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Accountant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
The purpose of this position is to perform the full range of professional accounting work requiring the application of sound accounting principles, theories concepts and practices.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Accounting Analysis, Review, and Reporting Provides technical assistance to the KCHCS Financial Manager, Assistant Fiscal Officer, Chief Accountant and Budget Officer by independently accumulating, assembling, reviewing, and analyzing accounting reports and data from the Financial Management System.
- →Provides advice based upon established accounting principles and practices.
- →Assists in coordination of work activities and corrects workload deficiencies.
- →Analyzes and determines alternatives to achieve maximum efficiency.
- →Analyzes accounting systems and modifies and adapts conventional accounting and analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems.
- →Determines proper classification of documents and charges to accounts.
- →Ensures accurate cost accounting as well as proper charge to appropriation.
- →Completes daily deposit transactions for an extensive collection program; ensures that deposits are made to the proper fund or appropriation.
- →Prepares accounting and budgetary reports as mandated by Central Office, Network and local management reports are analyzed and interpreted in order to provide for maximum utilization of funds and to make adjustments in projected expenditures.
- →Prepares supporting or detail work papers; various spreadsheets or worksheets are prepared each month, such as reconciliation of applied cost with obligation incurred.
- →Responsible to the Fiscal Officer for ensuring obligations do not exceed funds available.
- →Special attention is given to fund control requirements for multi-year and no-year appropriations.
- →Actively contributes in the maintenance of a sound internal control system, which complies with provisions of the Financial Integrity Act.
- →Performs data validation of major system elements.
Requirements
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification 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 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 period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting.
- ✓The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.
Personality Fit
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