The position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6). Fiscal Service Located in Asheville, North Carolina at the Western NC VA Health Care System. The incumbents serve as the Financial Administration Technician responsible for Performing accounting, budget, and employee travel transactions in a consolidated transactional processing site.

Duties

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Accounts Administration The incumbent advises Service Chiefs, Approving Officials, and All Medical Center employees in fund control management, funds compensation disbursement, and entitlements within the Employee Accounts. Incumbent provides technical assistance by troubleshooting program failures and problems in a timely manner via telephone or direct interaction with program participants and management officials, providing direction and solutions for problem areas. Incumbent evaluates, updates, and distributes instruction directives, handbooks, desk manuals, program notes, and all other necessary materials which promote successful operation of the employee programs. Responsible for the review of these training materials to determine need for and initiate changes in training content ensuring they always reflect the newest guidelines and regulations. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates training courses to assess their quality and effectiveness. Budget Assistance Incumbents work with Budget Analyst to ensure accurate fund control point assignment within HR. They have technical responsibility for the accurately classifying and processing of HR transactions; ensuring transactions are properly coded; and research discrepancies. Ensures the proper transfer of funding from suspense accounts are accurately applied to bills of collections for FEHB Premium Payments. Military Service Buy backs, leave buy backs for workers compensation claims and overpayment of salaries. Reconciles the transactions to the applicable Fiscal Automated database system and researches and resolves discrepancies between the various ledgers and makes necessary adjustments. Ensures that all settlement is paid from appropriate FCP and that funding is available to cover payment of settlement agreement while working with Budget Analyst. Employee Travel Responsible for arranging and managing all travel for employees of the Medical Center, and EEO investigators for pending cases traveling to this center through the VA's travel system. This travel may be foreign or domestic. Advises all travelers regarding the regulations applicable to temporary and local travel, including any necessary health or visa regulations for foreign travel. Serves as the travel liaison for contact with other Medical Centers, VA Central Office, VA Regional District, and non-VA personnel. Work Schedule: 0800-4:30pm M-F 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. At the service discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/23/2024. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5 and for the 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. GS-06 Grade Level: Work will be performed with more supervision and guidance. GS-07 Grade Level: Work will be performed without supervision 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 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of the mission goals, objectives and functions of the organization and VISN activities to include layers of authority, communication lines, and relationships of missions to provide analysis, advice, and assistance to staff or managers. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Customer ServiceFinancial SystemsTechnical CompetenceTransportation 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: Work is primarily sedentary but does require some walking to different areas of the Medical Center. Work is performed in an office setting throughout the medical center. 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805 US
• Name: Cesar Busanet
• Phone: 980-401-2564
• Email: [email protected]