The position is in the Office of the Chief Accountant located in Washington, DC.

If selected, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for providing advice to the Chief Accountant on auditing, accounting, and sustainability reporting issues and provide governance and technical input to international accounting, auditing, and regulatory organizations.

• Serves as an auditing, financial and nonfinancial reporting expert and consultant in one or more of the program emphasis areas such as international accounting, auditing, sustainability reporting standards, interpretations and international auditor independence issues, and rulemaking.
• Participates in the execution of comprehensive programs focusing on continual review and assessment of new and emerging international accounting, auditing, and sustainability reporting standards.
• Serves as an expert technical advisor and consultant for various SEC initiatives, furnishing written or oral reports which determine the application of existing regulations, procedures, or methods to alleviate problems and assists in the promulgation of policy documents.
• Analyzes and interprets new legislation and implementing regulations, and briefs key executives on their purpose and effect.
• You must be a US Citizen.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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; religious; 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.

BASIC REQUIREMENT:

A. 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

B. 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:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination;
3. 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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must also meet the minimum qualification requirement

SK-16: Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/SK-14 level:

1. Providing advice in accounting, and/or auditing matters, including auditor independence, relevant to SEC registrants to diverse audiences, including senior executives, attorneys, and regulators;
2. Preparing, analyzing and interpreting accounting and/or auditing data, records, and reports for inclusion in regulatory filings, financial statements or legal proceedings;
3. Developing or reviewing policies, procedures, and processes related to financial operations or financial reporting;
4. Communicating complex or technical conclusions in a clear and concise manner both orally and in writing;
5. Applying or advising stakeholders on SEC rules, international accounting or auditing-related standards and standard setting, standards and reporting of climate risks, and regulatory oversight of international standard setting bodies.