Accountant

4 days ago


Ashland, Massachusetts, United States VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Full time
About the Job

This is a full-time position at the VA Boston Healthcare System, located in Jamaica Plain, MA. The job is open to current federal employees of the agency, career transition candidates, and other eligible individuals.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct daily examination of various accounting transaction listings, cost reports, financial statements, project fund balances, and work orders to ascertain accuracy and completeness of data.
  • Review and analyze programs and procedures related to receiving, validating, and recording accounting transactions affecting the asset, liability, expense, and revenue accounts of supported activities.
  • Evaluate General Ledger account balances; analyze subsidiary ledgers for accuracy and integrity of data and perform necessary research to reconcile account balances.
  • Direct the assignment of project and cost codes, accounting classification, and file maintenance and provide information for transmitting data to appropriate offices.
  • Analyze and review ADP maintenance listings and determine what additions, modifications, and deletions to data base are needed.
  • Research operating finance and accounting data, interpret data, and furnish the data to various organizations to be used for guidance in establishing and programming costs and obligations for current and future operations.
  • Perform liaison function between local operating elements and the finance office in such matters by gathering and interpreting pertinent data and deriving solutions day-to-day finance and accounting matters in accordance with accounting principles, policies, and objectives of the accounting system.
  • Develop, prepare, and revise regulations, information papers, etc., for project and revolving fund accounting control and reporting instructions.
  • Prepare and implement supplemental accounting procedures, reports, and modifications to existing procedures as required by regulatory guidance and/or work situations.
  • Assist in controlling financial operations by controlling obligations and/or expenditures within limitations established by appropriation, allotment, apportionment work allowance, and purposes authorized by public law.
  • Manage summary cost accounts, verifying validity and accuracy of accounting transactions and data. Recognize significant account variances and assist higher-level staff in the proper research and reconciliation of all accounting records.
  • Determine proper work methods and develop work sheets and forms necessary to complete assignments.
Work Schedule and Benefits

The work schedule is Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm. Compressed/flexible and telework options may be authorized at the supervisor's discretion. The position is not authorized for relocation or PCS. The employee will be required to serve a probationary period and undergo a background/security investigation.

Requirements and Qualifications
  • 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).
Education and Experience

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2024. 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-11 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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.

You must qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

  • A. Degree: Accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting.
  • B. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge.

GS-11 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized experience includes, but not limited to: Analyzing transaction listings, cost reports, financial statements, project fund balances, and work orders; Presenting financial data orally and in writing; Developing, preparing, and revising regulations, information papers, etc.

Possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. The degree is in a field that equipped me with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position being filled.

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.

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: Work is primarily sedentary. No special physical demands are required.


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