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Job SummaryThe primary purpose of this position is to serve as an Accounting Technician position located at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN performing various functions involving the maintenance and reporting of financial accounting data.
QualificationsTo qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/19/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Accounting procedures relating to funding, appropriation allotments, obligations and disbursements, and the ability to analyze the interrelationship of accounts that are affected by varied transactions. Procurement transactions and documents, accounting symbolic codes, account structures and procedures for setting up and liquidating obligations. VA cost accounting system utilizing cost centers, sub-accounts, and fund control points, of numerous combinations; all inter balanced from subsidiaries to general ledger control accounts. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Major DutiesMajor Duties: Employee is responsible for processing accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions including but not limited to obligations, accrued payables, disbursements, refunds, collections, replenishment of funds, liquidation of funds, receipt processing, and expenditure transfers. Employee is responsible for verifying appropriate accounting element data, assigning accurate transaction coding, and costing of proper general accounts to the financial management system through subsidiary reporting system. Employee is responsible for invoice review and ensuring proper certification or payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act. Employee is responsible for timely review and correction of rejected transactions within the financial management system. Employee is responsible for timely review and correction of rejected transactions within the financial management system. Employee is responsible for performing daily and monthly analysis and review of transactions to verify accounting data as necessary. Employee is responsible for comparing Fund Control Point account balances with related data to ensure agreement through reviewing records and source documents to identify the sources of discrepancies and determining/performing the entries required to bring the report(s) into balance. Employee is responsible for monitoring monthly and quarterly National reporting metrics and requests including but not limited to accrual flag report, obligation and accrual sample testing, and potentially large accruals. Employee serves as the primary alternate Agent Cashier performing all functions associated with the Agent Cashier office during regularly scheduled leave and mandatory, yearly, two-week transfer of responsibility and accountability. Employee serves as back-up to employee travel personnel performing all functions associated with the employee travel position periods of leave. Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD92035-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not AuthorizedRequirementsYou 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.