatives of other local offices/directorates to resolve USPFO problems associated with improper cost management attributable to functions under their jurisdiction.
* Corrective action includes detailed analysis and collaboration with the DFAS Defense Cash Accounting Ability System team and the DFAS del Mar team. Applies a knowledge of military and civilian pay entitlements and allowances and military and civilian travel entitlements; knowledge of the USPFO organization, mission, and functions; a thorough understanding of management, organization, and resources utilization policies and principles, and knowledge of review and analysis techniques including statistical sampling techniques and procedures.

* Monitors and assists in implementation of approved and directed procedural and cost management changes. Evaluates proposed regulatory changes and employee suggestions referred by the USPFO and provides comments and recommendations. 30% Requirements Conditions of employment Areas of Consideration: CAT 5 : T5 ONLY PERMANENT T5 EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE NJNG
* 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:

Experience, education, or training involving arithmetic principles, attention to detail, and application of established procedures for recording and compiling data; experience using computer and automation systems. Specialized

Experience:

Must have at least 18 months experience, education, or training of total accounting procedures, experience planning, organizing and coordinating work in order to resolve problems that occur. 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. A detailed overview of the FM Certification program can be found at the following link:
Education
* As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0510-11 supervisory position, dependent on the position's certification level, the employee must complete the financial management requirements for certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.
* GS-0510 Positive Education Requirements
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 six hours of credit in business law. OR 2. 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:
1. Twenty-four semester…