Accounting Technician

This position functions as an Accounting Technician located within the Finance Service at the Jefferson Barracks VA St. Louis Medical Center (VAMC) - St. Louis
- Missouri. The primary purpose of this position is to lead the work of other accounting technicians who are responsible for receiving - controlling - monitoring - validating - recording - analyzing and reporting on accounting transactions that affect the assets - cost - liabilities - revenue and proprietary accounts of programs serviced.

This position functions as an Accounting Technician located within the Finance Service at the Jefferson Barracks VA St. Louis Medical Center (VAMC) - St. Louis
- Missouri. The primary purpose of this position is to lead the work of other accounting technicians who are responsible for receiving - controlling - monitoring - validating - recording - analyzing and reporting on accounting transactions that affect the assets - cost - liabilities - revenue and proprietary accounts of programs serviced.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/19/2026. 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 the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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. Reports:
Performs fiscal year-end review and close-out of accounts. Prepares year-end adjustment entries to balance accounts. Analyzes and prepares special reports on the causes of recurring 10433-A Page 2 of 4 adjustment actions; determines the cause of processing errors or problems and recommends corrective procedures. Maintains general ledger accounts. Performs administrative and technical functions to ensure the integrity of the general ledger.

Reconciles electronic interfaces to general ledger from other systems. Prepares/posts journal vouchers. Reconciles subsidiary ledgers to control/summary accounts. He/she posts inventory accounting transactions - property accounting transactions - and calculates and posts depreciation. Prepares and reconciles trial balances. Factor 1 - Knowledge Required by the Position Knowledge of automated and non-automated accounting systems and subsystems - including knowledge of an extensive body of accounting procedures and methods to enter - retrieve - correct - and delete accounting information.

Knowledge of accounting methods for a total accounting system with a number of different programs generating transactions requiring use of most classes of accounts in order to validate - reconcile - balance - and adjust records and reports. Knowledge of the interrelationship between the appropriations and the various control and subsidiary accounts and the ability to determine the impact of various accounting transactions relating to obligations - collections - and inter-fund transactions in order to research - detect - and correct errors in prior transactions.

Knowledge of the full range of accounting classifications and fund codes to ensure the accuracy and validity of transactions. Knowledge of VA's policies - practices - and regulations related to the appropriation and budgetary process - maintenance of ledgers - and preparation of accounting reports to ensure the proper and accurate accounting treatment is applied to the full range of accounting transactions.

Knowledge of workflow and work distribution within organizational unit in order to prioritize and equitably distribute work to lower-level technicians. Factor 2 - Supervisory Controls:
The supervisor makes assignments by defining objectives - priorities - and deadlines and assists the employee with unusual situations that do not have clear precedents. The employee plans and…