The incumbent serves as a Lead Accounting Technician to support Edward Hines VA Hospital and Jesse Brown VAMC and is organizationally aligned under the GLFS Accounting Section. The primary purpose of this position is receiving, controlling, monitoring, validating, recording, analyzing and reporting on accounting transactions that affect the assets, cost, liabilities, revenue and proprietary accounts of programs serviced. This position is located in the VISN 12 GLFS office in Westchester, IL.

Duties

This position is located in the VISN 12 Great Lakes Finance Service (GLFS) in Westchester, IL. The incumbent serves as a Lead Accounting Technician and is organizationally aligned under the GLFS Accounting Section. Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Reviews documents for compliance with existing VA Financial Policies and Procedures, Standard Operating Procedures, and VISN Policies. Verifies fund availability to cover all initiations, commitments, and obligations. Ensures all disbursements are made within the terms of contracts and/or agreements. Reconciles open obligations monthly with FMS reports; maintains and reconciles separate accounts for the facility. Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established work flow or job specialization. Keeps in touch with the status and progress of work and makes da-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Instructs employees on specific tasks and job techniques and ensures written instructions, reference materials, and supplies are available. Gives on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices. Checks in on work progress or spot checks work not requiring review. Audits or rejects work not meeting established standards. Provides information to supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignments, performance, progress and training needs, and behavior problems. Performing other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Accounting Technician/PD22131A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/20/2024. 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-8 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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 GS-7 which involved providing the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Lead Accounting Technician. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Experience in various accounting, budget, or other financial regulations, laws, and requirement (related fiscal regulations and applicable schedules, pay and leave rules, administrative rules associated with recording and tracking budgetary transactions, entitlement rules, documentation requirements, schedule, deductions, etc.) to ensure compliance and recommend act. Experience verifying fund availability to cover all initiations, commitments, and obligations. Experience ensuring all disbursements are made within the terms of contracts and/or agreements. Examining, verifying, and maintaining financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:AccountingInterpersonal SkillsTeaching OthersTechnical Competence 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 employee performs sedentary work; however, there may be some walking, standing, bending, or carrying of light items. 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/. Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.

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 VISN 12 Directors Office 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: Stacy Cooper
• Email: [email protected]