Accounting Technician

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an Accounting Technician position located at the Indianapolis VA Medical Center in Indianapolis, IN, performing various functions involving the maintenance and reporting of financial accounting data.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/19/2026. 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 that date. For a GS‑06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS‑05. 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. In this instance you must provide an additional SF‑50 that clearly demonstrates one‑year time‑in‑grade. 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 as described below:
Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS‑05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to:
Accounting procedures relating to funding—appropriation allotments—obligations and disbursements—and the ability to analyze the interrelationship of accounts affected by varied transactions; procurement transactions and documents; accounting symbolic codes; account structures and procedures for setting up and liquidating obligations; VA cost accounting system utilizing cost centers, sub‑accounts, and fund control points of numerous combinations; all interbalanced from subsidiaries to general ledger control accounts.

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• Process accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions including obligations, accrued payables, disbursements, refunds, collections, replenishment of funds, liquidation of funds, receipt processing, and expenditure transfers.
• Verify appropriate accounting element data, assign accurate transaction coding, and cost proper general accounts to the financial management system through the subsidiary reporting system.
• Review invoices and ensure proper certification or payment in accordance with the Prompt Payment Act.
• Review and correct rejected transactions within the financial management system promptly.
• Perform daily and monthly analysis and review of transactions to verify accounting data as necessary.
• Compare Fund Control Point account balances with related data to ensure agreement; review records and source documents to identify sources of discrepancies and perform entries required to balance reports.
• Monitor monthly and quarterly National reporting metrics and requests, including accrual flag report, obligation and accrual sample testing, and potentially large accruals.
• Serve as the primary alternate Agent Cashier performing all functions associated with the Agent Cashier office during regularly scheduled leave and mandatory yearly two‑week transfer of responsibility and accountability.
• Serve as backup to employee travel personnel performing all functions associated with the employee travel position during periods of leave.
• Work schedule:
  
  7:30 am–4:00 pm. This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:
Accounting Technician/PD92035-0. Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI):
Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.