Accounting Technician

This National Guard position is for a Accounting Technician (Title 32), Position Description Number D1984000 and is part of the Resource Management Division for USPFO located in Draper UT, with the Utah Army National Guard.

The selecting supervisor for this vacancy is Mr. Joseph Lagasse.

Priority will be given to all current, onboard employees of the UTARNG.

This position is located in the United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) Comptroller Division, Accounting Services Branch. The purpose of this position is to provide analysis, validation, processing, and correction of financial transactions and issues/ discrepancies involving the full range of accounting services. Incumbent uses a complete understanding of inter-related work systems across multiple functional areas and their interoperability to ensure the validity and accuracy of all obligations, disbursements, collections/deposits, and adjustments related to financial records.

MAJOR DUTIES: This is not an all-inclusive list:

• Performs broad in-depth analysis on multiple management systems and applies this information to complicated precedent type cases to resolve especially difficult and sensitive, out of balance conditions associated with processing actions within accounting systems.
• Analyzes and evaluates data to conduct a variety of fiscal reconciliations, reviews, and account adjustments.
• Reconciles accounting and budget data with Program Managers and the USPFO Deputy Financial Manager/Budget Officer.
• Balances all Program Managers' accounts with the federal database of record.
• Performs fact finding, research, and investigations to identify, analyze and recommend solutions regarding fiscal accounting activity.
• Analyzes particular facts of fiscal transaction problems/issues; verifies, evaluates, and interprets considerable amounts of data; obtains additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies; and applies pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution.
• Applies many different and unrelated processes and methods associated with fiscal transactions to analyze complex and unusual accounting transactions.
• Responds to customer requests for information/assistance.
• Examines accounts or resolves difficult reconciliations requiring an analysis of adjustments and corrections in accounts.
• Traces transactions identifying the source(s) of discrepancies, develops corrective actions required to bring accounts into agreement, ensures the accuracy of adjusted accounts, and recommends actions to prevent recurrence of similar discrepancies involving a multiplicity of interrelated systems.
• Compiles and verifies the accuracy of accounting data to prepare statements and reports, schedules, and comparative analyses of accounting transactions.
• Reconstruct inaccurate accounts, gathers and organizes information for inquiries and resolves problems referred by managers, employees, congressional inquiries, etc.
• Suggests specific changes to state guidelines themselves, development of control mechanisms, additional training for customers, and specific guidance related to the procedural handling of documents and information.
• Coordinates with internal/external financial/program management personnel to resolve issues and/or prevent accounting errors.
• Uses initiative to guide and inform and persuade individuals who are skeptical or uncooperative, in order to provide information, take corrective action, and provide findings, and/or recommendations/solutions to comply with established laws and regulations.
• Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies regulations, policies, procedures and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex fiscal issues/problems regardless of the technical difficulties encountered.
• Uses fiscal accounting and related interfaced systems to provide input/adjustments to the fiscal accounting database of record and the interoperable feeder systems of logistics, contracting, pay, travel, accounts payable, disbursement and inter fund automated systems.
• Makes independent decisions regarding processes involving unusual circumstances or conditions.
• Develops variations in approaches to fit specific functions while often encountering incomplete, unreliable or conflicting data in the process of work performance.
• Applies accounting methods, procedures, and techniques to conduct difficult and in-depth analysis.
• Validates transactions and performs research to resolve inconsistencies.
• Uses computer master file systems, document processing and the effects of transactions on existing records to modify normal automated processes in existing accounts while protecting historical data.
• Ensure adjustments relating to account balances, contract modifications, collections, disbursements, garnishments, or other actions involving complicated adjustments are performed accurately and timely.
• Schedules, runs, and analyzes various fiscal accounting reports, such as the Master Update Error report, AXol (Government Purchase Card) line of accounting report, and Master Update Listing for the Account Processing Code (APC) candidate file.
• Performs other duties as assigned.