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• Performs work in support of a fiscal nature, such as liaison with outside resources and Department of Treasury for operating advances, regarding the status of payments, initiating internal fiscal controls for processing of receiving and disbursing documents, or inputting and maintaining financial data into an automated financial system.
• Establishing and maintaining a complex cashier function, which contributes to the effective service to our Veterans and the efficiency of Fiscal Service Operations. The incumbent, being responsible for transactions involving the disbursement and receipt of funds, must be knowledgeable in the structure of applicable appropriations, object classes, standardized accounts and und control points in order to ensure proper charges and credits. The incumbent, as Principal Cashier, is responsible to the Treasury Department for his/her work and that of all Alternate and Imprest Fund Cashiers.
• All cash transactions (payment & receipts) must comply with Treasury and banking regulations. Competence in governmental accounting policy and procedures is required to administer several appropriations and funds, balancing and reconciling the funds daily. Assists with studies of administrative practices, which cause payment complaints. Recommends management changes, which will reduce or eliminate justified complaints. Implements further studies necessary to clarify the problem. Takes appropriate independent action and provides follow-up of the issues to monitor the effectiveness of any program changes.
• Establishing, controlling and maintaining, as the central point, the specialized monetary systems utilized by the VA, including check drafts. Examines verifies and maintains financial accounts data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data. Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made.
• Employees work with systems development personnel to locate and resolve accounting transactions problems in the accounting system. Employee review, evaluate, and verify the range of accounting transactions to determine the adequacy of the system.
• Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other posting documents reflecting the entries to be made. Incumbent has technical responsibility for the maintenance, auditing, and reconciliation of the general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, and for the control of funds.
• Employees examine accounts to resolve difficult reconciliations requiring analysis of adjustment and corrective entries in the account. They trace transactions entered and prepare worksheets to reflect the source of discrepancies, corrective action required to bring accounts into agreement.
• Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts. Researches, interprets, and verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts documents and subsequent accounting transactions. Establishes routines for input of these transactions.
• Prepares Reconciliation of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports and special reports. Reconciles accounting systems output with input for accuracy. Maintains control of receipts and disbursements. Maintains control of funds obligated and funds expended. Ensures the timely preparation of all reports for Department of Treasury, Agency Headquarters and local management.
• Analyzes general edger accounts to ensure accurate reports. Analyzes documents for accuracy and authorization. Documents financial transactions to assure proper audit trail. Assigns transactions that will have the proper accounting affect. Reviews pending items and ensures that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/19/2026.

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-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. 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 as described below:

Specialized Experience: GS-06: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Supporting accounting, budget and other related financial management work.

Specialized Experience: GS-07: 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: Supporting accounting, budget and other related financial management work. Basic understanding of accounting and banking systems, policies and procedures in performing the examination, verification and maintenance of accounts and accounting data.


You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accounting
• Attention to Detail
• Creative Thinking
• Customer Service
• Integrity/Honesty
• Technology Application

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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