This position serves as an Accounting Technician in Finance Service at the NF/SG VA Healthcare Systems and maintains Subsidiary Records for Medical Care appropriations, General Fund Receipts, Obligations of funds, Payments, and General post Funds at the Medical Center.

Duties

The Accounting Technician is responsible for performing clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, audit, fiscal and/or financial management function. Duties include but are not limited to: Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts an accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data. Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation completeness, and correctness of the account data. Determines proper cost centers, budget object codes, appropriations, and fund control points to be entered into a computerized cost accounting system. All documents must be verified for accuracy and completeness of accounting data prior to entry. Also verifies the accuracy and completeness of documents to ensure that service or supplies have been certified a to receipt. Process payments to vendors and customers doing business with the VA and to veterans for their beneficiary travel pay. Maintains control of receipts and deposits and related tracking mechanisms. A knowledge of accounting procedures relating to appropriations control, transfer of funds, reimbursements of expenditures, refunds, of administrative expenses, discounts, and handling of payments. Knowledge of accounting detail, expense/object element and associated machine processing codes Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm 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. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentive: Not authorize Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD02741A Financial Disclosure: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/18/2023. 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. 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-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Analyze and classify financial transactions. Evaluating documentation, drawing conclusions and making sound recommendations. Perform work with automated accounting systems. Provide customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. (EXPERIENCE MUST BE DETAILED IN RESUME IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AccountingAnalytical ThinkingCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Financial Systems 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 with some walking, standing, and bending. May be required to lift and move files/printouts. However, alternate cashier duties may require some minimal physical exertion such as lifting a cash box. Travel may be required between the medical center to the various out-post medical center locations. 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.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US
• Name: Jordan Davis
• Phone: 6823132343
• Email: [email protected]