U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 5 hours ago
Accountant
Lexington, KY
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
1+ years expThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an Accountant responsible for the detailed and efficient operation and control of day-to-day fiscal activities at a VA Medical Center. The role involves maintaining accounting records, preparing financial statements, and providing training on financial systems.
GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Plans - establishes - and maintains a commercial-type double entry accounting system covering several appropriations and programs
Develops and maintains controls as may be necessary to assure that accounting records accurately reflect the financial condition of the medical center
Responsible for maintaining appropriate daily transactions and updating records - subsidiary journals - operating ledger accounts and fund control points
Responsible for verifying - analyzing - and/or reconciling a large number of computer generated reports validating general ledger control accounts to their related subsidiary records maintained in Fiscal - Logistics - Engineering - Voluntary Services - etc
Responsible for the preparation - analysis - and submission of a variety of financial statements and reports to local management - VACO management - and other agencies or organizations Develops and furnishes selected accounting date and/or comparative analysis as requested by management or thought useful
Responsible for training new IFCAP and FMS users both inside and outside of Fiscal Service - trouble shooting when problems occur and generating specialized reports for management
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the federal service)
Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge - skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position
Education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained
Degree: accounting or a degree in a related field such as business administration - finance - or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting
The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law
Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality
A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor - obtained through written examination
Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing - e.g. - 15 semester hours
Successful work at the full-performance level in accounting - auditing - or a related field
A panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields
CANDIDATES MUST SUBMIT AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF CONFERRED DEGREE BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT CLOSING
Specialized Experience for GS7 - GS9 - GS11 is defined as: Applying professional accounting theories - concepts - practices - principles - methods and techniques to programming - budgeting and financial systems
Utilizing analytical tools and research techniques to solve accounting issues and providing recommendations for improvement
Knowledge and experience maintaining fund accounts
Preparing financial statements and reports
Monitoring - analyzing - and reconciling a variety of accounting reports - ledgers - and data utilizing financial management and automated accounting systems
Providing training on queries to standard systems and the use of individual applications
Project management and delegating assignments to accounting staff
Collaborating with systems personnel on designing automated systems to facilitate the processing of data
Planning and coordinating accounting closeouts or reorganization events
GS-7 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5
GS-9 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7
GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs
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
Benefits
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service - increase worker productivity - and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies
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