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ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Defense Finance and Accounting Service · Posted 8 days ago
On-site Indianapolis, IN $41K – $62K Apply by Jul 6, 2026 Accounting Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) mission is to lead the DoD in finance and accounting by ensuring the delivery of efficient, exceptional quality pay and financial information. Telework availability is limited and will only be provided on a rare case-by-case basis during situations where Agency Leadership has determined that telework serves a compelling DoD need.
What You'll Do
- →Duties will be developmental in nature when the position is filled below the full performance level.
- →Researches accounting data and performs balancing and reconciling of accounts.
- →Processes all types of accounting transactions and requests for establishment of additional accounting records.
- →Verifies the accuracy, completeness, and validity of a wide variety of accounting functions/transactions including: obligations; accrued expenditures; disbursements; appropriation refunds; reimbursable orders; earnings and collections.
- →Assists in implementing and maintaining Internal Control Program requirements to protect against waste, fraud, and abuse.
- →Researches current accounts, historical data, source documents, etc., to develop and explain detailed information not otherwise readily available.
Requirements
- ✓GS-05 Substitution of Education for Experience: Four years of successfully completed education above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation, or the equivalent, is a prerequisite may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required.
- ✓Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements.
- ✓GS-06 Substitution of Education for Experience: Six months of graduate education may be substituted to meet the specialized experience required when it is directly related to the work of the position being filled.
- ✓Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements when the education is directly related to the position being filled.
- ✓Official Transcripts: If the position you are applying for has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications (i.e. you would not qualify without the education obtained), you MUST submit transcripts with your application.
- ✓Official transcripts are not required at the time of application outside of what is outlined above; however, official transcripts must be verified PRIOR to appointment.
- ✓An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education must accredit education.
- ✓Click here to check accreditation.
- ✓FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements.
- ✓You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program.
- ✓It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying or prior to appointment as outlined above.
- ✓Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities.
- ✓Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree.
Personality Fit
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