Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service and current DFAS VRA employees in the local commuting area and eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants. Full-time Telework will not be available with this role; it requires onsite working. Limited Situational Telework requires approval by management.

Duties

Receives and reviews accounting documents including all types of accounting transactions against obligated funds for multiple accounts. Researches complex accounting data and performs extensive balancing and reconciling of accounts. Provides explanations, develops and interprets comparative data, and identifies significant changes. Processes and maintains various expenditure documents. Verifies the validity of the appropriation/accounting data against various regulations and policies. Provides technical advice and assistance to reporting activities questions or inquiries on status reporting data and procedures. Initiates corrective action to clear rejects caused by erroneous disbursements, input errors, missing information, improper billing, etc. Ensures accuracy, propriety, and legality of control procedures for maintaining accounting system integrity and controlling accounting data.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S Citizen or National.
• Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959).
• Suitable for Federal employment.
• Time after Competitive Appointment: Candidates must have served 3 months after latest competitive appointment in the Federal service.
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• Time in Grade Requirement - see the Qualifications field below for more details.
• Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification.
• Please note, this is position is NOT approved for full-time telework. Selectee will be expected to report to the duty station for onsite work. Limited Situational Telework requires approval by management.

Qualifications

One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-05) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. For GS-06 Specialized Experience at the GS-05 level is defined as: validating, monitoring and maintaining accounting transactions and accounting records; entering accounting data into an automated financial system to process a wide variety of account transactions; identifying and researching discrepancies in account transactions and making adjustments; reconciling subsidiary ledgers to general ledgers for accounts; Researching discrepancies and making adjustments. Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-05 or higher grade in Federal Service.

Education

GS-06 Substitution of Education for Experience: Six months of graduate education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled.

If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html).

Contacts

• Address DFAS - ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS - ROME 325 Brooks Road Rome, NY 13441 US
• Name: HR Customer Care Center
• Phone: (317) 212-0454
• Email: [email protected]