This Accounting Technician position is located in Fiscal Service at the VA Providence Healthcare Systems location.

Duties

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Accounting Technician at a VA Providence Healthcare Systems. The incumbent is responsible for a wide range of assignments and provides administrative support to the assigned section. Duties may include, but are not limited to: Processes complete, accurate and timely transactions in accounting systems. Processes complete, accurate and timely transactions in employee travel system. Processes complete, accurate and timely transactions in agent cashier system Works in cooperation with Fiscal Staff and functions as a team member to provide quality service. Takes customer feedback and acts to resolve complaints in consultation with managers. Communicates with internal and external customers and fosters positive relationships that create and sustain trust and mutual respect. Actively supports the VA Security Program safeguarding information assets. Carefully follows and observes separation of duty policy and procedure. Accesses administrated systems is correctly requested, approved, provided and removed per policy and procedure. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD03098A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Notifications: Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is a LIUNA Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/27/2024. 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-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. 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. 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 GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: understands accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis; examines all accounts in order to analyze and detect trends and problems that affect the overall operations of accounting; makes determinations within a complete accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve in consistencies; and, uses various accounting system software package applications and computer systems and contents to resolve problems of processed transactions. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accounting OperationsCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Internal Controls 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: The work is sedentary, but some walking, bending, and lifting is required as in a normal business environment. 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.

Contacts

• Address VA Providence Healthcare System 830 Chalkstone Avenue Providence, RI 02908 US
• Name: Jennie McGaffigan
• Phone: 781-824-0877
• Email: [email protected]