Accounting Technician, I

The Holston Group•Fort Meade, MD

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Holston Group (HG) Inc. is looking to hire Accounting Technicians to support our government customers in one of the following five (5) tasks areas: Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Travel Entitlements, or Transactions By Others (TBO). Accounts Receivable will receive and process debt letters; update, schedule, and apply payroll deductions in the financial and payroll system of record, perform debt adjustments, communicate with debtors, process financial hardships, credit and rebill, and write-off uncollectable debts. This function is also responsible for processing incoming reimbursable orders including amendments, excesses, and rejections. Accounts Payable is responsible for examining, processing, and preparing vouchers for payment of invoices and billings received via electronic commerce or hardcopy from commercial vendors and other government agencies. Review invoices with Contacting Officer Representative (COR) approvals utilizing the Accounts Payable (AP) checklist to ensure payments are made in accordance with Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) standards. Payroll is responsible for maintaining the official pay and leave records and processing biweekly payroll for civilian personnel, process and compute Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances and pay differentials (i.e., Foreign Language Incentive Pay). This function will also validate, and process timesheets entered in the payroll system to include process living Quarters Allowance (LQA)/Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA) and Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA)/Miscellaneous Expense Account (MEA)/Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA). Travel Entitlements will perform Travel Card maintenance for the government Citibank travel card, serving as the liaison between cardholder/traveler and the financial institution, monitoring account activity, and managing delinquencies. This function will also examine, calculate, and process TDY and PCS claims submitted for reimbursement into the travel system. Intragovernmental Transactions will research, post, record and reconcile payments made by other agencies on behalf of NSA as part of the outgoing orders process for traditional transactions by others (TBO) (also includes a pre-validation process), Intra-governmental Payment and Collections (IPAC) and Interfund payment types.

Requirements

3 to 5 years of relevant experience in performing financial and accounting functions.
Candidate must possess a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) level clearance requiring a full-scope polygraph.
US Citizenship is required as a result of the parameters set for the Federal Government contract.

Responsibilities

Receive and process debt letters; update, schedule, and apply payroll deductions in the financial and payroll system of record, perform debt adjustments, communicate with debtors, process financial hardships, credit and rebill, and write-off uncollectable debts.
Process incoming reimbursable orders including amendments, excesses, and rejections.
Examine, process, and prepare vouchers for payment of invoices and billings received via electronic commerce or hardcopy from commercial vendors and other government agencies.
Review invoices with Contacting Officer Representative (COR) approvals utilizing the Accounts Payable (AP) checklist to ensure payments are made in accordance with Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) standards.
Maintain the official pay and leave records and processing biweekly payroll for civilian personnel.
Process and compute Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances and pay differentials (i.e., Foreign Language Incentive Pay).
Validate, and process timesheets entered in the payroll system to include process living Quarters Allowance (LQA)/Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA) and Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA)/Miscellaneous Expense Account (MEA)/Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA).
Perform Travel Card maintenance for the government Citibank travel card, serving as the liaison between cardholder/traveler and the financial institution, monitoring account activity, and managing delinquencies.
Examine, calculate, and process TDY and PCS claims submitted for reimbursement into the travel system.
Research, post, record and reconcile payments made by other agencies on behalf of NSA as part of the outgoing orders process for traditional transactions by others (TBO) (also includes a pre-validation process), Intra-governmental Payment and Collections (IPAC) and Interfund payment types.