Job opening: ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Salary: $51 115 - 66 450 per year
Published at: Jan 23 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS Columbus employees in the competitive service and current DFAS Columbus VRA employee in the local commuting area, and eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants.
Duties
Reviews, verifies, reconciles, and analyzes a variety of expenditure and status report listings reflecting or including accounting data from funding documents, obligations and expenditures.
Validates and reconciles entitlement, appropriation, and reporting data to comprise funding requests from supported agencies.
Reviews and validates incoming vouchers, data files, and report listings to ensure validity and compatibility to include edit tables as reference.
Contacts funding and reporting activity for necessary supporting documentation and/or correction of originally reported data to ensure that all transactions are ultimately accepted by the proper accountable fiscal station.
Reviews and processes finance and/or accounting transactions ensuring the propriety and validity of supporting documentation and determining the appropriate account and methodology for processing.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National
- Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
- Suitable for Federal employment
- Time after Competitive Appointment: Candidates must have served 3 months after latest competitive appointment in the Federal service.
- This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
- Time in Grade Requirement - see the Qualifications field below for more details.
- Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification
Qualifications
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-06) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
For GS-07: Specialized experience at the GS-06 grade level is defined as: maintaining accounting or financial ledgers; posting financial transactions; preparing accounting reports; reconciling accounts and working with a variety of accounting and automated financial systems.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-06 or higher grade in Federal Service.
You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
Education
GS-07 Substitution of Education for Experience: One full year of graduate level education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
If you are using education to substitute for the specialized experience, you must submit transcripts at the time you apply. To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (
http://www2.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html).
Contacts
- Address DFAS - ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS - COLUMBUS
3990 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43213
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: (317) 212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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