Staff Accountant

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance•Austin, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Accountant works in the Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center, Business Office, Cost Accounting Section. The role is responsible for accounting, maintenance, and analysis of the Center’s Enterprise Fund and cross-servicing activities. The incumbent gathers, reviews, analyzes, and reconciles data from multiple systems to support cost allocation and reporting, and provides financial and cost reports and analysis to management, service points of contact, and budget analysts. The position also administers user requests and provides maintenance and support for the FSC LTTE system. The work is principally sedentary. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Compressed or flexible scheduling may be available with supervisory approval. Ad hoc telework may be available under agency policy; the position is not virtual. The position is in the local commuting area within a 50-mile driving distance of 8000 Metropolis Drive, Building B, Austin, Texas. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Meet the Individual Occupational Requirement through a qualifying accounting or related degree with the specified accounting coursework, or through the specified combination of accounting experience, education, and training or qualifying credentials.
Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, including gathering, analyzing, researching, and reconciling data and interfaces from multiple systems for cost-allocation reporting and analysis; improving the efficiency and effectiveness of accounting operations; and performing advanced accounting-application functions such as administration, data maintenance, and user support.
Submit an application, questionnaire, and complete the required online assessment.
Meet the qualifications by the announcement closing date, October 26, 2026.
If using education to qualify, it must be from an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; foreign education requires a certificate of foreign equivalency and transcript.
Selected applicants must complete pre-employment requirements, an onboarding process, and a background/security investigation; a probationary period may be required.
A resume must be no longer than two pages under the stated federal resume requirement effective September 27, 2025.

Responsibilities

Gather, review, analyze, and reconcile data from multiple systems, including monthly expenditures, transaction data, non-labor cost assignments, and product-line and sub-product-line revenue, to support accurate cost allocations.
Provide management, service points of contact, and budget analysts with timely, accurate, and complete fiscal-year-to-date profit and loss reports.
Analyze fiscal-year-to-date profit and loss reports, income statement data, and monthly general ledger entries for senior management, budget analysts, and other staff.
Administer requests for new, modified, and departed users of the FSC LTTE system.
Maintain the LTTE system and provide expert administrative and user support, including processing requested hour moves.