Staff Accountant

Summary

The position is located at Portland VA Medical Center - Portland Campus - in the Fiscal Service - Accounting section. He/she performs technician level work in direct support of budget - accounting - auditing - fiscal - and/or financial management function.

Duties

• Formulates a variety of financial reports serving as a member of a management team for organizations serviced and recommends the establishment of policies and procedures affecting the accounting system
• Advises management on regulatory requirements and changing program operations
• Devises accounting structures and procedures to satisfy regulatory or legislative changes
• Aids management in applying financial data and recommending alternatives to resolve difficult problems
• Reconciles cash - accounts receivable - accounts payable - and other general ledger accounts
• Corrects all differences between the subsidiary ledger balances and the control account balances in the general ledger
• Provides accounting information and guidance to program officials
• Develops a segment of an automated accounting system
• Prepares procedural instructions for the development or implementation of automated accounting systems
• Reviews, analyzes, and validates domestic and/or foreign business industry financial and statistical data
• Uses appropriate costing methodologies to recognize, determine, accumulate, and report costs of activities on a regular basis for management information purposes
• Prepares cost analysis for various areas in the Medical Center by analyzing buying and selling agreements to ensure the VA recoups all costs
• Aids in performing financial audits, analysis, and evaluations of the financial operations and related procedures as part of the Fiscal Service Quality Assurance System, which includes Accounting, Employee Accounts, Agent Cashier, Voucher Audit, General Post Funds, Real Property and Patient Funds
• Aids in the preparation, analysis, and submission of a variety of financial statements, reports, and audits to local management, VACO management, and other agencies or organizations, including the Annual Report of Real Property, Annual Report of Depreciation, and other recurring and non-recurring reports and audits
• Aid in verifying, analyzing, and/or reconciling a very large number of computer-generated reports, which includes but not limited to RCS-JO Trial Balance, RPO 820 Control Point Listing, RPO 821 Operating Ledger Update Listing, RPO 82S Analysis of Reimbursable Earning and Collections, RPO 826 Status of Funds, RPO 827 CALM Monthly Journal, RPO 830 Listing of Cost and FTEE, RPO 83I Listing of Modifications and Deletions, RPO 860 Accounting Reconciliations, RPO 861 Reconciliations of Reimbursable Earnings, RPO 865 Reconciliations of General Ledger Accounts, RPO 885a Obligation by Subaccount, RPO 887 Obligation by Control Point, Cost Center, and Subaccount, and Interoffice General Ledger Accounts
• In the absence of the Chief Accounting, incumbent will coordinate workload activities and provide guidance on technical issues

Preferred Experience

• 1 year of Federal Accounting Experience

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 Process

• Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday
7:30am - 4:00pm (PST)

Telework

Not available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position

Position Description/PD#: Staff Accountant/PD20241A and PD20240A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report

Not Required

Physical Requirements

The position requires sedentary work with occasional extra physical activity in securing records which have been filed in local storage and travel between the two divisions and the Willamette National Cemetery.