Financial Accounts Technician

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:11/21/2024. 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. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06 level. If you are a current VBA employee requesting a reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-7 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-7. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-07 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which was equivalent to the GS-6 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience in a Federal payroll/accounting systems, approving vouchers, financial audits or monitoring a budget system ensuring expenditures are in compliance with applicable Federal laws and regulations. Examples of specialized experience would include: Performing quality reviews of Federal pay request actions; Researching and troubleshooting unusual or one-of-a kind Federal pay adjustments; Confidential Information Safeguard Crediting Plan Confidential Information Safeguard Extensive knowledge of various Federal pay systems to include advising employees on Federal guidelines for pay plans and retirement systems; Auditing and reconciling various advanced payroll reports; Providing senior-level technical advice to Federal employees regarding payroll, time and leave matters. Education Substitution: There is no educational substitution. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical effort may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
This position is located in the Support Services Division (SSD) at the Houston Regional Office (RO). The incumbent serves as a Financial Accounts Technician (FAT) under the supervision of the Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist and performs accounting, civilian payroll, and accounts receivable functions in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.