Supervisory Accountant (Staff)

DHS Headquarters; Springfield (VA); Remote; USD 169,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

DHS Headquarters in Springfield, VA seeks a Supervisory Accountant (Staff), GS-0510-15, to develop and maintain policies, controls, and systems for tracking, spending, and reporting financial results.

The position requires leadership in risk assessment, internal control evaluation, and remediation efforts, with telework eligibility and a Secret security clearance. Open to Fed Transition applicants; deadline 2026-10-14.

Qualifications

• Education must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education–recognized accrediting institution for qualification credit.
• For foreign education, provide a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with transcripts to receive credit.
• Refer to the Department of Education page on foreign qualifications for evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates scoping and risk assessment reviews and provides feedback on plans.
• Identify significant changes and mitigate financial risk areas.
• Lead reviews of financial risk registers and communicate pervasive issues.
• Collects and analyzes internal control over financial reporting results and assesses deficiencies.
• Develops corrective action guidance and coordinates remediation progress.
• Promotes compliance with FFMIA and strengthens the DHS control environment.

Skills

Risk assessment

Financial analysis

Leadership

Communications

Budget monitoring

Education

Accredited education

Job description

• Department: Department of Homeland Security

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Financial Management & System Division (FM&S). The primary purpose of this position is to develop and maintain the policies, controls, and systems necessary for tracking, spending, and reporting financial results. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Key Responsibilities

As a Supervisory Accountant (Staff), GS-0510-15, your typical work assignments may include the following: Facilitates comprehensive scoping and risk assessment processes to include reviewing, analyzing, and providing inputs and feedback on Component proposed and/or submitted scoping plans and business process risk assessments.Facilitates comprehensive scoping and risk assessment processes to include reviewing, analyzing, and providing inputs and feedback on Component proposed and/or submitted scoping plans and business process risk assessments.

Identifying potential significant changes / emerging risks and actively engaging to proactively mitigate financially related risk areas. Monitors DHS-wide assessment execution and results as well as annual budget and execution trends to proactively recognize changes to the financial environment and identify risk changes or control degradation in a timely manner.

Lead reviews of financial risk registers and existing risk identification procedures, monitor and communicate the Department's pervasive issues, and assist in developing a framework and guidance to mitigate Department-wide risk areas.

Collects, analyzes, and aggregates all business process internal control over financial reporting assessment results and develops / applies consistent guidelines to evaluate the nature of internal control deficiencies, to include those internally identified as well as the annual financial audit results or results of audits conducted by the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) or the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that may be related to a financial impact, and determines program maturity.

Establishes and updates corrective action guidance and coordinates with DHS Component entities and business process owners to develop efficient and effective corrective action plans and then monitors remediation progress to include the performance of verification and validation testing, as applicable.

Partners in determining compliance and enhancing DHS compliance with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) and encourages a strong control environment over financial management systems and any associated data integrity and/or financial process risks. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received.

This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements & Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send 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) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. 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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with DHS Headquarters, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $169279 – $197200/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-14.

Who is eligible to apply?

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

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