Accountant, Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst

Summary

These positions will serve as an Accountant within Centralized Financial Service located at Veterans Affairs (VA) Southeast Health Network, Health Service Area (HSA) 2.1 in Roanoke, Virginia.

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* * THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

• Maintains general ledger control accounts, and subsidiary records for medical care, administration and medical facilities appropriations, research, general post and suspense account funds for all serviced medical centers.
• Examines a variety of financial statements and documents for completeness, internal accuracy and conformance with uniform accounting classifications and other accounting requirements.
• Analyzes a variety of accounts and transactions.
• Reconciles reports and financial data, pointing out inconsistencies or errors.
• Reviews obligations by verifying fund control balances.
• Proposes required modifications to serving stations based on review and analysis.
• Validates construction costing and processes expensing transactions to prevent overstatements of the general ledger accounts.
• Uses multiple accounting systems to post payments and prepare progress reports, electronic running balance reports and monthly work in process reconciliation reports.
• Performs other related duties assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday; 7:45am - 4:30pm

Recruitment & Relocation

Incentives:

Not authorized

Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

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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
• 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 (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL  cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following Basic Requirements to qualify for this Accountant position.

A. Bachelor's Degree (or higher) (Transcript Required): accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting. The twenty-four (24) hours may include up to six (6) hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard.

Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")

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B. Combination of education and experience (Transcript and Details of experience Required): at least four (4) years of experience in…