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Accountant
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is in the Operational Accounting Service (OAS) at the Financial Service Center (FSC) located in Austin, Texas. OAS is responsible for station-level accounting functions for more than 25 stations with multiple organizations and administrations, in both the legacy accounting system (FMS) and the new accounting system (iFAMS), as well as providing agent cashier functions for other VA organizations as well.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Monitors and controls data by timely recording, coding, balancing and scrutinizing for inaccurate accounts.
- →Applies generally well-known principles, techniques and theories of accounting to assist in devising solutions to problems of efficiency and effectiveness.
- →Prepares journal vouchers for the accounting system or financial statement application.
- →Interprets various appropriations, allotment restrictions, accounts, and financial reports and advises of the proper appropriations and documentation and method of obligation.
- →Reconciles accounts, researches transactions, reviews accounting reports, status of fund reports and other financial reports for the preparation of summary statements and reports.
- →Analyzes, evaluates, and resolves out-of-balance conditions on financial reports.
- →Advises on and/or performs professional accounting and financial duties.
- →Prepares, updates and maintains standard operating procedures, instructions and guidance in accordance with policy governing VA accounting.
- →Makes recommendations on the structure and operation of the accounting system and the use of financial data.
- →Meets with customers and other employees to gather information and analyze processes and procedures to improve efficiency and meet the needs of customers.
- →Prepare and coordinate the processing of outgoing and incoming mail.
- →Consistently communicates and treats customers, Veterans, their representatives, visitors, all VA staff, and staff of other agencies in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
- →Handles conflicts and problems in dealing with customers constructively and appropriately.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed Work Schedule: At Supervisory discretion.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Designated and/or random drug testing may be required Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓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.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In 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, if applicable, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Education for the GS-09: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.
- ✓To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer (TJO).
- ✓Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP), va.gov/EMPLOYEE/docs/The-Fair-Chance-to-Compete-Act.pdf for more information.
Personality Fit
Job ID: cc08dc24-12b2-478f-8e97-3a210bbe6672
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