Lead Accounting Technician

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a GS-0525-8, Lead Accounting Technician located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Financial Service Center in CHESAPEAKE, Virginia.

To qualify at the GS-08 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 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. Assisting in examination of extensive accounting data through knowledge of accounting techniques.

Providing non-supervisory feedback on team performance during established work plans. Using automated accounting systems to assist in identifying incorrect data.

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 cannot be substituted for experience at this 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 Lead Accounting Technician and be responsible for providing accounting support for the more complex accounts which may involve a large number of organizations and programs and/or which require analyses and accounting determinations within a complete accounting system.

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

Typical work assignments include: Controlling subsidiary accounts for interrelated classes, resolving complex account discrepancies through analysis then corrective entries, preparing trial balance schedules to show account status.

Conducting comparative account analysis, prepares supporting schedules, adjusting then reconciling accounts, computes data, determines causes of variances.

Maintaining expenditure accounts, verifies transaction processing for control, analyzes reports to identify deficiencies, recommends corrective measures.

Planning workload distribution; balances assignments; monitors progress; provides on-the-job training.

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