Accounting Technician

Full Job Description

The Engineering Service Financial Technician is the principle accounting, budget and finance position in the service.

This position is located in the office of the chief and reports directly to the service chief.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/24/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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.

Specialized Experience (GS-7): You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performing budget, accounting, payroll and/or financial management functions; Interpreting and applying accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques; Using various accounting systems and computer systems to maintain financial accounts and accounting data; Reviewing and analyzing reports and documents for accuracy and authorizations, Performing research to resolve any discrepancies relating to obligations, collections, disbursements, or other actions involving complicated adjustments; Reconciling accounts, processing and posting payments; Examining, auditing, and maintaining accounting transactions and balancing general ledger accounts.

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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Work is sedentary but does require review of computer printouts which can cause eye fatigue.

Incumbent occasionally goes to other buildings within the Center to obtain or pas on· information. Work requires typing and filing.

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:

Duties included but not limited to: Incumbent gathers information and (data for repots to management and higher authority and prepares and types reports.

Included are monthly, quarterly and yearly expenditures in various accounts; budget requirements based on data of past expenditures; cost transfer voucher on laundry, chilled water, out leased properties, and utility costs to reflect actual expenditures.

Incumbent is responsible for maintenance of accounting records on recurring an station level contracts. The incumbent maintains accounting records related to Enhanced-Use contracts, an Initiatives.

Incumbent is responsible for seeing that no allotment is exceeded {including estimated costs) and must keep supervisors informed on a day to day basis as to.

status of funds; pays particular attention to quarterly expenditures and informs supervisor of limits; prepares requests for increase or decrease in allotments.

The incumbent is responsible for examining, controlling, auditing and insuring verification of all service vouchers for which Engineering Service is obligated to pay.

Examples of vouches are: utility bills; maintenance service contracts; service on all VAMC office equipment; repairs o building service equipment; and services performed by construction contracts.

Incumbent is responsible for maintaining the facilities portion of the National Energy Database, collecting data from meter readings and invoices, converting data to appropriate nits of measure and unit costs, allocating to 'appropriate uses, and entering the information.

Projects utility costs for each budget year and forecasts costs for the second year base upon an analysis of past records, current climatological data and current rates.

Perform short-range projections based upon rate changes and weather patterns. Provides projection to Fiscal Service at least quarterly.

Projects utility costs for each budget year and forecasts costs for the second year base upon an analysis of past records, current climatological data and current rates.

Perform short-range projections based on rate changes and weather patterns. Provides projection to Fiscal Service at least quarterly.

The incumbent assists Energy Manager in the research and analysis of Utility market prices and development of procurement strategies for contracting natural gas futures.

Works with Chief Engineer in the development of program reviews, management briefings, and annual budget submission. Drafts content for to include text, spreadsheets and presentation materials.

Develops market forecasts associated with these management documents.

Reviews purchase orders and verifies information against the request document ensuring that correct funds are obligated, totals are correct and verifies cost and cost difference with e original document.

Reviews on line invoices for services performed, and prepares certification that service was indeed performed and the amount charged is acceptable.

Maintains copies of invoices to use as documentation in accurately certifying payments due to vendors.

Reviews overdue purchase orders from Engineering personnel and requests information on status of the transaction with A&MMS purchasing agent.

Acts as liaison between Engineering and A&MMS for all purchasing transactions. Work Schedule: 7:30am to 4:30pm Telework: Not eligible for telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD073890 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized