Supervisory Accountant

Office of the Secretary of the Interior; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the Secretary of Interior seeks a Supervisory Accountant. Location negotiable after selection; this is not a remote position.

The selectee may remain at their current DOI duty location, DOI Facility, or an approved Federal Facility. Basic Education requirements include an accounting degree with 24 semester hours in accounting or a combination of education and experience with substantial accounting coursework, with transcripts required.

Qualifications

• Degree in accounting or related field that included 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours in business law).
• Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of accounting work and 24 semester hours in accounting/auditing coursework, CPA or CIA certificate, or equivalent degree coursework plus demonstrated experience.
• Transcripts must be submitted.

Responsibilities

• Apply federal accounting standards to governmental accounting and prepare/reconcile complex financial statements.
• Lead and supervise professional accounting teams.
• Design, develop, and integrate financial systems and manage large-scale deployments.
• Analyze operational performance, improve workflows, and serve as audit liaison during CFO audits.

Education

Accounting degree

24 accounting credits

Job description

You will serve as a Supervisory Accountant with Office of the Secretary of Interior. Location negotiable after selection clarification: This is not a remote position, selectee may remain in their existing DOI duty location, DOI Facility, or approved Federal Facility.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/19/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Education Requirement and Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying.

Basic Educational Requirements

In addition to the specialized experience requirements for this position, you must meet at least one of the following:

• A. 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."). You must submit transcripts.
• -OR- B. 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 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; or 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.

Specialized Experience: GS-15

To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

• Apply federal accounting standards, concepts, and practices to governmental accounting, including the preparation and reconciliation of complex financial statements and reports.
• Lead and or supervise professional accounting teams.
• Design, develop, and integrate financial systems, as well as managing large-scale business system deployments.
• Analyze operational performance, improving workflow processes, and serving as an audit liaison during annual CFO audits Must meet all to qualify.

Volunteer Experience

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; religious; 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.