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Accounting Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
About the Role
This position is located in the Finance & Accounting service in the Accounting Section of the VA Maryland Health Care System, in Perry Point, MD. The incumbent works under the direct supervision of the Supervisory Accountant and is assigned to the Accounting Section staff. This position provides technical assistance, support, and maintenance of accounting records for the VA Maryland Health Care System.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accountants and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data according to established guidelines, regulations, and directives.
- →Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made as per generally accepted accounting practices.
- →Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made.
- →Incumbent has technical responsibility for the maintenance, auditing, and reconciliation of the general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, and for the control of funds.
- →Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts.
- →Researches, interprets, and verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect; establishes routines for input of these transactions and uses judgement for non-routine transactions.
- →Ensures compliance with accounting regulations and requirements.
- →Must use judgement to interpret guidelines, adapt procedures, decide approaches, and resolve specific problems.
- →The Employee must analyze each transaction, sometimes relying on experienced judgement, rather than guides, to fill in gaps, identify sources of information, and make working assumptions.
- →Prepares reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports and special reports.
- →Reconciles accounting systems output with input for accuracy.
- →Maintains control of receipts and disbursements.
- →Maintains control of funds obligated and funds expended.
- →Ensures the timely preparation of all reports for the Department of Treasury, Agency Head Quarters, and Local Management as per agency directives.
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.
- ✓Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary with some carrying of computer reports, boxes, and ledgers.
- ✓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 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
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