Summary The position serves as the Lead Accounting Technician at the VA Northern California Health Care System , Fiscal Service in the Accounting Section. The position involves a variety of complexed and specialized accounting transactions in support of fiscal mission. Responsibilities Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Tour of duty subject to change to meet the needs of the Agency Telework: Not Authorized; Position not suitable for telework Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Lead Accounting Technician/PD02879O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required The Lead Accounting Technician, GS-0525-08, serves as the focal point of contact, expert, advisor of requirements, regulations, and procedures involving full range of routine and non-routine assignments also is responsible to lead a group of Accounting Technicians in terms of controlling, analyzing, validating, and reconciling accounting and reporting data received internally or from other fiscal stations or VA activities to compromise expenditure and statues report listings for submission to higher reporting levels. Duties for the may include but not limited to: Leads 7. 0 Accounting Technician, GS-0525-6/7, Accounting Technicians at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Fiscal Service, Accounting Section Serves as Work Leader by identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks to team members in accordance with established workflow, and assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload. Makes day-to-day adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities. Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides individual and team training in specific tasks and job techniques and provides on-the-job training in accordance with established procedures and practices. Answers team member's questions concerning work processes and procedures, policies, and directives. Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. Provides information to the supervisor as requested concerning promotions, reassignment, recognition or outstanding performance and personnel needs. Approves leave for a few hours or emergencies. Due to his/her role of lead must perform all the duties of the Accounting Team plus assist with the duties of the Accountants in their absences. Can be designated to substitute for all accounting staff positions in their absences. During peak periods and special accounting projects he/she assists the staff member in the performance of their duties. Assisting in processing accounting rejects from FMS or IFCAP accounting systems, but also assessing problem areas and suggesting changes to improve the overall accounting system and structure at the Medical Center. Assist in setting up procedures, processes, and a monitoring and reporting system to assure that all day-to-day accounting workload is completed. As technical advisor for all accounting transactions, the incumbent is responsible for cost transfer transactions to include FMS EB, EW and ET transactions, other transactions as assigned. Serves as the first line for handling accounting issues that arise from within the Medical Center, Austin Financial Services Center, or accounting technicians. Provides information and training to Medical Center staff related primarily to include 1358's, purchase cards, 2237's, fund control points, cost centers and budget object codes. Performs the Agent Cashier monthly reconciliations. Serves as backup for the more difficult monthly reconciliation such as general ledger and subsidiary accounts to assure that the accounts are in balance, verifies corrected copy, and recommends changes in procedure to prevent a recurrence of the problems. Prepares miscellaneous reports required of the Accounting Team and other services within the Medical Center. Performs special reviews and analyses to ensure the integrity of the general ledge control system. Other duties as assigned. Requirements 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 Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/02/2024. 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-08 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge and ability in accounting procedures; ability to maintain and analyze accounts; problem solving complex accounting issues; leading accounting staff and answering questions; serving as expert in accounting practices; and knowledge of accounting systems and maintenance of General Ledger accounts. NOTE: 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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Accounting Accounting Operations Decision Making Technical Competence 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 primarily sedentary with some walking, and standing, and bending. Incumbent may be required to lift and move files/printouts. Travel may be required between the Medical Center to the various our-post Medical Center locations. 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a VA job announcement includes language requiring applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply to this Job Announcement. VA may request information regarding your vaccination status, if selected, for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.