ACCOUNTANT

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies as a "Best Place to Work" in the Federal government! This ACCOUNTANT position is located in the Office of the Executive Director. For more information visit: Office of the Executive Director (OED) | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

As an ACCOUNTANT some of your typical work assignments include: Processing, reviewing, and reconciling collection and disbursement transactions, ensuring accurate classification of financial transactions and compliance with federal accounting standards, agency policies, and internal control requirements. Analyzing and verifying financial reports and entries generated from PeopleSoft Financials, identifying discrepancies, reconciling account balances, and ensuring that transactions adhere to Treasury, OMB, GAAP, and internal regulatory requirements. Collaborating with internal offices, auditors, and external federal agencies to exchange financial information, resolving reporting issues, preparing narrative analyses and documentation, and supporting accurate reporting of obligations, expenditures, revenues, cash, and other key financial data.

This position has an education requirement and therefore, transcripts are required. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application will result in your application being marked incomplete and you will not receive further consideration. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.