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LEAD ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Department of Defense
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Salary
$50,930 - $66,210
per year
Type
Full Time
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January 23, 2026
GS-7 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $41,966 - $54,557
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-6. Bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or 1 year graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This role involves handling key accounting tasks like maintaining financial records, reconciling accounts, and reviewing transactions to keep the government's general ledger accurate and reliable.
It's a lead position in a federal finance agency, focusing on technical support for financial systems.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in bookkeeping or accounting support, strong attention to detail, and comfort using financial software.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-06 level or equivalent, including maintaining ledgers, posting transactions, preparing reports, reconciling accounts, and using accounting systems
- 52 weeks of time-in-grade as GS-06 or higher for current or former federal employees
- Ability to perform administrative and technical functions to ensure general ledger integrity
- Skills in reconciling electronic interfaces and subsidiary ledgers to control accounts
- Proficiency in reviewing and processing unusual accounting transactions with proper documentation
- Experience compiling, analyzing, and summarizing financial data to identify trends and discrepancies
- Proof of education or certifications may be required upon application
Full Job Description
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GS-07 QUALIFICATIONS One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-06) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
GS-07: Specialized Experience Is Defined As: Maintaining accounting or financial ledgers, posting financial transactions, preparing accounting reports, reconciling accounts and working with a variety of accounting and automated financial system.
Time-in-Grade for GS-7: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.
To be considered for the GS-07, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-06 or higher in the Federal service.
You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
Major Duties:
- Performs administrative and technical functions to ensure the integrity of the general ledger.
- Reconciles electronic interfaces to general ledger from other systems.
- Reconciles subsidiary ledgers to control/summary accounts.
- Reviews and processes unusual or difficult accounting transactions ensuring the propriety and validity of supporting documentation and determining the appropriate account and methodology for processing.
- Compiles, analyzes, and summarizes data from systems, documents, and reports.
- Identifies trends, discrepancies, and patterns for further analysis by accountants.
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