Accounting Technician

Summary

The Accounting Technician in the Fiscal Service at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System (BPVAHCS), a large and complex 1A level medical center that includes an affiliated major outpatient clinic and multiple Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs). The primary purpose of the position is to perform a wide range of technical accounting support duties related to the review, processing, verification, and reconciliation of financial transactions.

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Duties

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The open period for this announcement has been extended and will now close on 09/24/2026

The duties of the Accounting Technician include but are not limited to:

• Uses email, calls, Teams messages, or written correspondence to obtain missing information or clarify discrepancies.
• Corrects incorrect obligations, mismatched receiving reports, coding errors, duplicate payments, and incomplete 1358s.
• Uses system tools to verify balances, document corrective actions, and maintain audit trail integrity.
• Monitors direct FMS entries, prevents incorrect fund adjustments, and maintains alignment between IFCAP and FMS.
• Applies established accounting procedures, VA financial policies, and regulatory requirements to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of obligations, payments, cost distributions, and reconciliations.
• Reviews documents for accuracy, verifies availability of funds, ensures proper costing, processes vendor invoices, liquidates obligations upon receipt of goods or services, and establishes payables in accordance with established procedures.
• Enters and updates transactions in IFCAP and FMS, ensures alignment between both systems, and monitors direct FMS entries to prevent incorrect adjustments to fund control points.
• Supports multiple payment and reimbursement functions, including those related to Beneficiary Travel, EDRP, PU, HISA, Transit Benefits, and CWT, and prepares Payment Vouchers for Refunds and replenishments for the Agent Cashier.

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 to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

Telework: Ad-Hoc Only

Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/ PD11317A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, performed while seated at a desk or workstation. Some physical effort may be required in carrying light items such as paper files, reports, boxes of documents, or office supplies. Occasional walking, standing, bending, or reaching may be necessary during the course of normal duties, such as retrieving files or delivering documents within the office.
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• Your performance and conduct;
• The needs and interests of the agency;
• Whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• Whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/24/2026.

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.

For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06.

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.

Examples of appropriate SF-50's include:

• Within grade increases at the highest grade held; or
• Promotions with an effective date more than one year old; or
• SF-50's at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Qualifying Experience at the GS-6 level:

GS-6 Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Accounting Technician , GS-06 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-05 level in Federal service to qualify at the GS-06 .

Qualifying specialized experience includes:

1. Assists with coding, vendor information, budget object codes, and fund control points.
2. Corrects submission of obligations, invoices, receiving reports, and supporting materials.
3. Experienced in standardized accounting procedures, financial systems and regulatory requirements.
4. Maintains ledgers and assisting with reconciliations.
5. Reviews and processes routing accounting transactions.

Qualifying Experience at the GS-7 level:

GS-07 Specialized Experience: Do you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience, which equips you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Accounting Technician , GS-07 position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-06 level in Federal service to qualify at the GS-07 .

Qualifying specialized experience includes:

1. Ensures accuracy of coding, vendor information, budget object codes, and fund control points.
2. Processes assigned 1358 obligations and quarterly adjustments.
3. Corrects routine discrepancies, processes journal vouchers and expenditure
4. Performs recurring reconciliation and verification duties related to Accrued Services Payable (ASP), Undelivered Orders (UDO).
5. Ensures correct submission of obligations, invoices, receiving reports, and supporting materials.

****Note: Evidence of specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held on your resume . You must provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of Specialized Experience at or comparable to the required grade level.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Additional information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave : Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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