Total 2 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Must be able to work during these hours.
Virtual: This is a virtual position 100%
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Accountant/PD03199-O
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

This Announcement will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the overall day-to-day operations of the Accounting Section relative to matters of policy, interpretation of regulations and procedures which are of greater than average difficulty.
• Planning, establishing, and maintaining a commercial-type double entry accounting system covering several appropriations, one revolving fund, general post funds, personal funds of patients, research, grants and construction appropriations, the overall budget is over $520,000,000.
• Serves as technical accounting advisor to the Chief Financial Officer and station management; including advising or proper procedures to be followed when procedures have not been disseminated or must be developed locally to meet station needs, is often called upon to attend meetings related to financial matters and inter-service relations.
• As a principal staff member of Fiscal Service, incumbent is a member of VASNHCS committees and attends both formal and informal management meetings.
• Advises VASNHCS on proper accounting procedures to ensure that the data conforms to regulations.
• Performs financial audits, analysis, and evaluations of the financial operations and related procedures as part of the Fiscal Service Quality Assurance System.
• Verifying, analyzing and/or reconciling a very large number of computer generated reports validating General Ledger control accounts to their related subsidiary records maintained in Fiscal, Supply, Voluntary Services, Medical Administration, Research, Prosthetics and Engineering and Facilities Management Services.
• Reviews present computer system and recommends and implements changes and improvements as needed to interface with other computer systems, to meet other services' and supported facilities' needs arid requirements and to improve the overall functions of the Accounting Section.
• Responsible for the complete management of the section, identifying the needs of the section, including but not limited to manpower, equipment, supplies, and space, as well as identify methods to reduce costs in these areas.
• The incumbent may cover during the absence of the Assistant Fiscal Officer.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Responsible for vouchering and payment processing using the invoice payment processing system (IPPS) to ensure payment is proper and timely.
• Ensure all processing rejects are resubmitted within 24 hours of identification.
• Verifies payment documents against the accepted document listing (ADL) the following day after payment processing to ensure the correct payment amount.
• Processes vendor inquiries, researching payment records and providing timely information and/or corrections as necessary.
• Researches returned payments and initiates reissuance if appropriate.
• Receives obligation documents for certification as to the availability of funds. This is a detailed process involving a multiplicity of obligatory instruments requiring determinations from several appropriations and funds. These are further subdivided into programs, limitations and analysis, which must be verified as proper prior to obligation.
• It is imperative that obligations made for documents submitted to Fiscal Section for certification are contained within the limits of funding available. Failure to do so can result in serious consequences to the station.
• Utilizes an extremely complex interrelated system of fund control, cost, general ledger and allotment a counting. Numerous combinations of the above are utilized in making a single analysis. The incumbent is responsible to make determination for each document processed.
• Monthly reconciliation of subsidiary records to FMS Reports generated.
• Prepares and verifies numerous types of FMS code sheets which generate general ledger entries for all of the above types of transactions.
• Performs a variety of duties in relation to maintaining controlling accounts and subsidiary records such as general post funds, personal funds of patients, suspense fund accounts, employee travel advances, and inventory accounts.