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Accounting Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
Hybrid Bedford, MA $57K – $74K Apply by Aug 3, 2026 Accounting Technician ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTrades
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This Accounting Technician position is located in Fiscal Service at the VA Bedford Healthcare System location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →This position oversees the full lifecycle of financial and procurement transactions for the medical center, ensuring the accurate review, approval, and processing of requisitions, receiving reports, invoices, and obligations.
- →It maintains compliance and data integrity across accounting and financial related systems by auditing documents, resolving rejects, and validating funding availability.
- →Duties may include, but are not limited to: Applies knowledge of accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques.
- →Conducts difficult and responsible analysis and make determinations within a complete accounting system.
- →Validates transactions and performs research to resolve inconsistencies.
- →Applies the interrelationship between appropriations and all subsidiary records and control accounts, interrelating of cost, general ledger, allotments and fund control accounting.
- →Examines all accounts in order to analyze and detect trends and problems that affect the overall operations of accounting.
- →Traces transactions entered and prepares worksheets or adjustments to reflect the source of discrepancies and corrective action required.
- →Applies interrelationships of various accounting system software package applications and computer systems and contents to resolve problems of processed transactions.
- →Examines the effects of transactions on existing records and existing accounts and protection of historical data.
- →Applies related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of transactions to typically function as a technical authority for resolution of an extensive range of problems or issues.
- →Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 7:00am-3:30pm.
- →Telework: AdHoc Telework may be authorized.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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: e77f19c4-5f04-46d0-bfa5-b97cae44a127
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