Accounting Technician

Accounting Technician

The Accounting Technician performs a variety of technical accounting support functions within the Financial Management program. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains control accounts and subsidiary accounts and processes accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions including obligations, accrued expenditures, disbursements, appropriation refunds, reimbursable orders, earnings, collections, expenditure vouchers, cost transfers, rejected transactions, inter-fund bills, travel, training orders, and other accounts in connection with the general ledger.
• Utilizes the beneficiary travel application to adequately assist veterans with beneficiary travel payment questions and the U.S. Treasury application for the Direct Express Card program to input veteran's personal information into site to receive beneficiary travel pay via EFT draft.
• Validates, monitors, controls, and maintains accounting transactions and accounting records for multiple accounts.
• Reconciles subsidiary ledgers to general ledgers for accounts having a variety of transactions.
• Performs either the Financial Management System (FMS) obligatory or payer function.
• Researches discrepancies between ledgers and makes adjustments.
• Participates in internal audits of Fiscal programs, vulnerability assessments, systematic internal reviews, quality assurance programs, safety inspections, control point audits, and many other program audits involving cost, obligation, and receivable accounting systems.
• Coordinates, reviews, audits and reconciles government travel, convenience check, purchase card, and other transactions.
• Maintains PFOP accounts, following all laws and regulations concerning account balances, veterans' benefits, certifications, documentation.
• Classifies accounting transactions, maintains and reconciles accounts, close accounts, and prepares reports and statements, analyzes accounting data and examines accounts.
• Reconciles detailed listings of outstanding transactions to general ledger accounts.
• Provide veteran access to their funds by managing and maintaining oversight of all Patient Fund Accounts.
• Completes all Agent Cashier functions in accordance with applicable Treasury Department rules, VA Regulations and VA Handbook.
• Legally responsible for controlling and maintaining cash advance from the U.S, Treasury Department through the teller disbursing fund for the facility and advancing cash to alternate agent cashiers.
• Perform a complete verification of the cash accountability and undeposited collections.
• Verifies accountability for the overall cash advance daily by preparation of a replenishment voucher to ensure there is an adequate supply of cash to meet legislated disbursements.
• Responsible for the electronic deposit of all check (including negotiable instruments), and the conversation of cash to check/money order through the U.S. Treasury check processing system.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30 pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs.

Telework: Not Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/ PD15182A and PD15183A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized