Accounting Technician

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs clerical assistant or technician level work in support of a budget accounting auditing fiscal and financial management function.
• Performs budget administration support financial systems support cash processing and accounting technician work.
• 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 across multiple appropriations.
• 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 documents reflecting the entries to be made.
• Incumbent has technical responsibility for the maintenance auditing and reconciliation of the general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports and for the control of funds.
• Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts.
• Documents financial transactions to assure a proper audit trail.
• Reviews pending items and ensures that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time.
• Prepares reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts accruals adjusting journal entries accounting reports and special reports.
• Ensures the timely preparation of reports for Department of Treasury VA Headquarters and local management.
• Assist auditors as required by Fiscal Service regulations including quarterly audits of Agent Cashier Employee Accounts Patient Funds Voucher Audit and General Post Funds.
• Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety validity budget expenditure limitation completeness and correctness of accounting data.
• Responsible for completing tasks associated with the recovery of receivables such as payments made in error overpayments made to vendors or benefit recipients items rejected and returned returned of authorized advances and other alternative streams of revenue available to the Medical Center.
• Performs a wide variety of specialized duties for the maintenance of accounting records and monitoring of daily reports such as recording deposits recording accounts receivable charges and collections and monitoring revenue streams.
• Functions as the backup Agent Cashier or the Alternate Agent Cashier and as the Accountable Officer and is responsible for proper disbursement receipt and deposit of all public and private funds for the organization in accordance with regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Treasury.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm PST
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD60690S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• 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 required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• 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 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 time-in-grade requirements and specialized experience within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement 09/09/2026.

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 within 30 days of 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 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 as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have 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. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Performing budget accounting payroll and/or financial management functions; Interpreting and applying accounting principles methods procedures and techniques; Using various accounting systems and computer systems to maintain financial accounts and accounting data; Reviewing and analyzing reports and documents for accuracy and authorizations Performing research to resolve any discrepancies relating to obligations collections disbursements or other actions involving complicated adjustments; Reconciling accounts processing and posting payments; Examining auditing and maintaining accounting transactions and balancing general ledger accounts. NOTE: 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..

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.

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

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Required Experience:

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