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Accounting Technician

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Veterans Health Administration

Summary

The position is located in the Finance Office, Accounting Section, at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. The position acts as the Primary Agent Cashier and is located at the Main Campus. Performs analysis and reconciliations of accounts, records, and reports. Maintains several subsidiary ledgers and schedules that support general ledger balances. Audits account balances for accuracy and processes necessary correcting and adjusting entries. Provides technical and procedural guidance to clerks.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Open & closing dates
02/20/2026 to 03/02/2026
Salary
$50,087 to - $65,113 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 6
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Ann Arbor, MI
1 vacancy
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
No
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
CBSR-12889624-26-RLC
Control number
858362400

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Duties

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MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Any or all of the following duties may be performed at any time:

Accounting Support 60%
The incumbent performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, fiscal and financial management function. Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, cash processing, and accounting technician work.

Duties include such things as:

- Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data across multiple appropriations.
- Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness and correctness of accounting data. Verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect; establishes routines for input of these transactions. Assigns transactions that will have the proper accounting effect.
- Incumbent audits or processes obligations, payments, adjustments, travel requests, travel vouchers, cost transfers, purchase card transactions, VRQ's (vendor change requests), accruals, deposits, bills of collection, Personal Funds of Patients (PFOP) postings, offsets, reconciliations, reviews, ad hoc reports, etc.
- Assists with reviews of outstanding undelivered orders and accounts payable to determine appropriate follow up action. Correspondence is prepared to respective services.
- Cost transfers include, but are not limited to, EW's (a type of cost transfer) for correcting erroneous costing on purchase orders and three-part ET's (a type of cost transfer).
- Reconciles accounting systems output with input for accountability. Maintains control of receipts, disbursements, and logs. Maintains control of funds obligated and funds expended.
- Analyzes documents for accuracy and authorization, such as the Financial Indicators Report, obligations and payments. Determines proper cost centers, budget object codes (BOC), appropriations and fund control points to be entered into a computerized cost accounting system. All documents must be verified for accuracy and completeness of accounting data prior to entry. Also verifies the accuracy and completeness of documents to ensure that service or supplies have been certified as to receipt.
- Documents financial transactions to assure a proper audit trail, including but not limited to proper and complete documentation of follow-up on reconciliations, and back-up documentation for accounts receivable. Assigns transactions that will have the proper accounting effect.
- Monitors and makes input to current vendor file so that vendors may be paid promptly under the FMS system.
- Reviews pending items and ensures that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time.
- Research issues, including, but not limited to vendor issues, missing payments, and rejects.
- 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. Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts.
- Maintains control of receipts and deposits and related tracking mechanisms.
- Ensures the timely preparation of reports for VISN, Department of Treasury, VA Headquarters, and local management.
- Knowledge of fiscal procedures is required to audit and research documentation used. Must have the ability to evaluate documentation, draw conclusions and make sound recommendations.
- Responsible for working with numerous different unrelated systems, such as Financial Management System (FMS), Integrated Funds Distribution, Control Point Activity, Accounting and Procurement System (IFCAPS), Veterans Information Systems Technology Architecture (VISTA), Invoice Payment Processing System (IPPS), G-Invoicing, Beneficiary Travel Self Service System (BTSSS), Federal Records System (FRS), Federal Travel System, Accounts Receivable, Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Office and Internet Explorer.
- Assists and consults control point users and other customers throughout the Medical Center, providing expert advice and guidance concerning Fiscal and financial policies, procedures, regulations, etc.

*See more duties located in the "Additional Information" section.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:15am to 4:45pm
Telework: Ad-Hoc Agreement but it is limited to extremely rare circumstances.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD93186-0
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Requirements

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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
  • 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)
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:
  • 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.
Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/02/2026.

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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. 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. *Award SF-50 do not show required information.

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: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: possessing substantive knowledge of banking practices and currency, maintaining cash flow, balancing accounts daily to assure that the disbursing fund and collections are properly accounted for, and submitting treasury

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Operations
  • Communication
  • Principles of Accounting


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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is mainly sedentary. There is some walking, bending, lifting and carrying of light objects.

Work Environment: The work is performed in a normal office setting.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Duties Continued:

Agent Cashier Support 20%

Duties include such things as:

- Completes all Agent Cashier functions in accordance with applicable Treasury Department rules, VA Regulations and VA Handbook 4010 in specific.
- Disburses cash payments to patients, employees and other individuals as an agent of the Treasury Department. Assumes personal financial accountability for any monetary loss to the employing agency, The documents supporting each disbursement must be examined to assure that all legal and administrative requirements have been met for such disbursement.
- Performs collection activity that includes receiving, receipting, and depositing of funds to a local bank depository. A determination of the proper appropriation to credit these funds must be made prior to deposit. Determines the acceptability of payment documents and cash items aided by knowledge of Treasury Department and VA Regulations.
- Utilizes the payment entry options in the Agent Cashier menu under the VISA based accounts receivable systems, whereby the incumbent will post/apply payments, store payment data, reconcile daily deposit of funds and accounting prepayments, and correctly posts collections to the proper accounts. It is of the utmost importance that correct collection determinations are made and that accounts are posted accurately and timely.
- Responsible for training alternate cashiers, therefore, required to have a through knowledge of cash processing.
- Ensures security and accountability are followed at all times.

Non-Healthcare Accounts Receivable Support 20%

The non-healthcare accounts receivable program is a reimbursable and refund program, authorized by law, to recover reasonable value of the cost of sharing agreements rendered to outside entities and monies due from employees, ex-employees and vendors.

Full PD #93186-0 upon request


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.

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.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

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