Supervisory Accountant

Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Management's National Cemetery Administration, Finance Service, seeks an Accountant at the GS-14 level to uphold financial integrity across cemetery operations, burial benefits, construction, grants, leases, and donations.

Applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date (2026-09-04) and demonstrate the Individual Occupation Requirement in their materials.

Qualifications

• 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.
• OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Evidence of the Individual Occupational Requirement must be reflected in your application materials.
• Time-In-Grade requirements apply to current Federal employees or Veterans Employment Opportunities Act appointments.
• Specialized experience is required at GS-14 level and must be equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation.

Education

Degree in accounting

24 semester hours in accounting

CPA or CIA certification

4-year degree with substantial accounting coursework

Job description

This position is located within the Finance Service of the Office of Management (OM), National Cemetary Administration (NCA), Department of Veterans Affairs. Within OM, the Finance Service ensures financial integrity, transparency, and accountability across all NCA programs, ranging from cemetery operations and maintenance to burial benefits, construction, grants, leases, recycling initiatives, and gifts and donations.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/04/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement:

Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. This job series has an Individual Occupation Requirement (IOR). The IOR must be met, in addition to the specialized experience requirement for the grade level. Applicants who do not demonstrate that they meet the IOR in their application documents are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Individual Occupational Requirement must be reflected in your application materials.

Individual Occupation Requirements for all 0510 Accountants:

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. OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.

The applicant's background must also include one of the following:

• Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
• A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;
• 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 applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

AND GS-14 Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and res