The Voucher Examiner positions are located within the Travel Management Office, Fiscal Service, Samuel S. Stratton Veterans Administration Medical Center Albany, Department of Veterans Affairs, Albany, NY. The Voucher Examiner acts as the Facility voucher audit/accounting technician and employee transportation assistant, preparing travel orders, authorization expense vouchers and coordinating the Federal Travel Management Program.

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 are not limited to: Voucher Audit & Accounting Duties: Ensures obligated and paid documents are accepted in the Financial Management System (FMS) by comparing the accepted daily listing (ADL) with the processed documents, ensuring rejected documents are properly and timely corrected, agent cashier replenishments and deposits are properly processed daily and ensure appropriate obligations are liquidated. Reviews documents to ensure their accuracy, they are authorized in conformity with existing regulations, they are charged to the proper appropriation and that sufficient funds are available. Processes documents such as tort claims, beneficiary travel, benetransit payments to employees and vendors, employee claims such as reimbursement for local travel and reimbursement for education expenses and payments for Compensated Work Therapy (CWT). Reviews and ensures funds are not needlessly encumbered, thus ensuring outstanding obligated balances are resolved to preserve the integrity of VISN 2 Financial Indicators report. Travel Assignments: Demonstrates excellent customer service skills, validate travel documentation/authorizations, prepare travel authorities, promote/coordinate the issuance o Government Travel Cards and establish employee files in the FMS payment system. Prepares requests for travel advances, prepares travel authorities, purchases airline tickets, analyzes travel itineraries/tickets, prepares audits and processes travel vouchers, clears travel advances and is required to audit/analyze the Centrally Billed Accounts and Individually Billed Accounts billing statements for accuracy. Serves as the point of contact for resolving problems related to Temporary duty travel, provides cost estimates to assist employees traveling and to assist managers in evaluating requests for travel. Advises employees on conditions and requirements under which allowances are payable and provides information of ways to avoid excess cost or misuse of government funds. Prepares employee's travel voucher, verifying that all expenses are authorized as per Federal Travel Regulations and documented with receipts as required. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized 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 to be determined by agency; and Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-6: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you 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 grade level in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes having a practical knowledge of accounting and other financial management technical methods, techniques, and procedures to resolve especially difficult problems; understanding the concepts, theories, principles, and practices of general and cost accounting used in maintaining and closing out accounts in the accounting system; uses comprehension of accounting methods, procedures and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis and determinations within a complete accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve inconsistencies, awareness of the interrelationships of various accounting systems applications (FMS, Fed Travel) and computer file systems and content to resolve problems of processed transactions; aware of the standard transactions and status codes utilized in computer automated systems, the Financial Management Systems and of the results of their application such as the appropriation, cost center, budget object code to be charged, accounting entries to be made and the effect on the station's master records, etc.; uses comprehension of related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of transactions to function as a technical authority for the resolution of an extensive range of issues or problem. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: AuditingControl of FundsCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical) 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 places no special physical demands on the employee other than some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light objects. However, there is a high level of stress due to demanding deadlines and the need for a high degree of accuracy. 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 Samuel S Stratton VA Medical Center - Albany 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]