- Position Title
- Accountant
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTA-12666804-25-RNL Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, January 13, 2025 to Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
This section will be used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Select the response which best describes your specialized experience for the position. Specialized experience is defined as but not limited to technical knowledge of financial operations, policies and procedures; financial activities requiring the ability to research and apply fiscal rules and regulations; evaluating a variety of financial data and the application of results; and the knowledge of automated systems.
1.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: In addition to the qualifications, the Accountant position requires responsibilities that require professional accounting knowledge. Therefore, applicants must meet one of the accounting series occupational requirements below. Select the response that best describes your education and/or combination of education and experience for the position.
2.
GS-09 TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: Please select the response below that most accurately describes you:
3.
Do you possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the knowledge, skill and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Maintaining and reconciling accounts involving various transactions and performing reviews and audits; using automated accounting systems; developing and maintaining databases and preparing accounting reports; and knowledge of basic procurement procedures. Maintains the overall controls for expenditure accounting; analyzes and views reports to assure they are in balance; preparation of Internal audit reports; accounting data, computerized cost accounting reports; Monitor's and controls accounts by timely recording, balancing, and scrutinizing for inaccurate accounts; Identifies and resolves common accounting transactions; maintain General Ledger accounts, Provides budgetary support; monitors Fund Control Points(s)/obligations; Monitors the status and availability of funds.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Reviews transactions recorded to ensure accuracy and uniformity of appropriation charged and accounting concepts applied.
5.
Provides accounting expertise and fiscal services to subordinates as well as department, top management, and/or VACO financial management.
6.
Provides FMS, IFCAP, and Fund Management training to accounting technicians, control point clerks and officials, and service/service line chiefs.
7.
Participates in decision making sessions and advises a number of program managers on regulatory requirements and financial polices.
8.
Responsible for the maintenance, reconciliation, and auditing of accounts in general ledger covering the full range of assets, liabilities, income, expense, cost accounting, and budgeting
9.
Manages processing and inputting of reconciliation's and audits as directed by CFS.
10.
Directs the preparation, reviews, an analyzes reconciliation reports.
11.
Establishes and maintains liaison between operating and management officials at medical center and CFS.
12.
Maintains and performs monthly reconciliation of various general ledger accounts with related subsidiaries.
13.
Performs monthly and year-end accruals for the general ledger accounts that are required for proper financial statements.
14.
Maintains the overall controls for expenditure accounting.
15.
Analyzes and views reports to assure they are in balance, data is valid, and adheres to prescribed regulatory manuals and procedures.
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I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement, or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled; I may be denied an appointment; or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated and that responding "No" or providing no response to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.