Accounting Technician – Office of the Chief Financial Officer

Summary

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As an Accounting Technician, you will be responsible for performing accounting technician support work.

Location of position : General Services Administration, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Pegasys Financial Services Division Kansas City, MO, Fort Worth, TX, Washington D.

C., Denver CO and Philadelphia, PA

We are currently filling one vacancy; however additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

This position has job functions that must be executed within specific geographic locations. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home) within the specified geographic area.

If you are selected for this position, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within 45 days.

At that time, you may be eligible to request to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agency’s telework policy.

As an Accounting Technician, you will perform the following duties :

Provide record keeping support through monitoring processed documents, file maintenance, and preparing documents for scanning or storage.

Analyze, prepare, process, verify and maintain a wide variety of documents, forms, reports and other needed data relating to various accounting support functions.

• Perform overall and / or case-by-case reviewing, researching and fact-finding by using technical accounting files, records, listings, transactions, ledgers, reports, spreadsheets, automated systems and various reference materials.
• Process various accounting related transactions and performs related research in applicable automated systems using different and varied technical processes.

Make appropriate corrections / adjustments as needed or directed.

Provide and extend accurate customer service in a timely and courteous manner when initiating or responding to telephone calls or e-mails, receiving visitors, and responding to and interacting with all customers.

Prepare correspondence to customers as related to areas of responsibility.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable
• Register with Selective Service if you are a male born after 12 / 31 / 1959

If selected, you must meet the following conditions :

Current or Former Political Appointees : The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or NonCareer SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.

Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.

• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
• Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this.

Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.

Qualifications

For each job on your resume, provide :

• the exact dates you held each job (from month / year to month / year)
• number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

The GS-07 salary range starts at $49,793.00 per year.

If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE :

To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-06 level or higher in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is experience performing a broad range of accounting support work assignments. Experience must include resolving problems and deviations;

and answering technical accounting related questions and inquiries.

OR 1 year of graduate level education OR Superior Academic Achievement.

Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) at the baccalaureate level is fully qualifying at the GS-7 grade level. To claim SAA, submit documentation of one of the following :

• Class standing You must be in the upper third of your graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses.
• Grade-point average (rounded to one decimal point) of :
• 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ( B or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of your curriculum; or
• 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ( B+ or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in your major field or the required courses in your major field completed during your final 2 years of the curriculum.
• Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society in one of the national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies.

Additional Information

Bargaining Unit Status : This position is eligible for the bargaining unit.

If you apply to this position and are selected, we will not ask about your criminal history before you receive a conditional job offer.

If you believe you were asked about your criminal history improperly, contact the agency or visit GSA’s webpage.

Relocation-related expenses are not approved and will be your responsibility.

On a case-by-case basis, the following incentives may be approved :

Credit toward vacation leave if you are new to the federal government.

Additional vacancies may be filled through this announcement in this or other GSA organizations within the same commuting area as needed;

through other means; or not at all.

GSA is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility that goes beyond our compliance with EEO regulations including :

• Valuing and embracing diversity, promoting equity, inclusion and accessibility, and expecting cultural competence;
• Fostering a work environment where all employees, customers and stakeholders feel respected and valued.

Our commitment is :

• Reflected in our policies, procedures and work environment.
• Recognized by our employees, customers and stakeholders;
• Drives our efforts to recruit, attract, retain and engage the diverse workforce needed to achieve our mission.

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