Federal Agency Accountant (CONTRACT CONTINGENT)

Engage with the Project Team and Client Team to take ownership of role in addressing Agency Accounting, Analysis, Reporting and other assigned tasks and support program goals and insure excellent execution.

Document Policies and Procedures:

1. Provide technical accounting and financial management assistance in documenting and implementing AGENCY Financial reporting policies and procedures, and key business processes.

2. Assist in the development and implementation of monthly and year-end checklist & schedule based on OMB A-136.

3. Assist in the documentation and implementation the financial reporting cycle process

4. Assist in accounting/GAAP issues related to comparative and other GAAP presentation issues

5. Assist in the development and implementation of Fiscal Year Opening and Closing procedures

6. Provide technical support in documenting other processes and generating reports as deemed necessary

Perform Financial Statement Reporting and Analysis:

1. Assist in the preparation of the agency GTAS and Verification of the agency functions

2. Assist in developing and implementing account relationship testing processes

3. Assist, advise and perform specific tasks/activities required for the preparation of and crosswalk of financial statements to FASAB Standards

4. Prepare period end and year end journal vouchers for review and approval, as needed

5. Provide annual financial statement audit support services; assist in the preparation and coordination of responses to accounting, audit issues, and financial information requests received from external sources

6. Continue to support collaborate, and review Government wide Treasury Account Symbol Adjusted Trial Balance System (GTAS) related efforts and Oracle reports

7. Assist the Controller in preparing financial statements footnotes

8. Provide detailed assistance in the documentation of fluctuation/variance analysis process

9. Continue to support and work with IBC for efforts relating to the production of Oracle Financial Statements.

10. Monitor and review all reconciliations including reconciliations completed by the Interior Business Center (IBC).

Report Writing

1. Provide support and technical advisory assistance in preparing Management Discussion & Analysis. Specifically, coordinate with AGENCY relevant team leads, the response to root causes of key trends and/or accounting policy position. Assist AGENCY in the preparation of the Agency Financial Report including but not limited to quarterly and year-end financial statements and reporting

Internal Control and Financial Statement Audit tracking support

1. Provide recommendations and implement improvement to AGENCY internal and external audit tracking.

2. Provide A-123 and audit support as needed including tasks related to internal controls improvement.

General Accounting

1. Under the direction of the Agency Director, perform day-to-day functions regarding general accounting operations (routine and non-routine transactions) as deemed appropriate and necessary 

2. Day-to-day recording, management and reporting of routine and non-routine accounting transactions outside of those recorded and processed by the AGENCY shared service provider (IBC)

3. Assistance with the quarterly close process including issuance of key management reports

4. Advisory services in policy analysis and guidance in the interpretation of key accounting standards

5. Support in the Annual financial statement audit preparation

6. Assistance with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement preparation and reporting

7. Operational and accounting support in resolving Oracle Federal Financial issues

8. OMB Circular OMB A-123 support services

9. Internal Control and Audit tracking recommendations

10. Other non-attest tasks as assigned