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Accounting Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
This position is in Fiscal Service at the West Texas VA Health Care System and functions under the Assist Chief Financial Officer. The Accounting Technician is responsible for performing all duties required in maintaining a complex double entry commercial type accounting system integrated with governmental type accounting for West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS), including four Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Examines, verifies, and maintains transactions for services, supplies, real property, and adjustments for all appropriations.
- →Makes required entries on obligations, receiving reports, contracts, travel orders/expense reports, and various other procurement documents for obligation.
- →Processes payments to vendors to include tracking system payments, which requires knowledge of accounting entries and their effect on the General Ledger and how they affect all financial records.
- →Assigns and/or verifies proper appropriation and limitation, fund control point, cost center, budget object code, accounting classification code (ACC) to ensure overall expenditure controls are maintained in IFCAP and FMS.
- →Maintains numerous control points consisting of 2237s and 1358s.
- →Performs training of personnel in the use of accounting programs.
- →Performs cash management duties.
- →(Serves as alternate agent cashier).
- →Maintains complex spreadsheets, works IPPS, and balances fund control point differences.
- →Formulates data to illustrate convoluted relationships between accounts.
- →Researches accounts and historical data to provide detailed explanations when necessary.
- →Researches any credits, inquiries, or discrepancies related to billing.
- →Reviews technical disbursing authorities.
- →Works assigned reconciliations and submits timely.
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 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, 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 468073d7-8bef-4876-b3a6-82dac89df5d2
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