Accounting Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Auburn, CA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides clerical assistant, or technician level support from within Fiscal Service. Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, a payroll fiscal, and/or financial management function. Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, payroll, cash processing, voucher examination, or accounting technician work.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• 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.
• 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-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.
• Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
• Understanding accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis
• Making determinations within an accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve inconsistencies
• Interrelationship between appropriations and subsidiary records and control accounts, interrelating of cost, general ledger, allotments and fund control accounting
• Analyzing and detecting trends and problems affecting overall operations of accounting
• Tracing transactions entered and preparing worksheets or adjustments
• Utilizing accounting system software package applications and computer systems to perform a variety of accounting duties.

Nice To Haves

• Using basic accounting practices, methods, and techniques and can demonstrate as ability to gather, assemble, interpret, and analyze financial information in various formatted spreadsheets and other reports.

Responsibilities

• Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data
• Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made.
• Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made.
• Processes and transmits deposit of funds collected from debtors (MCCF, vendors, employees) using correct appropriation for deposit of funds to correct general ledgers.
• Processes obligations, adjustments, and payments to General Post Funds in an accurate and timely manner so that accounts can be readily reconciled at the end of the month by the Lead Technician.
• Maintains accounts that made up an identifiable segment of an integrated double entry accounting system. such as a group of related accounts for a number of different activities, or all types of accounts for major organizations, cost center, or projects.
• Understands the account relationships within the segment of the accounting system assigned and a general understanding of the relationships with other accounts in the integrated system.
• Monitors assigned block of FCP's to ensure that obligations do not excess available funds, notifies supervisor, and contacts FCP official as needed to resolve potential out-of-balance situations.
• Receives documents such as purchase orders, contracts, bills of lading, travel orders, etc., for obligation against appropriated and donated funds.
• Reviews documents to ensure their accuracy, that they are authorized in conformity with existing regulations, that they are charged to the proper appropriation, and that sufficient funds are available.
• Obligates the documents by assigning codes for the accounts.
• Determines whether an accrual is necessary, the proper accrual period, and the accrual amount.
• Obligates electronic and hardcopy documents for supplies, services, contracts, equipment, travel, etc. using correct transaction codes, cost centers and sub accounts with 2% rejects allowed.
• Processes receiving reports, amendments, adjustment transactions, etc., promptly and accurately and corrects and resubmits FMS rejects within one working day.
• Maintains the unliquidated documents sequentially within the framework of appropriation, limitation, and obligation analysis accounts.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed