Accounting Technician

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Creates and posts complicated and often unusual accounting transactions.
• Performs extensive analysis and reconciliations of accounts records and reports.
• Audits account balances for accuracy and processes necessary correcting and adjusting entries.
• Establishes records maintains documentation performs monthly reconciliations and provides timely responses to frequent inquiries for all accounts receivables.
• Processes vouchers for payment to include vendorization obligation vouchering manual posting and reconciliation to obligation documents and payment coding activities in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.
• Recommends and implements accounting procedures and methods that ensure maximum accuracy compliance and timeliness of accounting data and efficiency of accounting personnel.
• Assists in the planning coordinating and completion of travel profiles plans and expense reports for employees and/or patients.
• Reviews the documents for proper authorization and ensures compliance with established regulations.
• Keeps abreast of all changes to travel regulations as indicated in directives publications manuals and policies to have correct information when advising travelers and to ensure the validity of travel documents.
• Uses MS Office Excel to display data create tables graphs and spreadsheets MS word for documents Power Point and MS Outlook.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD81035A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• You 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 drivers 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 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 or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 08/11/2026.

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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: 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.


You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: knowledge of general accounting principles; fiscal law; accrual basis double-entry accounting theory; skill in a variety of computer software programs such as MS Word Excel Access and Outlook; time management techniques; organizational skills.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is mainly sedentary; however there is some walking bending lifting and carrying of light objects.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at