Staff Accountant

Summary

The Staff Accountant verifies and maintains the integrity of data being recorded in the various accounting systems. Analyzes output to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with guidelines, policies, and GAAP. The need for accurate and timely accounting data is essential to budget formulation and forecasting and to the control and judicious use of appropriated funds. Properly records cost data as it pertains to the resource allocation model which has a direct impact on station funding.

Primary duties include but may not be limited to the following:

• Review transactions recorded throughout the system to ensure accuracy and uniformity of appropriation charges and accounting concepts applied.
• Interpret and execute at appropriate time all accounting manual changes of VA Handbooks, Directives, and other written policies affecting accounting operations.
• Uses sound judgment in establishing local procedures to insure accounting principles are adhered to.
• Provides accounting expertise and fiscal services to subordinates as well as department, top management, and/or VA Central Office (VACO) financial management personnel.
• Provide FMS, IFCAP, and Fund Management training to accounting technicians, control point officials, service/ service line chiefs, and fund control clerks throughout the medical center.
• Participates in decision making sessions and advises multiple program managers on regulatory requirements, financial policies, the interpretation of data, and program improvements through analysis of program operations, monthly reports, and special system edits.
• Responsible for the maintenance, reconciliation and auditing of accounts in a general ledger covering the full range of assets, liabilities, income, expense, cost accounting and budgeting.
• Monitors unfavorable trends or deviations and suggests necessary corrective action.
• Manages processing and completion of reconciliation's and audits.
• Directs the preparation, reviews and analysis of reconciliation reports (trial balances, operation of personnel quarters, Real Property Reports, accounts payable, accounts receivable, undelivered orders, Credit Card System and cost reports for all FMS, IFCAP, and PAID systems.
• Establishes and maintains liaison between operating and management officials at the medical centers.
• Responsible for compilation of cost data to develop reports, the accuracy of which has a major impact on the budgetary process for the Medical Centers and are used as a tool by the agency to allocate resources within the Veterans Health Administration.
• Maintains and performs monthly reconciliation of various general ledger accounts with related subsidiaries for various independent appropriations, including revolving funds, fund accounts, construction and grant accounts.
• Assures accounting data, computerized cost accounting reports and trial balances are in balance, to include: preparation of Internal Audit Reports for operating officials and other segments of management / VISN staff as requested.
• Performs monthly and year-end accruals for the general ledger accounts that are required for proper financial statements.
• Maintains the overall controls for expenditure accounting.
• Determines transactions are properly processed.
• Analyzes and views reports to assure they are in balance, that the data is valid and that they adhere to prescribed regulatory manuals and procedures.
• Classifies erroneous conditions and recommends changes in procedures to prevent recurrence of the problem.

The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Full-Time, Monday-Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm

Ad-hoc

This is not a virtual position.

Staff Accountant/PD19013A

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre‑employment requirements…