
SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTANT (STAFF)
Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg, PAFull-time$151–196K/yrPosted today
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The Supervisory Accountant (Staff) leads the Financial Operations Division/Comptroller at CNSSC Mechanicsburg. The role provides accounting and financial-management leadership, advises senior managers on policies and programs, and directs program reviews and subordinate staff. Candidates must meet federal accounting education requirements and demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 level.
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Summary
You will serve as a Supervisory Accountant (Staff) in the Financial Operations Division/Comptroller of CNSSC MECHANICSBURG NWCF MHA.
Duties
- You will serve as Head of the Division and are responsible for providing policies and methods (technical guidance) and leadership for Navy material to commands, units, forces, and activities of Navy and Marine Corps.
- You will serve as the principal advisor to senior managers on the development, implementation, and revision of financial management and accounting policies, plans, and programs.
- You will generate, recommend, and implement new and revised financial management and accounting concepts, internal controls, methodologies, policies, and strategies in support of the organization's programs.
- You will direct and/or perform continuing program execution review, analysis, and appraisal of the major operating and support programs within the organization.
- You will prepare briefs for senior managers on program execution review and provide recommendations to correct program variances or problem areas.
- You will plan work, set priorities, and schedule work as necessary to assure effective and expeditious accomplishment of priority work without adverse affect on regular and recurring work
- You will assign work to subordinates based on employee's capabilities, priorities, and difficulty.
Qualifications
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-14 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing professional accounting work. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Specialized experience must demonstrate a mastery of advanced concepts, principles, and practices of professional accounting and financial management. Specialized experience must includes; 1)Directing a comprehensive financial management program, including accounting and financial analysis for a large-scale organization. Developing, implementing, and revising financial management policies, plans, and accounting procedures to ensure the effective and efficient use of financial resources; 2)Serving as a principal advisor to senior leadership on complex financial and accounting matters, including the use of appropriated and revolving funds; 3)Leading and directing the work of subordinate supervisors and staff responsible for various accounting and financial management functions Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series or https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0500/accounting-series-0510/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
Education
Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess 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 oneof 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. How You Will Be Evaluated
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS POLICY AND PRINCIPLES LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review, Structured Interview You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized
How this job compares
Set against the 3,444 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$151–196K/yr
- Pennsylvania median$70–95K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$76–100K/yr1,018 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $174K, is 104% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($85K) — in the top quarter of Accountant salary ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 434 open Accountant jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,444 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- ManpowerGroup321 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 2,268 postings).
- Education
- 1,851 of the 3,444 open Accountant jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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