This position is in Fiscal Service at the West Texas VA Health Care System and functions under the Assist Chief Financial Officer. The Accounting Technician is responsible for performing all duties required in maintaining a complex double entry commercial type accounting system integrated with governmental type accounting for West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS), including four Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).

Duties

Major Duties: Examines, verifies, and maintains transactions for services, supplies, real property, and adjustments for all appropriations. Makes required entries on obligations, receiving reports, contracts, travel orders/expense reports, and various other procurement documents for obligation. Processes payments to vendors to include tracking system payments, which requires knowledge of accounting entries and their effect on the General Ledger and how they affect all financial records. Assigns and/or verifies proper appropriation and limitation, fund control point, cost center, budget object code, accounting classification code (ACC) to ensure overall expenditure controls are maintained in IFCAP and FMS. Maintains numerous control points consisting of 2237s and 1358s. Performs training of personnel in the use of accounting programs. Performs cash management duties. (Serves as alternate agent cashier). Maintains complex spreadsheets, works IPPS, and balances fund control point differences. Formulates data to illustrate convoluted relationships between accounts. Researches accounts and historical data to provide detailed explanations when necessary. Researches any credits, inquiries, or discrepancies related to billing. Reviews technical disbursing authorities. Works assigned reconciliations and submits timely. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday Telework: Ad-hoc telework may be available to highly qualified applicants Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD00638A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/02/2023. 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-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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: working with general ledger accounts, cost centers, budgets, fund control points, and other accounting elements, including the skill to properly categorize and utilize them; examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions; budget administration support, financial systems support, payroll, cash process, voucher examination, or accounting technician work. B. I do NOT possess the experience as described above. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Attention to Detail Computer Skills Financial Systems Principles of Accounting Auditing 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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. 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 George H O'Brien Jr VA Medical Center 300 Veterans Boulevard Big Spring, TX 79720 US
• Name: VISN 17 SSU USAS Group
• Email: [email protected]