Supervisory Accountant

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Finance Service of the Medical Center.

The functional duties of this position are to perform the technical responsibilities of the Accounting section supervised by the Deputy Chief Financial Officer.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/10/2026.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education is described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: areas of financial reporting systems, daily operations in accordance with accounting principles.

Experience that provided knowledge of accounting theories, methods, experience analyzing accounting systems and experience with programs that affect the financial records.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have You must have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.

degree or Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree; OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

Preferred Experience Experience gained in the area of governmental accounting.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accounting Operations Cost Accounting Financial Systems Human Capital Management 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: Nature of work is mostly sedentary in an office environment.

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:

Accounting: The incumbent supervises the accounting staff which includes accountants, accounting technicians and agent cashier.

Reviews the reports processed for accuracy and compliance with regulations.

Reviews the reconciliations processed by the accounting section to ensure data provided is accurate and adheres to agency regulations and guidelines.

The incumbent supervises the accountants which include the duties of reconciliations of subsidiary accounts, fixed assets, construction accounting, cost accounting, capitalization, a variety of financial reporting, processing obligations, processing deposits, research of policies and laws to determine appropriateness of purchases.

The incumbent supervises the accounting technicians which includes auditing of public vouchers, collection of funds, cash disbursements, maintenance of subsidiary accounts receivable records and follow-up actions necessary to collect debts.

The incumbent supervises the agent cashier which includes the duties of preparation of replenishments, accounting for the total amount of advanced funds and preparing accurate deposits.

The incumbent also monitors the advance to insure it's appropriate as rules and regulations change. The incumbent works with the Decision Support System (DSS) staff to ensure consistency of costing.

The incumbent is the expert in interpreting accurate costing for expenditures incurred by the Medical Center.

Finance: The incumbent is responsible for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive accounting system which includes assets, liabilities, expense, income, budgetary and capital accounts for the Medical Center.

They actively participates with the Deputy Chief Financial Officer in planning the nature and scope of the accounting program for each organizational element of the medical center, including a fund control system that permits management to obtain maximum benefits from budgeted funds and at the same time guard against violations of the Anti-deficiency Act.

The incumbent is responsible for reviewing new policies, procedures, regulations and guidance provided by VA Central Office or the VISN Office and informing the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of changes that need to be implemented in order to be compliant.

Incumbent utilizes the IFCAP database, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint to develop reports, analysis, training materials, trending and tracking in support of the Financial Management Service.

Supervision: The incumbent is responsible for guiding and directing the employees under their supervision as well as others in the Financial Management Service as needed.

Approves/Disapproves leave requests assuring the appropriate staffing levels for operations, establishes performance standards and evaluating performances of the employees.

Processes recruitment requests, performs interviews and rating processes when vacancies arise. Advises, counsels and/or instructs individuals on both work and administrative matters.

Insures employees receive training needed to perform the functions of their positions.

Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday (Excluding federal holidays) Telework: This position is authorized for Ad-hoc telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Accountant/PD030960 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized