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SUPERVISORY ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Department of the Air Force
Air Education and Training Command

Summary

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The primary purpose of this position is: to serve as a first level supervisor, providing planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to 82d FSS, NAF Accounting Office.

About the position: This position is an internal recruitment and limited to the AET command.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
12/03/2025 to 12/10/2025
Salary
$61,111 to - $79,443 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 9
Location
Few vacancies in the following location:
Sheppard AFB, TX
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
Yes
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
9U-AFPC-12845235-994406-AJM
Control number
851524800

Duties

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  • Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of 82d FSS NAF Accounting, ensuring that 82d FSS NAF Accounting complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. Develop goals and objectives that integrate organization and 82d FSS objectives
  • Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignment in consideration of skills, qualifications, and mission requirements
  • Represents FSS with a variety of installation and functional area organizations. Establishes, develops, and maintains effective working relationships with FSS Resource Advisor, all FSS MWR and Lodging Activities, AFSVA functional SMEs, Base Legal and Contracting Offices as well as AAFES and DeCA personnel
  • Receives, reviews, and classifies complex transactions where guidelines lack specificity to requirements, circumstances, or problems and/or frequently change. Utilizes experienced judgment and conducts extensive research to review and process a wide variety of nonstandard transactions for multiple accounts
  • Prepares reports and performs or oversees other miscellaneous technical tasks in support of the accounting function. Periodically prepares a wide variety of specialized reports. Provides detailed interpretations, suggestions for action, and recommendations for improvement. Research and devises more efficient methods for procedural processing. Analyzes results of applying guidelines and recommends changes, such as suggesting specific guidance related to the procedural handling of documents and information

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
  • This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
  • Disclosure of Political Appointments
  • Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft
  • Occasional work before and after normal duty times in support of 82d FSS events
  • This is a Financial Management Level 1 Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d. [c]
  • [c] Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of this certification program
  • A Background Investigation may be required
  • This position is an internal recruitment and limited to the AET command
  • THIS IS A SUPERVISORY POSITION

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Clerical and Administrative Support Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-08, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes administrative, technical, complex clerical, or comparable-in-nature work. The services or products support and significantly affect installation level, area office level, or field office operations and objectives, or comparable program segments; in addition to planning work to be completed by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work; responsible for assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of the subordinates.

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-08 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks. NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

  1. Knowledge of an extensive body of accounting procedures to understand and work with an identifiable segment of an integrated double entry accounting system.
  2. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.
  3. Knowledge of account codes related to an automated system and the requirements for processing transaction in multiple automated systems.
  4. Knowledge of accounting files, listings, and document control systems as well as the relationships between accounts and effect of debit/credit entries on the system of accounts. Knowledge of the Prompt Payment Act as it affects accounts.
  5. Skill in planning, organizing, and directing the functions and staff of a small to medium sized organization.
  6. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well qualified or above for this position. You must submit a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location.

120-Day Register: This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.

Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible: MSP applicants, if determined best qualified, must be selected and placed at the highest grade for which they applied. You must include a completed copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist dated within 30 days along with the documents identified on the checklist to verify your eligibility for MSP. Click here to obtain/download a copy of the DD Form 3145-4, Military Spouse PPP Self-Certification Checklist.

Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.

Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.

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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

BASIS OF RATING:
Your application will be rated under the Cut Point procedures based on the extent to which the quality, depth, and complexity of your experience and education relate to the qualification requirements. Additional points are not added for Veteran's Preference; however, Veteran's Preference is considered where applicable.

Best Qualified Group: Candidates in this category possess exceptional skills and experience to exceed well above the minimum requirements
Fully Qualified Group: Candidates in this category possess good skills and experience above the minimum requirements.
Basically Qualified Group: Candidates in this category meet the minimum education and/or experience requirements.

The resume/documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "insufficient information" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.

For additional information on what to include in your resume, click here.

APPRAISALS/AWARDS: Hiring Managers use objective methods and consider previous performance appraisals and awards in the selection process. Current Federal Civilian employees should list any relevant performance related rating and/or awards in your resume.

Applicants who disqualify themselves will not be evaluated further.

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