Supervisory Accountant

Department of Veterans Affairs

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.

• Major Duties: Directs and oversees financial accountability, accounting, and reporting operations, including financial statements, trial balances, general ledger activities, and financial reconciliations. Conducts and oversees complex financial analyses to identify discrepancies, abnormal balances, trends, and financial risks and develops appropriate corrective actions. Ensures accounting transactions and financial activities comply with Federal accounting standards, appropriations law, cost principles, internal controls, and applicable financial policies. Develops, evaluates, and implements financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and financial management tools to improve the accuracy and reliability of financial data. Oversees reconciliation between financial systems and supporting or ancillary systems and evaluates financial processes and system controls. Uses financial analytics and data visualization tools, including advanced Excel modeling and Power BI, to conduct trend analysis, forecasting, and performance monitoring. Provides administrative and technical supervision to professional accounting staff, including assigning and evaluating work, establishing performance standards, identifying training needs, and supporting employee development. Provides expert advice and recommendations to senior leadership on complex accounting, financial accountability, audit, internal control, and financial systems matters. Prepares and presents financial analyses, briefings, reports, and recommendations to support senior-level decision-making. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to resolve complex financial issues, ensure consistent application of financial policies, and improve financial operations. Physical Requirements: The work is principally sedentary. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with regular work and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Some employees may carry light items. No special physical effort or ability is required to do the work. Work Schedule: 8:00-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Yes Telework: Ad hoc telework (situational telework) available as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD1519508 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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