Accounting Technician

Description:

The Primary purpose of this position: is to perform work in Fiscal Service. This position reports to the Chief, Accounting Section.

The Organizational Location of the Position is : Accounting Section, Fiscal Service, VA North Texas Healthcare System (VANTHCS) Dallas, TX.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/02/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Specialized experience includes: Experience in auditing payment documents received from various sources such as vendors, employees, Beneficiary Travel, Patient Funds, and the Agent Cashier for correctness AND Reconciles and balances the Accrued Services Payable and Undelivered Orders Reports. Post payments to obligation documents when payment is processed AND Experience with general ledger accounting and the control/ subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and disbursing officer's accountability.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, but some walking, bending and lifting is required as in a normal business environment.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ .