Accounting Technician

This position is located in the Finance Department at the Memphis VA Medical Center. The incumbent is responsible daily for performing, analyzing, communicating, and processing obligations, amendments/adjustment vouchers, and amendments/adjustment vouchers, payables, and receiving reports for procurement and payment processing. Clerical level work is also a responsibility to support the service ensuring effective, efficient, and accurate financial and administrative operations.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/23/2024.

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 and/or education 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:
  • performing financial management functions utilizing knowledge of accounting and budget regulations, policies and procedures
  • processing disbursements, payments and collections; approving purchase card orders;
  • maintaining accounting/financial ledgers
  • computing budget estimates
  • generates reports
  • uses computer equipment and a variety of software applications; uses Microsoft Suite (i.e., Outlook, Excel, etc.) to complete daily tasks.

• Accounting Operations
• Computer Skills
• Customer Service
• Principles of Accounting
• Technical Competence

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; religions; 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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary with some walking, standing, and bending. Incumbent may be required to lift and move files/printouts.

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/.

Responsibilities:

The Accounting Technician must have a knowledge of accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct analysis and make determinations within a complete accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve inconsistencies. Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Records accounting entries into a centralized accounting system.
• Prepares reports and analyses dealing with financial data interrelationships.
• Processes a variety of billing and accounting documents, such as invoices, forms, and records. Analyzes source documents, such as obligations, disbursements, adjustments and transfers.
• Determines action required on various source documents.
• Reviews records and source documents when reconciliation is out of balance in order to identify the cause of the discrepancy.
• Audits and prepares vendor invoices and other fiscal items for payment.
• Verifies calculations on financial reports and computations of total cost on purchase orders and invoices.
• Reconciles subsidiary records.
• Applies review and analytical techniques that will uncover discrepancies, errors, and internal control issues.
• Monitors documents for needed processing of payments, adjustments, offsets, and other varied transactions.
• Maintains a paper filing or record system. Organizes information for filing.
• Searches files, documents or other sources for information.
• Enters data into a computer.
• Uses a computer or word processor to create, edit, print, retrieve, or manipulate files.
• Composes simple correspondence or other written work.
• Reviews content of letters or other documents for completeness, correctness, or consistency.
• Contacts others to obtain information.
• Obtains facts for making decisions or recommendations
• Provides guidance or assistance on policies or procedures.
• Works with others to resolve differences for the benefit of the team or project.
• Interviews or surveys people in person or over the telephone to elicit information.
• Handles customer complaints or problems.
• Supports employee travel program.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD038280
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Salary : $46,696 - $60,703