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LEAD ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Defense Finance and Accounting Service · Posted 115 days ago
On-site Limestone, ME $41K – $59K Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Accounting Technician ESTJESTPISFPISTP Trades
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What You'll Do
- →IAW, DoD7400.14R, DoDFMR Volume5, Chapter 5, incumbent of this position will be required to serve as a certifying official and is subject to pecuniary liability for illegal, improper, or incorrect payments made by DoD.
- →Serves as a Certifying Official responsible for verifying, balancing, and reconciling supporting documentation files with listings and reports.
- →Identifies discrepancies among accounts and makes necessary adjustments.
- →Serves as a Lead Accounting Technician responsible for distributing and balancing workload, ensuring timely accomplishment of work and reviewing, amending or rejecting work not meeting established standards.
- →Instructs employees on tasks and job requirements; develops written instructions as necessary; answers questions, regarding procedures policies, and directives.
- →Provides interpretation to lower graded inexperienced personnel on compliance with applicable regulations, directives and manuals including changes, updates, and automated data processing systems.
- →Enters data into an accounting system, compares transactions entered to those intended, and corrects invalid/incorrect entries.
- →Receives, extracts, records, and balances data in assigned accounts in automated systems.
- →Analyzes and researches accounting data to prepare recurring and special reports for submission to higher levels authorities and use in analyzing and projecting expenditures and monitoring funds.
- →Duties will be developmental in nature when the position is filled below the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓GS-05 SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Four years of 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 requirement.
- ✓To be creditable, education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university.
- ✓(You MUST submit transcripts or proof of education to verify your claim.) GS-06 Substitution of Education for Experience: Six (6) months of graduate education that may be substituted to meet the specialized experience requirement when education is directly related to the position being filled.
- ✓To be creditable, education must have been obtained from an accredited college or university.
- ✓(You MUST submit transcripts or proof of education to verify your claim.) This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 1 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program as a condition of employment.
- ✓If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within two (2) years of your entry on duty in the position unless you are already in a position that requires a Level 1 Certification in which case you must complete the certification within the original 2-year period.
- ✓Failure to become certified within the required time-frame may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service.
- ✓Information about the DoD FM Certification Program is available at FM Certification. **This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.
- ✓Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.
Personality Fit
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