ACCOUNTANT (STAFF)

Development Finance Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 122,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

This position is with Development Finance Corporation in Washington, DC. An Accountant (Staff) will perform general ledger accounting assignments, develop accounting policies, and advise on the accuracy of disclosure documents.

Key responsibilities include maintaining accounting records, preparing statements, ensuring GAAP compliance, and supporting budget execution and credit reform monitoring. The role involves cross-agency coordination with Treasury and external partners.

Qualifications

• Submit transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
• Official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounting records, prepare statements, monitor trends and advise management.
• Reconcile budget execution reports and resolve differences.
• Perform budgetary transactions (apportionments, allotments, borrowings, subsidy transfers).
• Coordinate with Treasury, CFSC, vendors to resolve discrepancies and ensure proper coding.

Skills

General ledger accounting

GAAP knowledge

Budget analysis

Accounting policies

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Development Finance Corporation
• Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
• Location: Washington, District of Columbia

This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). As an Accountant (Staff) you will serve on the Accounting Operations team, performing general ledger accounting assignments, developing accounting policies, and advising on the accuracy of disclosure documents.

Key Responsibilities

Administer accounting operations by maintaining accounting records, preparing and interpreting accounting statements and reports, monitoring trends, and recommending corrective actions to management. Provide professional accounting and budget support to ensure transactions are properly valued, recorded, reconciled, and reported in compliance with GAAP, federal accounting standards, credit reform requirements, and Treasury/OMB regulations and guidance.

Conduct detailed operational financial analyses and reconciliations across cash receipts, receivables/revenues, disbursements, and intra-governmental payables; coordinate with internal stakeholders and external entities (Treasury, CFSC, trading partners, vendors) to resolve discrepancies, ensure proper coding, and prepare correcting entries where needed. Reconcile and analyze budget execution reports (SF-132 vs SF-133) and resolve differences.

Execute budgetary transactions such as apportionments, allotments, borrowings, and subsidy transfers where assigned (Budget division role). Perform credit reform monitoring and reporting, track credit reform transactions (including credit vs noncredit activity), prepare subsidy re-estimates and related non-expenditure transfers/warrants, calculate interest due-to/due-from Treasury, and serve as liaison with Treasury and OMB as assigned.

Please Note: This is a Bargaining unit position represented by AFGE, local 1534.

Requirements & Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

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. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.

If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION is education acquired outside of any State of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or any territory or possession of the U.S.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification and/or eligibility requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university) with your application in order to receive credit for that education.

(Foreign education transcripts will not be accepted). For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Development Finance Corporation, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-03.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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