Student Trainee (Accounting) - R5

Summary

This position is in  Region 5. About Region 5: Region 5 Website

This is an office-centered position*--you must physically report to one of the duty stations stated in this announcement on a regular basis (location TBD after candidate selected).
*Work-from-home flexibilities may be authorized as described in the Benefits section.

Duties

At the GS-5 grade level, you will:

• Assists with accounting and review activities involving the review of accounting records and recording factual differences that may involve such matters as the type and kind of information needed on balance sheets, the consistency of various ledgers with original documents, and the portrayal of data in chart, table, or graph format.
• Assists with the reviewing factual differences of financial statements in support of the accounting and financial management program.
• Assist with the review of outstanding obligations; unobligated balances, expenditures, travel, suspense items, interest payments, and make recommendations for corrective action to provide experience in using the specific procedures of automated systems to find, review, or change accounting data in transaction files, ledgers, accounts, summary reports, and financial statements.
• Assist in the preparation of accounting entries and enters them into the accounting system.

At the GS-7 grade level, you will:

• Assists with the planning and development of financial statements, cost analyses, estimates, and/or studies in support of the accounting and financial management program.
• Analyzes portions of current or projected resources to evaluate effectiveness in meeting established goals and objectives.
• Tracks ongoing operations and solves problems that arise; studies existing reports, accounts, or instructions to streamline operations or provide reports with greater detail; prepares specific instructions for ongoing operations; documents accounting system features designed by higher level accountants; and advises managers or others when transactions differ from norms on nature and volume.
• Assist with the review of outstanding obligations; unobligated balances, expenditures, travel, suspense items, interest payments, and make recommendations for corrective action.

One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.