General Information Salary: GS-05; $45,146 (Step 01) to $58,686 (Step 10); Salary: GS-06; $50,326 (Step 01) to $65,425 (Step 10); Salary: GS-07; $55,924 (Step 01) to $72,703 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies in the advertised office or other U.S. Geological Survey offices in the local commuting area.

Duties

As an Accounting Technician within the Office of Accounting & Financial Management, some of your specific duties will include:

Requirements

Qualifications

Eligibility Requirements In order to be eligible for an appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduate Program you must meet the following requirements: You must be currently enrolled in a qualifying degree program as described above AND expect to complete the degree requirements no later than May 31st, 2024 OR has completed degree requirements within the previous two years. Degree requirements include an associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution such as an accredited technical or vocational school; a 2- or 4-year college or university; a graduate or professional school (e.g., law school, medical school); or a post-secondary home school curriculum. Note: Certificate program is defined as post-secondary education in a qualifying educational institution equal to at least one academic year of full-time study that's part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum. Note: If you do not complete your degree requirements by May 31st, 2024, you will be ineligible for consideration under this program. Veterans who were precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their 2-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty; however, eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed 6 years from the date on which the degree or certificate was obtained. The date of release or discharge from active duty should be later than the date the degree or certificate was obtained. Qualification Requirements DEFINITIONS: Experience: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be prorated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs; 2 months, 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.). Undergraduate Eduation: One year of full-time academic study is 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained in an accredited business, secretarial, technical school, college or university for which high school graduation or the equivalent was a prerequisite. GS-05: Applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-5 level: 1. One year of specialized experience in or directly related to the position to be filled that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-04 level in the Federal service. Examples of GS-4 level work may include: 1) reconciling monthly register printouts with individual accounting transaction listings; 2) initiating, coding and processing accounting adjustments to transfer charges and achieve proper accounting effect on erroneously recorded transactions; 3) reviewing, classifying and recording disbursement documents, progress payments, discounts, and credit obligations in subsidiary ledgers. **OR 2. A full four years of progressive, successfully completed education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent was a prerequisite may be used to meet the qualification requirements for GS-5. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college, or university. **OR 3. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and specialized experience may be used to meet the qualification requirements for GS-5. Only progressive education in excess of the first 60 semester hours, 90 quarter hours, or the equivalent (i.e., beyond the first two years) of a course of study is creditable toward meeting the qualification requirements for GS-5. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION & SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE) GS-06: Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-6 level: 1. One year of specialized experience in or directly related to the position to be filled that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-05 level in the Federal service. Examples of GS-5 level work may include: 1) analyzing daily error listings for documents not accepted into automated accounting system, isolating sources of error, making corrective entries and reprocessing transactions; 2) computing transportation charges and applicable discounts for each item and total amount for each voucher and initiating journal voucher for adjustment; 3) reconciling monthly listing of accounts payable with the general ledger, researching cause of discrepancy and initiating adjustment action. GS-07: Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-7 level: 1. One year of specialized experience in or directly related to the position to be filled that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal service. Examples of GS-6 level work may include: 1) validating, monitoring, controlling and maintaining accounting transactions and records for multiple accounts; 2) reconciling subsidiary ledgers to general ledgers of accounts having a variety of transactions, researching discrepancies between ledgers and making adjustments; 3) maintaining control accounts and subsidiary accounts and processing accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. All specialized experience qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. All educational qualification and eligibility requirements must be completed by the degree requirements date found above.

Education

Education Requirements:

• 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.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .

Contacts

• Address FINANCIAL SYSTEMS BRANCH 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Sinar Santillano Oliveros
• Phone: 303-236-9585
• Email: [email protected]