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

Duties: ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major 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, 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/10/2025. 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: utilizing the working knowledge of accounting and other financial management technical methods, techniques, and procedures to resolve problems (e.g., maintaining and closing out accounts in the accounting system; validating transactions and performing research to resolve inconsistencies; utilizing various accounting systems applications; applying knowledge of related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of transactions). (CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must show complete information for each job entry, such as beginning and ending dates of employment, duties performed, and/or total hours worked per week. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AuditingControl of FundsCustomer Service (Clerical/Technical) 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 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

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 Samuel S Stratton VA Medical Center - Albany 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208 US
• Name: Erika Weisbrod
• Phone: 680-216-8337
• Email: [email protected]