Accounting Technician

Qualifications must be met by 07/17/2024

Minimum Qualification Requirement - In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

For GG-06: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS/GG-05) in Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes knowledge of accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis and make determinations within a complete accounting system; examines all accounts in order to analyze, detect trends, and problems that affect the overall operations of accounting; reviews and approves requisitions for services, supplies, real property, equipment, and adjustments for all appropriations; audits payment documents received from vendors, employees, beneficiary travel, and agent cashier for correctness; and actively directs and performs research of current accounts, historical data, source document, and etc. to develop and explain detailed information.

For GG-07: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS/GG-06) in Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes knowledge of accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis and make determinations within a complete accounting system; examines all accounts in order to analyze, detect trends, and problems that affect the overall operations of accounting; reviews and approves requisitions for services, supplies, real property, equipment, and adjustments for all appropriations; audits payment documents received from vendors, employees, beneficiary travel, and agent cashier for correctness; actively directs and performs research of current accounts, historical data, source document, develop and explain detailed information; knowledge of related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of transactions; ability to trace transactions entered and prepare worksheets or adjustments to reflect the source of discrepancies; reconciles and knowledge of the interrelationships of various accounting system software package applications and computer systems.

For GG-08: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS/GG-07) in Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes knowledge of accounting principles, methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and responsible analysis and make determinations within a complete accounting system; examines all accounts in order to analyze, detect trends, and problems that affect the overall operations of accounting; reviews and approves requisitions for services, supplies, real property, equipment, and adjustments for all appropriations; audits payment documents received from vendors, employees, beneficiary travel, and agent cashier for correctness; actively directs and performs research of current accounts, historical data, source document, develop and explain detailed information; knowledge of related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of transactions; ability to trace transactions entered and prepare worksheets or adjustments to reflect the source of discrepancies; reconciles and knowledge of the interrelationships of various accounting system software package applications and computer systems.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site: Accounting Technician Series 0525.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. 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.

Your resume must have complete information: Please ensure your resume accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume states complete information for each job entry (beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position.

Part-Time or Unpaid Experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.