Supervisory Accounting Technician,
Company: Department Of Homeland Security
Location: Chesapeake
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary
This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), USCG Finance Center
(FINCEN), Chesapeake, VA.
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Overview
* Accepting applications
* Open & closing dates
08/10/2022 to 02/09/2023
* Salary
$55,188 - $71,746 per year
* Pay scale & grade
GS 09
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Location
* Chesapeake, VA Few vacancies
* Remote job
No
* Telework eligible
No
* Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel is required.
* Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
* Appointment type
Permanent - This is a permanent appointment.
* Work schedule
Full-time - This is a full-time position.
* Service
Competitive
* Promotion potential
09
* Job family (Series)
0525 Accounting Technician
* Supervisory status
Yes
* Security clearance
Not Required
* Drug test
No
* Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
* Trust determination process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
* Announcement number
22-2630-SE-AJ-D
* Control number
670710300
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This job is open to
* The public
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the
U.S.
Clarification from the agency
U.S. Citizens. Subject position(s) will be filled through delegated
examining procedures. For definitions of common terms found in this
announcement:
http://dhsconnect.dhs.gov/org/comp/mgmt/dhshr/hr/Documents/JOA_Common_Definitions.pdf
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Duties
This position is located in the Accounting Operations Division,
Coast Guard Finance Center (FINCEN). As a Supervisory Accounting
Technician, this position serves as a first line supervisor in an
organization charged with payment of bills and maintaining
accounting records.
Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the
Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:
* Planning and directing work through Lead Technicians, setting
short-term priorities, balancing work between units, and assuring
quality and quantity of work is maintained.
* Applying experienced knowledge of accounting principles,
appropriation law, procurement regulations and other regulatory
guidance to the accounting/transaction document.
* Reconciling and interpreting complex data and data elements from
computer screens, printouts, or manual reports to source records
(electronic and/or paper copy) and makes complex adjustments as
determined necessary.
* Responding to a wide variety of routine, unusual and complex
questions generated from a large and diverse customer base.
* Supervising the maintenance of records/files/batches to
substantiate, track, and/or reconciling inputted documents.
NOTE: This announcement, which closes on Feb 09, 2023, has the
following cut-off dates: Oct 30, Nov 29, Dec 29, Jan 28, and Feb
09, 2023.
Applications received by 11:59EST on Feb 09, 2023 will be reviewed
for consideration and those deemed qualified in accordance with
merit promotion procedures will be referred to management for
consideration. Applications received after the initial cut-off date
will be considered as needed.
If no selections are determined to be made as the announcement
closing approaches, the announcement may be extended to obtain
additional candidates and a new closing date will be established
and posted on USAJOBS.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
* U.S. Citizenship is required.
* This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries
(NACI).
* Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective
Service.
* A one-year Supervisory Probationary Period may be required.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of
the announcement.
Qualifications
To qualify for the GS-09 level: Applicants must possess one year of
specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-08 grade level
in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that
has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge
to successfully perform the duties of this position and is
typically in or related to this line of work.
Examples of specialized experience include the following:
* Maintaining and aging accounts payable and accounts
receivable;
* Processing payment vouchers and supporting documents;
* Applying accounting principles, appropriation law, and
procurement regulations at work;
* Establishing priorities for projects/assignments;
* Monitoring accounting transactions, and performing examination,
audits, interpretations for unusually, difficult and complex
reconciliation.
National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience):
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; religious; 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.
The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment
offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are
currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political
Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee
employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this
information to the Human Resources Office.
Education
This position does not have a positive education requirement. If
you are including education on your resume, report only attendance
and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required
Documents section for detail.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or
universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements
if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to
education received in accredited educational institutions in the
United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence
with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications
click here
Additional information
Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the
Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative
job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a
problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you
receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you
will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign
and certify the accuracy of all information in your application,
prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the
application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment,
dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment.
DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the
eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United
States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and
responsibilities at click here
Recruitment incentives may be authorized.
This is a supervisory position, under provisions of the Civil
Service Reform Act, first time supervisors and/or managers will be
required to serve a one-year probationary period.
All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments
made by direct deposit.
The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with
disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe
physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR
213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable
service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5
CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons
with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences,
and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you
are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete
with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for
non-competitive appointment and to understand the required
documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing
Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this
announcement.
More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if
additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade,
and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was
issued.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and
hiring process, please contact 202-795-6291. Decisions on granting
reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Visit Reasonable Accommodation
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* Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
more about federal benefits.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package,
including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care
insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a
401(K)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program;
personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may
include: flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement;
transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness
programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee
development and offers a variety of employee training and
development opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS
Careers website and select "Benefits". Disabled veteran leave will
be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5,
2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating
of 30 percent or more.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the
qualifications above.
We will review your rsum and supporting documentation to ensure you
meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum
qualifications, your experience, education and training will be
rated using the on-line assessment to place you in one of three
categories.
The necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities to perform this job
are:
* Knowledge of regulations, laws, policies, appropriations, DAFIS
and various subsystems, accounting codes and data, general ledger
accounts, accounting principles and techniques, auditing, and
procedures.
* Ability to research, analyze, interpret, examine and classify
unusual and complex accounting, transactions/documents or special
conditions/adjustments requiring thorough interpretation.
* Performing examination, audits, interpretations for unusually,
difficult and complex reconciliation requiring adjustments and
corrective entries in the accounts ensuring that they were properly
documented and reflected in the appropriate and related
accounts.
* Knowledge and understanding of the entire accounting and
interface systems processing cycles in order to trace accounting
transactions/documents entered in some but not all related accounts
and records.
* Ability to apply supervisory skills.
If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be placed in one
of the following categories:
1. Best-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that
substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position
and demonstrate high proficiency in all of the critical
competencies, including all Selective Placement Factors (SPF) and
appropriate Quality Ranking Factors (QRF) as determined by the job
analysis.
2. Well-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that exceeds
the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrates
acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies,
including all SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job
analysis.
3. Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that meets the
minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate basic
proficiency in most of the critical competencies, including all
SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job analysis.
If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring
manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. Your
resume and responses to the self-assessment questions are an
integral part of the process for determining your qualifications
for the position. Therefore, you must support your responses to the
self-assessment questions by providing examples of past and present
experience in your resume.
Veterans with 5-point preference who meet the eligibility and
qualification requirements are placed above non-preference
eligibles within the category in which they are qualified. Veterans
who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10%
are listed in the best qualified category, except when the position
being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level
or higher. For information on veterans' preference, click here.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.
* Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a
comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your
family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to
make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn
more about federal benefits.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package,
including: health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care
insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a
401(K)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program;
personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may
include: flexible work schedules; telework; tuition reimbursement;
transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness
programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee
development and offers a variety of employee training and
development opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS
Careers website and select "Benefits". Disabled veteran leave will
be available to any Federal employee hired on or after November 5,
2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating
of 30 percent or more.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold
and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.
Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific
benefits offered.
* Required Documents
As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have
access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of
position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time,
temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the
following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure
you're eligible under their policies.
1. Your resume
2. Your responses to the online questionnaire
3. If you are qualifying based on education, submit a legible copy
of your unofficial college transcript from an accredited
college/university. The transcript copy must reflect the
college/university name and/or logo. Applicants are highly
encouraged to proactively order a copy of their official
transcripts to be delivered to their home address so transcripts
will be readily available if selected. If selected, you will be
required to provide official transcripts prior to establishing your
start date. Foreign education completed in foreign colleges or
universities may be used to meet federal qualification requirements
if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to
education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. It is
your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application.
See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here.
4. If you are claiming special priority selection rights under the
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must
submit a copy of your agency notice, most recent performance rating
and most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting
your current position, grade level and duty location. If you have
never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP
eligible. To be considered eligible, you must be placed in the
well-qualified category for this position. Please see ICTAP
eligibility.
5. If you are claiming veterans' preference, please submit the
following documents. Please see Feds Hire Vets for detail.
a. Veterans claiming 5 point veterans' preference must submit
legible Member 4 Copy DD214(s) indicating Character of Service.
5-point preference will not be granted if appropriate documentation
is not submitted with your application.
b. 30% Disabled Veterans must submit their Member Copy 4 DD-214(s),
which includes Character of Service, and VA Disability Letter with
percentage of disability OR documentation of disability
determination from a branch of the Armed Forces which reflects a
compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.
c. Other 10 point Preference Eligibles must submit applicable
Member Copy 4 DD-214(s), which includes Character of Service, and
provide documentation of your other 10 point preference. If
claiming 10 point preference, you must provide required
documentation described on the back of the SF-15 which proves that
you are entitled to such preference. 10-point preference will not
be granted if appropriate documentation is not submitted with your
application.
d. If you are a current active duty military member who does not
have a DD214 and is claiming eligibility under the Veterans
Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certification from
the Armed Forces indicating you will be discharged/released under
honorable conditions from active duty within 120 days from the date
you submit your certification as part of your application for this
announcement. See the "How to Apply" section of this announcement
for information on specific requirements for VOW
certifications.
6. OPM must authorize employment offers for former or current
Political Appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the
last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES
employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this
information. Submit proof of your former or current status, such as
your SF-50. Please see here.
All documentation as outlined above must be received by the closing
date of the announcement. If you are unable to submit your
documents electronically, you may fax or mail the documents. A fax
cover sheet will be provided to you from the system, with fax
number and instructions to transmit the requested documents. The
required documents will also be accepted by mail and must be
received by the closing date of the announcement. The mailing
address is COMMANDANT (CG-123SE), ATTN OFFICE OF CIVILIAN HUMAN
RESOURCES (JOBS), US COAST GUARD, 2703 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AVE
SE, STOP 7912, WASHINGTON, DC 20593-7912.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification
requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to
be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the
attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting
institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in
this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may
affect the overall rating.
* How to Apply
Complete applications for this vacancy must be received on-line by
11:59p.m ET on the closing date of the announcement. To begin your
online application, click the Apply Online button and follow the
prompts to register or sign in to USAJOBS, take the online
questionnaire and submit the required documents to provide proof of
qualifications. If y
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