Accountant
Department of Justice
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
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Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
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Overview
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Accepting applicions
Posted yesterday
Apply by 06/12/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2026
Locion
Yazoo City, MS
1 vacancy
No mching locions found.
Work site options
Telework eligible
No
Remote job
No
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$63,780 - $82,301 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 09
Promotion potential
09
Learn more about pay scale and grade
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupions and job series
0510 Accounting
Supervisory stus
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Announcement number
YAZ-2026-0032
Control number
871141700
This job is open to
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The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
Duty Locion: FCC Yazoo City, MS
Duties
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Responsible for the accure and timely output of accounting da from the Financial Management Informion System (FMIS).
Supplies timely and accure financial stements, fund stus reports reflecting budget combined with accounting da, cost reports, and special rios where approprie through utilizion of the Financial Management Informion System (FMIS).
Provides expertise on and makes manual FMIS entries through the use of over five-hundred manual FMIS transaction codes.
Provides interpretions of accounting report stements and da which points out trends, identifies deviions from plans, and projects da into the future.
Assists the supervisor by meeting with and assisting management officials in applying financial da and informion derived from stements, reports and rios to management problems.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
Career Transition Programs ( CTAP or ICTAP ): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must:
1. Meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria;
2. Be red well-qualified for the position, scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and
3. Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility:
A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separion notice or agency RIF letter),
Most recent performance appraisal, and
Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion.
See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more informion.
NOTE: Applicants claiming CTAP or ICTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be red under the established ranking criteria.
EEO Stement/Policy: The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here:
Qualificions
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements:
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: accounting; or a degree in a reled field such as business administrion, finance, or public administrion th 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. Combinion of educion and experience-- least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combinion of accounting experience, college-level educion, and training th 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 approprie type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
Certifice as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examinion; OR
Completion of the requirements for a degree th included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but th does not fully sisfy the 24-semester hour requirement of paragraph A, provided th (a) the applicant has successfully worked the full performance level in accounting, auditing, or a reled field, e.g., valuion engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined th the applicant has demonstred a good knowledge of accounting and of reled and underlying fields th equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement th which is normally associed 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 educion, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
NOTE: Applicants who meet the basic requirements above are fully qualified for the GL-05 level .
AND
In addition to the above basic requirement:
Educion:
You must have 2 years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent gradue degree.
Gradue educion must provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR
Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled.
Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
Experience providing expertise on opering, maintaining and modifying accounting systems.
Experience in providing interpretions of accounting reports, stements and da which points out trends, estimes the effect of proposed changes in opering programs on income, expenditures, obligion and costs.
Experience reviewing and resolving accounting discrepancies and using accounting informion to recommend solutions to management.
OR
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
Have a combinion of educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.
**Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.**
Educion
See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .
ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion: For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S. Department of Educion website: Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .
If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
Additional informion
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.
Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion.
All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check.
All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm.
Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required.
Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment.
NOTE: Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.
If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified.
Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-9 level or higher). As noted above, an agency may not select a non-preference eligible in lieu of a preference eligible in the same cegory unless there are grounds for a passover and the agency has complied with the passover procedures 5 U.S.C. 3318(b).
Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position?
The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required:
Ability to communice in writing.
Ability to apply accounting concepts, theories, and practices to derive solutions.
Ability to collect, organize, and evalue accounting informion.
Knowledge of principles, theories, techniques, and methodology of accounting.
Knowledge of automed financial systems.
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Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed.
To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include:
Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
Proof of ICTAP/CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, 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. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants .
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed.
To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include:
Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
Proof of ICTAP/CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, 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. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants .
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
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Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday Apply by 06/12/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2026 Locion Yazoo City, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $63,780 - $82,301 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Promotion potential 09 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number YAZ-2026-0032 Control number 871141700
Department of Justice
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Posted yesterday
Apply by 06/12/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2026
Locion
Yazoo City, MS
1 vacancy
No mching locions found.
Work site options
Telework eligible
No
Remote job
No
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$63,780 - $82,301 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 09
Promotion potential
09
Learn more about pay scale and grade
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues.
Appointment type
Permanent
Occupions and job series
0510 Accounting
Supervisory stus
No
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Drug test
Yes
Security clearance
Other
Announcement number
YAZ-2026-0032
Control number
871141700
This job is open to
Help
The public
U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
Clarificion from the agency
THIS IS A DELEGATED EXAMINING ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS.
Duty Locion: FCC Yazoo City, MS
Duties
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Responsible for the accure and timely output of accounting da from the Financial Management Informion System (FMIS).
Supplies timely and accure financial stements, fund stus reports reflecting budget combined with accounting da, cost reports, and special rios where approprie through utilizion of the Financial Management Informion System (FMIS).
Provides expertise on and makes manual FMIS entries through the use of over five-hundred manual FMIS transaction codes.
Provides interpretions of accounting report stements and da which points out trends, identifies deviions from plans, and projects da into the future.
Assists the supervisor by meeting with and assisting management officials in applying financial da and informion derived from stements, reports and rios to management problems.
Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
U.S. Citizenship is Required.
See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
Selective Service Requirement:
Career Transition Programs ( CTAP or ICTAP ): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must:
1. Meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria;
2. Be red well-qualified for the position, scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and
3. Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility:
A copy of the agency notice (i.e., separion notice or agency RIF letter),
Most recent performance appraisal, and
Most recent SF-50 showing current/former position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion.
See USAJOBS' Career Transition Programs for more informion.
NOTE: Applicants claiming CTAP or ICTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be red under the established ranking criteria.
EEO Stement/Policy: The United Stes government does not discrimine in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, nional origin, political affiliion, sexual oriention, marital stus, disability, genetic informion, age, membership in an employee organizion, retaliion, parental stus, military service or other non-merit factor. More informion can be found here:
Qualificions
To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualificion requirements:
Basic Requirements:
A. Degree: accounting; or a degree in a reled field such as business administrion, finance, or public administrion th 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. Combinion of educion and experience-- least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combinion of accounting experience, college-level educion, and training th 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 approprie type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
Certifice as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examinion; OR
Completion of the requirements for a degree th included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but th does not fully sisfy the 24-semester hour requirement of paragraph A, provided th (a) the applicant has successfully worked the full performance level in accounting, auditing, or a reled field, e.g., valuion engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined th the applicant has demonstred a good knowledge of accounting and of reled and underlying fields th equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement th which is normally associed 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 educion, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
NOTE: Applicants who meet the basic requirements above are fully qualified for the GL-05 level .
AND
In addition to the above basic requirement:
Educion:
You must have 2 years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent gradue degree.
Gradue educion must provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR
Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualificions to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled.
Some examples of this qualifying experience are:
Experience providing expertise on opering, maintaining and modifying accounting systems.
Experience in providing interpretions of accounting reports, stements and da which points out trends, estimes the effect of proposed changes in opering programs on income, expenditures, obligion and costs.
Experience reviewing and resolving accounting discrepancies and using accounting informion to recommend solutions to management.
OR
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
Have a combinion of educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.
**Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.**
Educion
See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .
ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion: For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S. Department of Educion website: Recognition of Foreign Qualificions .
If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.
Additional informion
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 36 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. If you are above the maximum entry age and have prior federal law enforcement coverage, you MUST submit an SF-50 to verify prior coverage.
Qualified Preference Eligible Veterans may be exempt from meeting the maximum age. Please refer to the Required Documents Section for the approprie documention to submit to valide veteran eligibility.
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a pre-employment and panel interview, urinalysis, physical, and background investigion.
All applicants are subject to, and must sisfactorily pass all screening requirements in relion to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit check.
All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm.
Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques", three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required.
Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice.
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
Your applicion evalued and red under DOJ's Cegory Ring and Selection Procedures. Based upon your responses to the assessment questions during the applicion process, your applicion placed into one of three cegories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified . Applicions reviewed from the top quality cegory. Your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If you are found qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to the responses you provided on the online assessment.
NOTE: Candides within the top quality cegory and who are eligible for veterans preference will receive selection priority over non-veteran preference eligibles.
If you are entitled to veterans preference, you should indice the type of veterans preference you are claiming on your resume. Although veterans preference points are not assigned under the cegory ring procedures described under "How You Will Be Evalued", veterans preference eligibles are listed ahead of non-veterans within each cegory for which they are qualified.
Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory (except in the case of scientific or professional positions the GS-9 level or higher). As noted above, an agency may not select a non-preference eligible in lieu of a preference eligible in the same cegory unless there are grounds for a passover and the agency has complied with the passover procedures 5 U.S.C. 3318(b).
Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position?
The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required:
Ability to communice in writing.
Ability to apply accounting concepts, theories, and practices to derive solutions.
Ability to collect, organize, and evalue accounting informion.
Knowledge of principles, theories, techniques, and methodology of accounting.
Knowledge of automed financial systems.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed.
To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include:
Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
Proof of ICTAP/CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, 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. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants .
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
Help
Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Veterans' Preference Documention:
Failure to submit all required documents the time of applicion will result in the loss of claimed preference eligibility.
DD-214: Veterans MUST provide a DD-214 demonstring th they have been discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions (i.e., the individual must have received either an honorable or general discharge).
SF-15: If you are a disabled veteran, a Purple Heart recipient, widow/widower of a veteran, the spouse of a disabled veteran or the parent of a disabled or deceased veteran, you must submit:
A completed Standard Form (SF) 15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference" AND all required documention identified on the SF-15 .
NOTE: A Department of Veterans Affairs letter must contain the Veteran's Name and Combined Service-Connected Evaluion. For a copy of the most current SF-15, Click Here .
If you are on active duty and expect to be discharged or released from active duty service within 120 days, you may submit a Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty from the approprie Branch Personnel Office containing the following informion: (1) the military service des including the expected discharge or release de; (2) and the character of service (must be an honorable or general discharge); and (3) any qualifying service/campaign/expeditionary medals.
Resume (limited to 2 pages) must include your name, contact informion, and relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, MOU, etc.). If providing a memorandum, it must follow the form below AND clearly cite the duties performed.
To receive credit for experience, your resume and/or any sisfactory evidence must include:
Start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND
Number of hours worked per week.
College transcript: includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE : If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day.
SF-50: for proof of prior LEO coverage, if applicable.
Proof of ICTAP/CTAP eligibility , Click Here , if applicable.
For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume?
We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
You must apply through the online applicion system www.USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents.
Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment.
We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, 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. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile
Claiming Veterans Preference? If yes, you MUST claim preference on-line during the applicion process and upload documention to support preference claimed. Failure to claim Veterans Preference or provide supporting documention may result in you not receiving approprie considerion during the assessment process.
Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded).
All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention.
Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions: If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure.
If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants .
Contact for Assistance in Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail: ...
Phone: ...
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Agency contact informion
CSU
Phone
...
...
Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit
346 Marine Forces Drive
Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
United Stes
Next steps
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed.
Applicants notified via e-mail, to the e-mail address registered in USAJOBS. The referral certifice or list of eligibles will then be issued to the selecting official for further considerion.
The Human Resource Office may then contact you for an interview if they wish. We expect to make a final job offer within 80 days after the closing de of the announcement.
Applicants referred on a certifice of eligibles may receive an Inquiry as to Availability (Optional Form - 5) via e-mail, mail or a telephone inquiry from the local Human Resource Department. Applicants MUST complete the OF-5 form and return it to the Human Resource Management Office.
Applicants MUST also telephone the Human Resource Department during normal business hours to schedule an interview. Failure to either return the form or contact the Human Resource Department will result in a loss of considerion for the position.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted yesterday Apply by 06/12/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2026 Locion Yazoo City, MS 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $63,780 - $82,301 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Promotion potential 09 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Announcement number YAZ-2026-0032 Control number 871141700
Job ID: 523105353
Originally Posted on: 5/31/2026
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