Supervisory Accountant

Supervisory Accountant

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Salary Range: $138595 - $180178 Per Year

Job Summary: The Insurance Service, which is a Central Office element of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), directs and manages the operation of all VA Government Life Insurance programs. Finance and Business Integration in Insurance Service, is responsible for the Insurance Program's actuary, budget and accounting, and business system support. This position serves as the Supervisory Accountant for the Insurance Budget and Accounting Staff, Finance and Business Integration, VA Insurance Service.

Major Duties:

• The incumbent is assigned responsibility for the accounting of all life insurance funds to include the United States Government Life Insurance Fund, the National Service Life Insurance Fund, the Veterans Special Life Insurance Fund, the Veterans Reopened Insurance Fund, the Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance Fund, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Fund, the Veterans Insurance and Indemnities Fund, and the Veteran Affairs Life Insurance Fund, in the capacity required. Other duties include but are not limited to: The Supervisory Accountant is a technical expert in Insurance budget and accounting policy and procedure development, the quality and accuracy of financial reports, reconciliation, and processes concerning Insurance Service programs. They also provide technical accounting, budgeting and operational advice, guidance, and general management for the VA Insurance Service. Exercises supervisory responsibility for the planning, formulation, execution, and oversight of the Insurance program budget. Provides direction to staff on budget preparation, cost analysis, and financial reporting. Reviews, approves, and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with federal fiscal policies and internal controls. Advises senior leadership on resource needs and funding impacts, and ensures the organization operates within authorized budget levels. Incumbent is delegated broad authority for planning and directing the overall Insurance Service budget program. Prepares department position documents on a variety of subjects dealing with the Insurance budget and planning process. Provides financial advice for internal business line operating accounting programs. This may include, but is not limited to research, operations, or program maintenance in direct support of the mission or organizational objectives. Assists Senior Leadership in implementing Organization-wide accounting and administrative policies and standards. Advises on and/or performs professional financial accounting duties. Develops accounting and financial procedures and resolves technical problems in executing a computerized, integrated accounting system. Responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the official accounting records and documents for all Insurance programs and reconciling the general ledger to subsidiary accounts.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:04/26/2026. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Time-in-grade (TIG) requirements apply to applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade at any time in the past 52 weeks. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Some applicants may have to submit more than one SF-50 to demonstrate their eligibility. Applicants must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50): Official SF-50 that shows you held the grade (or higher) for the full performance level of the position you are applying for, or Official SF-50 that shows you held the next lower grade for at least one year for the position you are applying for. (Multiple SF-50 may need to be submitted to show this.) Examples of appropriate SF-50s to include which show TIG requirements have been met include: Within grade increases (WGI) at the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective date that occurred more than one year from the closing date of the job opportunity announcement; or Most recent appointment NOTE: Do not submit Award of General Adjustment SF-50s, as they do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. See the required documents section for more information. The Supervisory Accountant series requires that all applicants meet both the Basic Requirement per the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) AND the Specialized Experience described below: INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (IOR): To qualify for the Supervisory Accountant position, candidates must meet the following basic requirements: Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade GS-13. Specialized experience is defined as work that involves discretionary/mandatory budgets, risk management principles, and accounting principles. Specialized experience is further defined as: 1. Advising senior officials on the development, presentation, execution, and operational direction of all budgeting functions, to include reviewing budget estimates, identifying changes, making recommendations to management, and developing administrative cost estimates. 2. Providing oversight to Accounting personnel in the preparation of accurate financial statements by completing manual transactions in the General Ledger and Completing monthly reconciliations. 3. Overseeing and assisting with the completion of financial audits and financial reporting. 4. Advising management on the development, presentation, and execution enterprise risk management programs. There is no Educational Substitution for the GS-14 level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management's group coverage qualification standards, associated individual occupational requirements (IOR), and individual qualification standards covering white collar occupations in the Federal competitive service can be found here.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12939635 and submit the documentation specified in the job announcement. Documents will not be accepted after the closing date of the announcement. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan/resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/26/2026 to receive consideration. 1. To begin, click apply online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. 2. Click submit my answers to submit your application package. Note: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, select the application status link and then select the more information link for this position. The details page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account and click update application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your application will be incomplete.

Application Deadline: 2026-04-26