This position is located in the Fiscal Service, at the Cheyenne VA Health Care System, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Accounting Technician will maintain General Ledger Control Accounts and Subsidiary Records for General Operating Expense Appropriation, Employee Travel Backup, General Fund Receipts and Suspense Account Funds.

Duties

Duties may 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. -Reviews and classifies many types of financial transactions involving the operation of the facility including journalizing corrective actions for erroneous conditions. -Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made. -Posts and maintains manual and computerized ledgers and related subsidiary journals. -Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness and correctness of account data. -Matches disbursing documents with obligation documents. -Verifies accuracy and completeness of document to ensure that service or supplies have been certified as to receipt. -Monitors and makes input to current vendor file so that vendors may be paid promptly under the FMS system. 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. -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 a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect; establishes routines for input of these transactions. -Reconciles through the use of approved formulas all subsidiaries with controlling general ledger accounts. -Prepares all necessary documents for transfer of funds whether intra-agency or interagency. -Ensures the timely preparation of all reports for Department of Treasury, agency and local management. -Furnishes feeder data for the preparation of management budget reports. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level (GS-7) without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level (GS-6) does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level (GS-7). The incumbent may serve in a developmental assignment (GS-6) to provide the individual with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform the full range of duties as described in the target GS-7 position description. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 4:30pm Telework: Ad Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD12432A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for highly qualified applicants Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/28/2023. 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. GS-6 Specialized Experience Requirement: To qualify for this position at the GS-6 level, you must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-5) in the federal service that has given me the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of an Accounting Technician at a developmental level. Specialized experience includes understanding accounting principles, methods, procedures; validating transactions; assisting with resolving inconsistencies; tracing transactions entered and preparing worksheets or adjustments; and utilizing accounting system software package applications and computer systems to support accounting functions. GS-7 Specialized Experience Requirement: To qualify for this position at the GS-7 level, you must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-6) in the federal service that has given me the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of an Accounting Technician independently. Specialized experience includes in-depth or broad knowledge of a body of accounting regulations, practices, procedures and policies related to the Medical Center financial management functions. Knowledge of a wide variety of interrelated steps, conditions and procedures or processes required to maintain complex accounting or other fiscal transactions to include allotments, accrual, cost and general ledger accounting methods and techniques. Knowledge must be sufficient to maintain, balance and reconcile accounts with extensive subdivision of accounts. Knowledge of automated FMS system to analyze and classify unusual transactions and to determine the specific procedures required to reflect the action in all related general ledger accounts. Ability to analyze and determine action to be taken on a variety of invoices, receiving reports and miscellaneous documents and to categorize various cost items within a vast network of cost centers, cost sub-accounts, and analysis accounts. Knowledge of a variety of accounting areas and their relationships to other functions to research or investigate problems or errors that require reconciling and reconstructing information, conducting extensive searches or required information. Knowledge of the accounting system to follow individual funds and specific monies from initiation through expenditure stages in order to trace discrepancies in the system. Knowledge of various accounting regulations, laws and requirements to ensure compliance and recommend action. Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. 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: The work is primarily sedentary in nature, being performed while seated at a desk. Occasionally, incumbent may carry working files, reference books, and similar items to or from other offices, conferences or the local records storage area. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Cheyenne VA Medical Center 2360 East Pershing Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82001 US
• Name: Casey Jones
• Phone: (303) 202-8651
• Email: [email protected]