SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT

NAVAIR; Naval Air Station Patuxent River (MD); On-site; USD 144,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

NAVAIR in Patuxent River, MD is seeking a Supervisory Accountant to lead the Comptroller Group and Accounting Department for NAWCAD. The role serves as Accounting Officer for NAWCAD and heads the department at NAWCAD sites, located at Patuxent River, Maryland.

The incumbent will direct command accounting operations, oversee staffing and resources, and ensure adherence to applicable policies and standards across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience with government accounting operations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, design, and execution of command accounting operations for NAWCAD and Navy mission requirements.
• Monitor compliance of command processes with accounting standards, policy, and guidance and prepare Command-level guidance.
• Lead cross-group and cross-echelons efforts on organizational structure, systems development, process improvements, and policymaking.
• Collaborate with FIAR to assess risk, implement controls across Accounting/Financial Management processes.
• Partner with Budget to project financial estimates, incorporate budget issues, and explain variances.

Job description

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT in the COMPTROLLER GROUP AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT of NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV. The incumbent of this position serves as Accounting Officer for the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD). The position is administratively assigned as the Head of the Accounting Department of the Comptroller Group, NAWCAD including all geographically dispersed sites. The duty location of this position is Patuxent River, MD.

Position Duties/Responsibilities

• You will provide direction, design, and execution of command accounting operations in support of the Comptroller, NAWCAD, NAVAIR, and Navy mission requirements in accordance with applicable financial policies and system capabilities.
• You will be responsible for monitoring compliance of command processes and proposed changes with applicable accounting standards, policy, and guidance as well as preparing Command-level guidance.
• You will participate in and/or lead cross group, cross command, and cross echelon efforts associated with organizational structure, systems development/implementation, process improvements, and policymaking.
• You will collaborate with the NAVAIR and NAWCAD FIAR to assess risk, analyze likelihood and impact, determine risk tolerance, develop and implement controls through all Accounting/Financial Management processes.
• You will partner with the Budget Department to project financial estimates, incorporate budget issues, and develop cash phasing plans as well as explain differences between actual and planned amounts throughout execution.
• You will participate in employee mentoring/coaching, communicate strategy and vision across the command and up the echelon chain, and lead others in understanding their role in the financial management community.
• You will manage department resources including staffing of personnel, provide required infrastructure resources including facilities, information technology, equipment, and supplies,and budget/manage the costs of these resources.

Minimum Salary

143913

Maximum Salary

197200

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Position Open Date 11/05/2026

Position Close Date 11/12/2026

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