Accounting Technician

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a GS-0525-5/6/7, Accounting Technician located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Financial Service Center in CHESAPEAKE, Virginia.

To qualify at the GS-05 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level in the federal sector.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis.

or 4 years above high school (except Reporting Stenographer) Reconciles monthly register printouts without individual transaction listings.

Initiates, codes, processes accounting adjustments to transfer charges, correct errors in disbursements, progress payments, discounts in ledgers.

To qualify at the GS-06 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the federal sector.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis.

Analyzes error listings, identifies error sources, makes corrective entries, reprocesses accounting transactions.

Computes transportation charges, discounts, total voucher amounts, initiates adjustments.

Reconciles accounts payable listings with general ledger, researches discrepancies, initiates adjustment actions.

To qualify at the GS-07 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the federal sector.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

Examples of specialized experience include performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis. Validates, monitors, maintains accounting transactions, records for multiple accounts.

Reconciles subsidiary ledgers to general ledgers with varied transactions, researches discrepancies, make adjustments.

Maintains control, subsidiary accounts, processes tranactions for diverse functions.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or related applicable assessment) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at the GS-05 grade level.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

You will serve as a Accounting Technician and be responsible for accounting support in an organization charged with payment of bills and maintaining accounting.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team.

Typical work assignments include: Managing multiple accounts, established control of inter-related subsidiary accounts, prepares supporting schedules, conducts analysis, handles subdivisions with summary ledgers, performs adjustments, balancing, reconciliation.

Reviewing, analyzing, classifying transactions, reconciles commitment, obligation documents, traces, research discrepancies, reconciles accounts, prepares trial balances, schedules.

Reviewing, analyzes reports, classifies errors, takes corrective action to balance reports, verifies corrected copies.

Reviewing unliquidated obligation files, backup filies, litigates obligations upon receipt of goods, services.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.

Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.

Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.

If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision.

You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement.

To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. Reasonable Accommodation Information