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Accountant

Drug Enforcement Administration

Job Location:

Metairie, LA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 89508 - 89508

Posted: 6 October 2026 (3 days ago)

Application Deadline: 3 January 2027

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Summary

This position is located in the DEA New Orleans Field Division.

This position(s) primary purpose is to accurately report the financial position of Division business activities for various internal and external stakeholders - including taxpayers auditors legislators DEA executives DEA financial managers and others who may have a vested interest in the agencys financial activity.

Duties

As an Accountant your typical work assignments may include:

Providing liaison support between the Headquarters (HQ) and Division customers on various ongoing and emerging initiatives.
Analyzing and evaluating relationships between financial and accounting operating programs and the financial state of the organization.
Recommending and revising annual and supplemental funding requests.
Reviewing accounting records and program funds for compliance and accuracy.
Monitoring transactions flowing through DEAs financial management system and ensure personnel are accurately processing supporting and posting financial data.
Providing proactive and timely coordination of year-end closeout process to DEA and customers in the Area of Responsibility.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities visit: Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see incumbent must maintain required certifications and access to necessary systems to complete the work.

Qualifications

For more information on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility

Applicants must meet the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of the announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below you MUST submit a copy of your college transcripts with your application.

Basic Qualification Requirements: The Accounting Series 0510 has Individual Occupational Requirements (IORs) which must be met in addition to the specialized experience.

Basic Qualification Requirements:

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 applicants 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 applicants education training and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

You must submit transcripts as proof of education or of certification to be considered for this position.

AND

Applicants applying for the GS-12 must meet one of the following requirements:

Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level (or equivalent) and your experience includes performing at least three of the tasks below as part of your regular duties: Specialized 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.

Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Applying accounting laws principles systems policies methods OR practices to provide comprehensive guidance to managers employees and/or customers; 2) Analyzing OR evaluating reports from financial systems; 3) Gathering financial data from various sources related to a specific financial issue; and 4) Researching accounting policies and laws to resolve complex and common issues.

Applicants applying for the GS-13 must meet one of the following requirements:

Must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level (or equivalent) and your experience includes performing at least three of the tasks below as part of your regular duties: Specialized 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.

Qualifying experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Designing OR executing an on-going quality assurance; 2) Identifying regulatory and accounting changes resource control functions OR operating level problems to ensure funds are efficiently controlled 3) Validating and consolidating cost data entered into accounting systems; 4) Overseeing and resolving problems of the server network devices storage OR client devices support IT systems of all end users on a daily basis; 5) Coordinating financial processing cycles and assists customers with clearing abnormal conditions

Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Managements (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials visit: you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position you must submit an official transcript unofficial transcript or a list including courses grades earned completion dates and quarter and semester hours earned.

Additional information

For reasonable accommodation at the Drug Enforcement Administration please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If an applicant is currently or has been within the last 5 years a political Schedule A Schedule C Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch applicants must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office listed in this announcement.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.

Relocation Incentives may be considered and approved if the DEA has determined that the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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