Financial Accounts Technician
4 days ago
Specific duties include: Prepares audits of benefit awards; processing.....
Specific duties include:
- Prepares audits of benefit awards; processing fiscal transactions-including one-time special payments and out of system payments to bring accounts to current status.
- Communicates with Veterans and their beneficiaries, as well as other governmental agencies, in person, by telephone or through written communication.
- Processes check tracers for Veterans and their beneficiaries for claims of non-receipt and initiates reclamation action when necessary.
- Examines expenditure vouchers prior to payment to assure that existing laws and regulations authorize the expenditure and that the amount is in compliance with set schedules.
- Ensures that vouchers are certified, appropriate documentation is attached, and the computations are mathematically correct having the authority to suspend or disallow payments when the criteria for payment is not met.
- Reviews and analyzes financial statements from the debtor, information in claims folders, and other correspondence associated with debts and prepares appropriate documents.
- Acts as a liaison with financial departments to answer overpayment inquiries from Veterans or their beneficiaries.
- Utilizes the payment information systems to determine interest and monthly payment disbursement.
- Analyzes all incoming mail to the Finance Section and correctly classifies documents for processing.
- Maintains and compiles info. for required monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual, special, and/or one-time reports, including workload reports.
- Maintains a system of accounting records for all financial management system transactions within the Regional Office.
- Posts and maintains manual and computerized ledgers and related subsidiary journals, and journalizes corrective actions for erroneous conditions.
- Prepares all necessary documents for transfer of funds, whether intra-agency or inter-agency, and prepares budgets reports.
- Researches, interprets, and verifies which appropriation and general ledger accounts to establish for input.
- Makes necessary payroll adjustments, including leave record adjustments, and input info into Personnel and Accounting systems.
- As agent cashier performs research through several computerized programs to ID the benefit payment system where the debt resides to avoid unassociated deposits.
Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 0730 - 4:00
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Financial Accounts Technician; 37342A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
This is a Bargaining Unit position.
Starting at $56,537 Per Year (GS 7)
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