The position is located in the Finance Office, Accounting Section, at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: 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 across multiple appropriations. Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness, and correctness of accounting data. Verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect; establishes routines for input of these transactions. Assigns transactions that will have the proper accounting effect. Audits or processes obligations, payments, adjustments, travel requests, travel vouchers, cost transfers, purchase card transactions, VRQ's (vendor change requests), accruals, deposits, bills of collection, Personal Funds of Patients (PFOP) postings, offsets, reconciliations, reviews, ad hoc reports, etc. Provides technical and procedural guidance to control point clerks. Disburses payments to employees and other individuals. Receives, receipts, and deposits funds to a local bank depository. Responsible for the administrative processes that impact the non-healthcare accounts receivable program, i.e., the collection of receivables, billing, account management, follow-up of receivables and collection management. Serves as the primary agent cashier, disbursing and collecting funds as an agent of the Treasury Department. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:15am-4:45pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. You may qualify at the GS-06 level if you fulfill the following qualification: -One (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: examining, verifying, and maintaining financial accounts and accounting data; auditing or processing obligations, payments, adjustments, travel requests, vouchers, purchase card transactions, reconciliations, ad hoc reports, etc.; performing analysis and reconciliations of accounts, records, and reports; disbursing payments to employees and other individuals; receiving, receipting, and depositing of funds to a local bank depository. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: AccountingAccounting OperationsCommunicationPrinciples of Accounting IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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. Physical Requirements: The work is mainly sedentary. There is some walking, bending, lifting, and carrying of 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/.

Contacts

• Address Ann Arbor VA Medical Center 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]