Accounting Technician

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-05: To be eligible for this position, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-04 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience applying accounting codes and established accounting methods to classify and record recurring transactions.

Experience reviewing transaction documents and account records to identify posting errors and record corrections using established accounting methods. Experience reconciling account balances by comparing recorded transactions with source documents and recording adjustments. OR EDUCATION: Four (4) years above high school.

OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of education and experience equivalent to successful completion of post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-06: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience researching differences among accounting system reports, transaction documents, and account records to identify entries that require correction. Experience processing collections, disbursements, cash receipts, refunds, vouchers, and intergovernmental payments in an automated accounting system; applying accounting codes and correcting related account entries.

Experience preparing worksheets or reports that identify the differences found, records reviewed, and corrective entries needed to adjust accounts. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-07: To be eligible for this position at this grade level, you must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience tracing transaction entries from source documents through system reports and related account records to identify the original error and calculate its effect on affected balances. Experience applying accounting rules to select and record corrections for transactions involving more than one account; checking that the corrections produce accurate balances in each affected account.

Experience assembling source records, system entries, and adjustment records into a transaction history; preparing financial reports that show the original amount, correction, final balances, and effect on reported financial data.

AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment.

For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens" TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for.

For positions at the GS-05, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03 or 04 positions. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Reviews select complex accounting documents and transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with IRS, Treasury, GAO regulations.

Responsible for specific, ongoing programs that require special skills, i.e., balancing and reconciliation, coding etc. Trains new employees and assist lower grade technicians concerning correct accounting procedures and problem areas. Performs research, extracts data; journals vouchers, debt collections, cash receipts, criminal restitution, refund cancelations, manual refunds, inter-government payment and collection, insolvency, and credit card chargebacks.

Processes transactions related to these accounting documents, computing changes to the automated financial system and determining whether transactions are legitimate and authorized. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD26819, PD26818, and PD26817 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.