Financial Technician

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Note: In order to be considered “qualified” for this position, your specialized experience must be described in your resume. Please be sure that your resume clearly defines any and all of the specialized experience that you may have. If your specialized experience is not clearly detailed in your resume, you may not be considered for this position. The USAO cannot assume what duties were/are accomplished based on a job title. GS-5: To be eligible at the GS-5 level, you must have: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or four years of education above the high school level; or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below. Specialized Experience is defined as entering, modifying, and correcting financial information in a computerized accounting or computerized system; demonstrate a basic understanding of accounting systems, policies, and procedures to review, record, maintain and process funding documents, travel authorizations, payments and reimbursements; ability to work accurately with figures; ability to research or investigate problems or errors requiring reconciling incomplete information. Combining Education and Experience: Successfully completed post-high school education may be used to meet the total one year of specialized experience requirement equivalent to the GS-4 grade level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. GS-06: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 level in Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized Experience is defined as experience receiving and reviewing financial documents for accuracy and in compliance with applicable guidelines; assisting other staff in assigning document control numbers according to the appropriate budget category or other funding codes; using automated financial management systems to record funding obligations and/or payee information; assisting higher level staff in providing information on travel and other financial regulations, policies, and guidelines.
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