Accounting Technician

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: One year specialized experience that equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in Federal service.

Examples of qualifying experience include: collecting and verifying accounting data; examining and maintaining financial accounts; processing deposits; and using accounting software and automated systems to perform a variety of accounting-related duties. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit.

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/.

THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION Performing clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, fiscal and financial management functions; Performing budget administration, financial systems, cash processing, and accounting support; Examining, verifying, and maintaining financial accounts and accounting data; Classifying accounting transactions and verifying the accuracy and completeness of accounting data across multiple appropriations; Determining the debit and credit entries to be made to general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts; Summarizing transactions and preparing control documents or other documents reflecting entries to be made; Maintaining, auditing, and reconciling general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports and for the control of funds; Determining the nature of errors and making adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts; Reviewing pending items and ensuring that follow-up action is taken on pending items; Preparing reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports, and special reports; Reconciling accounting systems output using subsidiary records, both manual and automated, to ensure the accuracy of input; Maintaining control of receipts and disbursements; Maintaining control of funds obligated and expended; Receiving and analyzing various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness, and correctness of accounting data; Journalizing corrective actions for erroneous conditions; Preparing journal vouchers for multi-line transactions and researching appropriate postings for unusual transactions; Documenting financial transactions to ensure a proper audit trail; Inspecting purchase orders, requisitions, and all financial components and making corrections when necessary; Obligating and amending purchase orders; Training and consulting control point users and other customers throughout the Medical Center, providing expert advice and guidance concerning Fiscal and financial policies, procedures, regulations, etc.; Performing related duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized. Telework: Not authorized.