The Teller will serve as a designated principles agent for the Office of Chief, Fiscal Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. The Teller is responsible for the proper disbursement and collections of public and private funds, in accordance with regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the US Treasury.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Agent Cashier: Receives and disseminates all Treasury Department communications to alternate cashier as appropriate. Receives and disburses funds to/from several different appropriations and funds as a simultaneous operation. Issues receipts as appropriate, for transportation of cash and necessities. Interprets and apply guidelines and regulations pertaining to counterfeit currency, negotiability rules, and applicable documentation. Scrutinizes and pays attention to detail to ensure that only the proper transactions are processed accurately and timely. Negotiates instruments in accordance with Treasury Manual for Cashiers. Maintains a record of all transactions for an audit trail. Remains competent in the requirements for the negotiability of instruments and an understanding and recognition of counterfeit currency. Issues pre-numbered accountable receipts both manually and electronically for eachautomated system on collections received. Determines the purpose of the remittance and the correctness of the accounting symbols to which remittance will be deposited. Executes the appropriate schedules of collection forms that will accompany the funds to the Federal Reserve Bank, for protection under the Government Losses and Shipment Act. Offsets bills from Tricare, ChampVA, Pharmacy Co-pays, etc. Audits, reconciles, and replenishes the funds of the alternate cashier. Resolves informal complaints from employees and veterans in most cases independently. Auditing: Audits numerous beneficiary travel vouchers and selecting the correct payments in the beneficiary travel database. Ensures correctness of amounts, dates, purchase order numbers, account numbers and signatures. Works with Patient Business Service and Accounting if discrepancies are found. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-6: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-5 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience having the skills in applying systematic procedures and techniques in the management and function of the accountable cashier operations; understands the theory and principles of cash management and organizational functions and procedures common to cash management administrative practices; comprehends cash management fiscal principles, pertinent manual instructions, policy processes, procedures, and regulations are required to perform all financial aspects of the position; the agency's automated data processing cashier system, organizational structure and operations are required; ability to interpret Agency and Treasury Department guidelines and directives, cash management rules and regulations including the ability to integrate cash management with accounting and budgetary processes and having wide variety of interrelated steps and procedures or processes required to assemble, review, and maintain cashier transactions (e.g., reconciling accounts involving subdivision, varied adjustments to accounts, resolving problems in balancing accounts, adjusting discrepancies, preparing replenishments, preparing deposit tickets and preparing reports). You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: ArithmeticAttention to DetailConflict ManagementSelf ManagementTeaching OthersTechnical Competence IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary although some slight physical effort may be required. 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

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on 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: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).

Contacts

• Address Cincinnati VA Medical Center 3200 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH 45220 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]