Accounting Technician

Summary

Provides clerical assistant, or technician level support from within Fiscal Service. Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, a payroll fiscal, and/or financial management function. Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, payroll, cash processing, voucher examination, or accounting technician work.

Duties

Major duties of this position will include, but are not limited to:

• Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made.
• Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made.
• Processes and transmits deposit of funds collected from debtors (MCCF, vendors, employees) using correct appropriation for deposit of funds to correct general ledgers.
• Processes obligations, adjustments, and payments to General Post Funds in an accurate and timely manner so that accounts can be readily reconciled at the end of the month by the Lead Technician.
• Maintains accounts that made up an identifiable segment of an integrated double entry accounting system. such as a group of related accounts for a number of different activities, or all types of accounts for major organizations, cost center, or projects.
• Understands the account relationships within the segment of the accounting system assigned and a general understanding of the relationships with other accounts in the integrated system.
• Monitors assigned block of FCP's to ensure that obligations do not excess available funds, notifies supervisor, and contacts FCP official as needed to resolve potential out-of-balance situations.
• Receives documents such as purchase orders, contracts, bills of lading, travel orders, etc., for obligation against appropriated and donated funds.
• Reviews documents to ensure their accuracy, that they are authorized in conformity with existing regulations, that they are charged to the proper appropriation, and that sufficient funds are available.
• Obligates the documents by assigning codes for the accounts.
• Determines whether an accrual is necessary, the proper accrual period, and the accrual amount.
• Obligates electronic and hardcopy documents for supplies, services, contracts, equipment, travel, etc. using correct transaction codes, cost centers and sub accounts with 2% rejects allowed.
• Processes receiving reports, amendments, adjustment transactions, etc., promptly and accurately and corrects and resubmits FMS rejects within one working day.
• Maintains the unliquidated documents sequentially within the framework of appropriation, limitation, and obligation analysis accounts.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/21/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: understanding accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis; making determinations within an accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve inconsistencies; interrelationship between appropriations and subsidiary records and control accounts, interrelating of cost, general ledger, allotments and fund control accounting; analyzing and detecting trends and problems affecting overall operations of accounting; tracing transactions entered and preparing worksheets or adjustments; and utilizing accounting system software package applications and computer systems to perform a variety of accounting duties.
Preferred Experience:
Using basic accounting practices, methods, and techniques and can demonstrate as ability to gather, assemble, interpret, and analyze financial information in various formatted spreadsheets and other reports.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accounting
• Accounting Operations
• Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning
• Attention to Detail
• Computer Skills
• Control of Funds
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Self-Management
• Teamwork

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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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