This position is located in the Support Services Division (SSD) at a VA Regional Office (RO). The incumbent serves as a Financial Accounts Technician (FAT) under the supervision of the Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist and performs accounting, civilian payroll, and accounts receivable functions in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary/trial period.
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/GS.pdf

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/19/2024. 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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" showing that you are in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess (1) year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates (1) year time-in-grade. General Adjustment and Award SF-50's cannot be used for time-in-grade verification purposes. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: GS-05 Level: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to the GS-4 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience in a payroll/accounting system, approving vouchers, financial audits or monitoring a budget system ensuring expenditures are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Entering requests into various systems Timekeeping Computing pay requests through after Supervisor validates research of technical manuals Processing actions under strict supervision Awareness of payroll systems and actions required to input, correct, and obtain information OR At the GS-05 Level: Applicants may substitute four (4) years of education above high school, in an accredited college or university. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. For GS-6 Level: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to the GS-5 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience in a payroll/accounting system, approving vouchers, financial audits or monitoring a budget system ensuring expenditures are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations Computing pay requests through independent research of technical manuals; Processing recurring, official pay adjustment documents; Familiarity with automated payroll systems and actions required to input, correct, and obtain information; Advising on pay plans and retirement systems in accordance with company guidelines/regulations; Providing technical advice to all employees regarding payroll, time and leave matters. There is no educational substitution for the GS-06 and GS-07 levels. For GS-7 Level: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to the GS-6 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience in a Federal payroll/accounting system, approving vouchers, financial audits or monitoring a budget system ensuring expenditures are in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. Examples of specialized experience would include: Performing quality reviews of Federal pay request actions; Researching and troubleshooting unusual or one-of-a kind Federal pay adjustments; Extensive knowledge of various Federal pay systems to include advising employees on Federal guidelines for pay plans and retirement systems; Auditing and reconciling various advanced payroll reports; Providing senior-level technical advice to Federal employees regarding payroll, time and leave matters. 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: Sedentary For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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 Atlanta Regional Benefits Office 1700 Clairmont Rd Decatur, GA 30033 US
• Name: Accura Cobbins
• Email: [email protected]