Accounting Technician

Full Job Description

This position is located at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, lllinois, in the Department of Financial Management, Travel Division.

The Accounting Technician serves as the Employee Travel Program Coordinator and the Travel Management Center (TMC) Program Coordinator for the facility.

The position has primary responsibility for all employee travel operations including associated accounting transactions.

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION AT THE GS-7 LEVEL YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-6) in Federal Service that has given you the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of an Accounting Technician GS-7.

Specialized experience includes performing accounting duties that include classification of transactions and maintenance of segments of the accounting system; preparing travel authorities, vouchers, and advances; reviewing payment of travel claims, tuition, and travel advances; assisting employee travelers with completion of expense reports and proper travel related expenditures.

(THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR RESUME TO BE CREDITABLE.) 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:

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Examining, verifying, and maintaining financial accounts and accounting data.

Classifying accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of accounting data. Determining the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected.

Determining the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts. Assuring funds management to numerous, separate fund control points.

Reconciling accounting systems output with input for accuracy.

Researching, interpreting, and verifying which appropriation and general ledger accounts a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect; establishing routines for input of these transactions.

Reviewing pending items and ensuring that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time.

Maintains, audits and reconciles the general and subsidiary ledger accounts, for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, and for the control of funds.

Summarizing transactions and preparing control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made.

Preparing reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports and special reports.

Maintaining control of funds obligated and funds expended. Ensuring the timely preparation of all reports as requested for various departments and local management. Performing other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved