Accounting Technician(OA)

The incumbent serves as an Accounting Technician in Fiscal Service for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, located in Mountain View, CA, and is responsible for performing a variety of technical accounting and financial support functions. Major duties: Major duties include but are not limited to: Performing technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, fiscal and financial management functions; Performing budget administration, financial systems, cash processing, and accounting support; Classifying accounting transactions and verifying the accuracy and completeness of accounting data across multiple appropriations; Determining the debit and credit entries to be made to general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts; Summarizing transactions and preparing control documents or other documents reflecting entries to be made; Maintaining, auditing, and reconciling general and subsidiary ledger accounts for the preparation of accurate and timely reports and for the control of funds; Preparing reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports, and special reports; Maintaining control of funds obligated and expended; Receiving and analyzing various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness, and correctness of accounting data; Preparing journal vouchers for multi-line transactions and researching appropriate postings for unusual transactions; Inspecting purchase orders, requisitions, and all financial components and making corrections when necessary; Training and consulting control point users and other customers throughout the Medical Center, providing expert advice and guidance concerning Fiscal and financial policies, procedures, regulations, etc.; Performing related duties as required. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 08:00-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician(OA)/PD03193-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6. 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: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: collecting and verifying accounting data; examining and maintaining financial accounts; processing deposits; and using accounting software and automated systems to perform a variety of accounting-related duties. This experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. 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/.