Accounting Technician

Include but not limited to:

• Apply understanding of standard general ledgers (SGL) and basic financial documents such as travel orders invoices receiving reports and employee pay documents.
• Review undelivered orders and payables for a variety of reasons to include outstanding balances payments delivery dates amendments and proper costing.
• Record payments from obligating documents in the Finance package to reflect accurate obligation balance.
• Utilize computer programs under Microsoft Office to include Word Excel Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Review Agent Cashier daily deposits to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Process payment vendors/customers after accuracy verification of supporting documents.
• Utilize Microsoft Excel for data entry creating formulas sorting filtering formatting and creating pivot tables.
• Utilize Microsoft Outlook to manage emails and contacts schedule appointments set reminders follow-up etc.
• Maintains files in accordance with local procedures and supports audit readiness by ensuring documentation is properly labeled retained and retrievable.
• Reconcile Agent Cashier Replenishments.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory qualification and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.


Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD06130A PD06131A and PD06130A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office or approved telework environment. You may occasionally lift or carry light items such as files binders or a laptop and may occasionally walk or stand during coordination with customers meetings or file retrieval.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel. (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 08/21/2026.

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-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-04.
• For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05.

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 this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
You will not be contacted for additional information. For appropriate SF-50(s) to submit please see Required Documents section below for examples of SF-50(s) to include.

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.


In addition to meeting Time-In-Grade Requirement you must meet the Minimum Qualification Requirement below.

Minimum Qualification Requirement:

GS-05 Level

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Performs routine accounting support work by receiving reviewing and organizing source documents and transaction support for completeness such as required signatures/approvals required attachments correct forms and basic data elements. Compiles basic status information for higher-level review maintains files in accordance with local procedures and supports audit readiness by ensuring documentation is properly labeled retained and retrievable. OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have four years above high school education. OR
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of GS-04 level specialized experience directly related to the work of the position and graduate-level education beyond the first 60 semester hours (beyond the second year).

GS-06 Level

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Reconcile Agent Cashier Replenishments. Review Agent Cashier daily deposits to ensure completeness and accuracy. Maintains files in accordance with local procedures and supports audit readiness by ensuring documentation is properly labeled retained and retrievable. Utilize computer programs under Microsoft Office to include Word Excel Outlook and PowerPoint.
• There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

Required Experience:

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