Accounting Technician
What you'd do
Employee will serve as an Accounting Technician within Finance & Accounting Service Section located at the Veterans Affairs Maryland Healthcare System in Perry Point, MD.
Major 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 will include, but may not be limited to the following: Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions. Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made as per generally accepted accounting practices. Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents. Performs the maintenance, auditing, and reconciliation of general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, and for the control of funds. Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts. Researches, interprets, and verifies which appropriation and general ledge accounts a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect. Prepares reconciliation of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports and special reports. Maintains control of receipts and disbursements, of funds obligated and funds expended. Documents financial transactions to assure a proper audit trail. Reviews pending items and ensures follow-up action is taken. Serves as liaison between vendors and Fiscal Service to resolve and answer questions concerning obligations, payables, and payment inquiries on all types of purchase orders. Assists leadership and Accountants in preparing various reports and audits by making various calculations, gathering costs from various sources, and insuring mathematical accuracy of the reports. Perform other duties as necessary. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
What you need to qualify
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-6) in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: reconciling general ledgers to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, maintaining control of receipts and disbursements, and of funds obligated and funds expended, summarizing and preparing financial/accounting reports; utilizing complex computer systems affecting appropriations, funds, general ledger and cost to analyze errors and reconciliation listings pertaining to input and output and to trace documents through their audit trail. (Resume(s) must clearly detail specialized experience to receive credit for this GS-7 level position. We will not make assumptions regarding experience.) 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/.
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