Staff Accountant

Job Description

Accountant | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Tone:
This is a Staff Accountant position at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), located in Woodlawn, MD, with telework eligibility. CMS is a large federal agency dedicated to serving over 150 million Americans through its programs. This role is crucial for reconciling accounts, analyzing financial data, and helping to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial operations, ultimately strengthening the financial foundation of American healthcare.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Woodlawn, MD
• Pay: $70623–$111087 yearly
• Team: Office of Financial Management as a Staff Accountant
• Mission: To support financial oversight and internal controls, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial operations for programs serving over 150 million Americans.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Reconcile: Review, analyze, and reconcile financial reports, accounting records, and supporting documentation to identify discrepancies and recommend corrective actions.
• Apply: Apply professional knowledge of accounting principles, financial management policies, procedures, and internal control requirements.
• Monitor: Monitor financial reporting and accounting activities to evaluate the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of financial information.
• Analyze: Analyze accounting and financial issues, identify trends or problems, and develop recommendations to improve operations.
• Collaborate: Provide accounting guidance and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including program officials and auditors.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A degree in accounting or a related field with at least 24 semester hours in accounting. Alternatively, a qualifying combination of education and experience, or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certification.
• Experience: For GS-9, experience performing account reconciliation, examining accounting processes per Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and verifying the accuracy of accounting data. For GS-11, experience reconciling general ledger accounts, analyzing automated accounting system issues, and preparing operational guidance and procedures.
• Skills: Account reconciliation, financial data analysis, application of accounting principles (including GAAP), internal control assessment, and financial report review.
• Bonus: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certification.