Accountant

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (VISN 6), at the Salisbury VA Medical Center (VAMC), in Salisbury, North Carolina, within the Accounting Section of the Fiscal Service.

The incumbent is responsible for a wide variety of accounting functions, as well as, assisting with budget tracking and travel.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/13/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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 and/or education as described below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: In addition to meeting the basic education requirement above, applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the knowledge, skill and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position.

To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience includes: utilizing knowledge of the theories, principles and practices of accounting and financial management; preparing cost estimates and budget forecasts; maintaining and reconciling accounts involving various transactions (such as grant accounts) and performing reviews and audits; working with mobility/reimbursable agreements; using automated accounting systems; developing and maintaining databases and preparing accounting reports; and knowledge of basic procurement procedures.: .

OR, SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) - Successful completion of 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree with a major in a field appropriate to the work of this position is qualifying at the GS-9 grade level COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) - Combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: 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 Duties:

Reviews a variety of transactions for completeness and accuracy.

Incumbent reviews and interprets all new and updated written policies affecting local accounting sound judgement when implementing local accounting related procedural changes.

Performs financial assistance including analyzing reports, reconciling out of balances, and answering standard accounting inquires for internal operating programs such as 1358 and Purchase Card regulations; running balance training; and cost center and budget object code guidance.

Programs include education, research, medical operation services, or general post ( voluntary) programs in direct support of the mission or objectives of the facility.

Updates local accounting procedures and resolves common technical problems for stand accounting transactions.

Monitor's and controls accounts by timely recording, balancing, and scrutinizing for inaccurate accounts. Reconciles accounts with manual and computer subsidiary accounts.

Enters performance and reviews transactions within G-Invoicing system.

Analyzes and reviews station assigned reports to ensure that they are in balance, in proper format and the accounting data is valid and adheres to prescribed accounting principles.

Identifies and resolves common accounting transactions that create out-of-balance conditions in financial reports.

Tracks back through a series of transactions and erroneous adjustments to isolate the original error and correct it.

Prepares numerous monthly reconciliations of various appropriations within the limitations established by appropriation, allotment, apportionment work allowance, and purposes authorized by public law to ensure the FMS system's accounting reports are reflective of both the General ledger control accounts and subsidiary documentation.

Coordinating data with other services as required and providing technical assistance for common problems when needed.

Reconciliations include, but are not limited to: Bene Travel, OTC net; Compensated Work Therapy, Patient Funds, and US Bank reconciliations. You will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1.

Accounting 2. Accounting Operations 3. Budget Administration 4. Financial System 5. Technical System Perform other duties assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Accountant/PD020350 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized