This position is located within the Fiscal Service, Travel Management Office at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, NY. The Voucher Examiner acts as the facility voucher auditor/accounting technician and employee transportation assistant, preparing travel orders, authorizations, expense vouchers, and coordinating the Fed Travel Management Program. The Voucher Examiner is also in charge of the government travel card program and responsible for Beneficiary travel support.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Reviews documents to ensure their accuracy and are authorized in conformity with existing regulations; Processes documents such as tort claims, beneficiary travel, bene-transit payments to employees and vendors; Gathers and prepares documentation for fiscal audits; Prepares travel authorities through travel system, promoting/coordinating the issuance of Government Travel Cards and establishing employee files in the FMS payment system; Prepares requests for travel advances, prepares travel authorities, purchases airline tickets, analyzes travel itineraries/tickets, prepares audits, processes travel vouchers, and clears travel advances; Formulates the most convenient and economical travel arrangements; Verifies that all expenses are authorized as per Federal Travel Regulations and documented with receipts as required; and Performing other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am until 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized PD#: Voucher Examiner, 5765-A Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework after training. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/21/2023. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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. *SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability, or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirement for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is:(1) Managing funds. (2) Administrative/Clerical Experience. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Audit ReportingControl of FundsCustomer Service 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 places no special physical demands on the employee other than some walking, standing, bending and carrying light objects. 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 Samuel S Stratton VA Medical Center - Albany 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208 US
• Name: Girolamo Tavolante
• Phone: (315) 863-2853
• Email: [email protected]