This position is located at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, Arkansas and serves as a Voucher Examiner in the Fiscal Service. The primary responsibility of this position is to examine all vouchers, invoices, and other documents covering expenditures.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Maintains patient electronic funds transfer (EFT) data, personal patient data, and ensures current information Beneficiary Master Database. Process payments in accordance with contracts and regulation. Reconcile payments in accordance with contracts and regulation. Conducts audits of employee travel claims. Clears outstanding Travel Advances processed in FMS by Fed Traveler and beneficiary over payments through bills and offsets. Knowledge of VHA rules and regulations as well as Federal Travel Regulations. Liquidates the appropriate obligations and takes the necessary actions so that closure occurs and financial statements are accurate. Maintains payment/invoice tracking system. Uses automated accounting systems. Interprets financial transactions. Utilizes knowledge of rules, regulations and policies relating to travel and government accounting. Provides customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Handle conflict and problems with customers, constructively and appropriately. Treats customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; subject to change based on the needs of the agency. 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. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Voucher Examiner/PD03142A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/14/2024. 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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience in assisting customers to complete forms and understand requirements using telephone, email, or instant messaging applications, processing and reviewing documents to ensure all documents required are received; review requests received for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to policy, utilizing electronic systems to access, input, process, and update orders, and to maintain information necessary to accomplish time sensitive functions, planning and carrying out an established sequence of steps or techniques for work assignments in accordance with oral or written instructions, policies, training, or previous exposure to accepted practices for handling similar situations and applying accounting policies and procedures to classify events for subsequent posting to systems of record. Note: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ThinkingCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical)Self-ManagementTechnical 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 work is primarily sedentary with some carrying of computer reports, boxes and ledgers. 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 Fayetteville AR VA Medical Center 1100 North College Avenue Fayetteville, AR 72703 US
• Name: SooJin Rademacher
• Phone: 512-915-6978
• Email: [email protected]