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Accounting Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
Hybrid Mare Island Naval Shipyard, CA $63K – $82K Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Accounting Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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Provides clerical assistant, or technician level support from within Fiscal Service. Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, a payroll fiscal, and/or financial management function. Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, payroll, cash processing, voucher examination, or accounting technician work.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties of this position will include, but are not limited to: 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 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 posting documents reflecting the entries to be made.
- →Processes and transmits deposit of funds collected from debtors (MCCF, vendors, employees) using correct appropriation for deposit of funds to correct general ledgers.
- →Processes obligations, adjustments, and payments to General Post Funds in an accurate and timely manner so that accounts can be readily reconciled at the end of the month by the Lead Technician.
- →Maintains accounts that made up an identifiable segment of an integrated double entry accounting system. such as a group of related accounts for a number of different activities, or all types of accounts for major organizations, cost center, or projects.
- →Understands the account relationships within the segment of the accounting system assigned and a general understanding of the relationships with other accounts in the integrated system.
- →Monitors assigned block of FCP's to ensure that obligations do not excess available funds, notifies supervisor, and contacts FCP official as needed to resolve potential out-of-balance situations.
- →Receives documents such as purchase orders, contracts, bills of lading, travel orders, etc., for obligation against appropriated and donated funds.
- →Reviews documents to ensure their accuracy, that they are authorized in conformity with existing regulations, that they are charged to the proper appropriation, and that sufficient funds are available.
- →Obligates the documents by assigning codes for the accounts.
- →Determines whether an accrual is necessary, the proper accrual period, and the accrual amount.
- →Obligates electronic and hardcopy documents for supplies, services, contracts, equipment, travel, etc. using correct transaction codes, cost centers and sub accounts with 2% rejects allowed.
- →Processes receiving reports, amendments, adjustment transactions, etc., promptly and accurately and corrects and resubmits FMS rejects within one working day.
- →Maintains the unliquidated documents sequentially within the framework of appropriation, limitation, and obligation analysis accounts.
Requirements
- ✓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 (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.
- ✓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 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓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.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
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