Cashier

Summary

The incumbent is the Principal Cashier for the Healthcare System and performs general clerical work involving proper disbursement - collection of public and private funds - in accordance with regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Treasury. The primary purpose of this position is clerical and technical work concerned with supporting accounting - budget - and other related financial management work.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 05/12/2026. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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: GS-6 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Supporting accounting - budget and other related financial management work.. GS-7 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include - but are not limited to: Supporting accounting - budget and other related financial management work. Basic understanding of accounting and banking systems - policies and procedures in performing the examination - verification and maintenance of accounts and accounting data. For more information on these qualification standards - please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Duties

• Major duties include - but are not limited to: Performs work in support of a fiscal nature - such as liaison with outside resources and Department of Treasury for operating advances - regarding the status of payments - initiating internal fiscal controls for processing of receiving and disbursing documents - or inputting and maintaining financial data into an automated financial system
• Establishing and maintaining a complex cashier function - which contributes to the effective service to our Veterans and the efficiency of Fiscal Service Operations
• The incumbent - being responsible for transactions involving the disbursement and receipt of funds - must be knowledgeable in the structure of applicable appropriations - object classes - standardized accounts and und control points in order to ensure proper charges and credits
• The incumbent - as Principal Cashier - is responsible to the Treasury Department for his/her work and that of all Alternate and Imprest Fund Cashiers
• All cash transactions (payment & receipts) must comply with Treasury and banking regulations
• Competence in governmental accounting policy and procedures is required to administer several appropriations and funds - balancing and reconciling the funds daily
• Assists with studies of administrative practices - which cause payment complaints
• Recommends management changes - which will reduce or eliminate justified complaints
• Implements further studies necessary to clarify the problem
• Takes appropriate independent action and provides follow-up of the issues to monitor the effectiveness of any program changes
• Establishing - controlling and maintaining - as the central point - the specialized monetary systems utilized by the VA - including check drafts
• Examines verifies and maintains financial accounts 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
• Employees work with systems development personnel to locate and resolve accounting transactions problems in the accounting system
• Employee review - evaluate - and verify the range of accounting transactions to determine the adequacy of the system
• Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made
• Incumbent has technical responsibility for the maintenance - auditing - and reconciliation of the general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports - and for the control of funds
• Employees examine accounts to resolve difficult reconciliations requiring analysis of adjustment and corrective entries in the account
• They trace transactions entered and prepare worksheets to reflect the source of discrepancies - corrective action required to bring accounts into agreement
• Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts
• Researches - interprets - and verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts documents and subsequent accounting transactions
• Establishes routines for input of these transactions
• Prepares Reconciliation of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts - accruals - adjusting journal entries - accounting reports and special reports
• Reconciles accounting systems output with input for accuracy
• Maintains control of receipts and disbursements
• Maintains control of funds obligated and funds expended
• Ensures the timely preparation of all reports for Department of Treasury - Agency Headquarters and local management
• Analyzes general edger accounts to ensure accurate reports
• Analyzes documents for accuracy and authorization
• Documents financial transactions to assure proper audit trail
• Assigns transactions that will have the proper accounting affect
• Reviews pending items and ensures that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time
• Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory - qualification - and performance requirements are met
• Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m
• to 4:30 p.m
• Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Cashier/PD13831A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized