Financial Accounts Technician

Financial Accounts Technician

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Des Moines, Iowa

Salary Range: $45777 - $59510 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is at the full performance level and reports to a supervisor in Finance. This position supports all aspects of finance to Veterans Health Administration employees within the Health Care Systems in Des Moines, IA.

Major Duties:

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties may include but are not limited to: Records collections from deposit/collection vouchers and maintains a file of deposit tickets to reconcile with Federal Reserve Bank deposits each month. Conducts research on cancelled checks and reissues payments if necessary. Analyzes vouchers, invoices, claims, and other requests or payment for goods and services. Reviews for accuracy, adequacy of the documentation, compliance with regulations, and the justification of the action. Analyzes each voucher or invoice to determine propriety of payment to include required certifications by authorized officials, compliance with contract provisions, price agreements, and/or other directives. Conducts analysis to develop required data an information reporting purposes and drafts brief factual administrative reports. Prepares documents needed to process budget estimates. Drafts reports that detail the purposes for which funds were obligated and expended. Performs analysis of budget requests and compiles data to be used for forecasting obligations. Analyzes documents from administrative and clinical departments for proper authorization and adherence to regulations, proper fund control point (FCP), cost center, budget object class (BOC), and appropriation. Reviews, edits, and consolidates annual budget estimates. Identifies and analyzes trends in the receipt, obligation, or expenditure of funds to help ensure that objectives of the annual financial plan are being met on a timely basis. Plans and carries the successive steps to complete Official Travel duties. Provides cost estimates, formulates the most convenient and economical travel arrangements, prepares itinerary, purchases airline tickets, and issues travel authorizations. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm Flexible Schedule Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Qualifications: Minimum Requirement: The following are minimum requirements for appointment as a Financial Accounts Technician in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which all applicants must met. Specialized Experience (GS-06): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (i.e., GS-05). Qualifying examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: applying accounting and budget processes to reconcile and resolve financial discrepancies; performing arithmetic and financial calculations for transactions, budgeting, and reporting; responding to inquiries from customers, vendors, and staff in both written and oral forms; and utilizing office automation software and accounting systems to maintain records, update documents, and streamline workflow. (CLEAR DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must show complete information for each job entry, such as beginning and ending dates of employment, duties performed, and/or total hours worked per week.) For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Physical Requirements: The work may require some physical effort, such as standing, walking, bending, or sitting. There are no special physical demands.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12955331. The application process is as follows: To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date, 05/13/2026. After submitting the online application, you will be notified whether or not you are required to take additional online assessments through the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment system. This message will be delivered to you via email notification. The email may be routed to your "Spam" or "Junk" folder. IMPORTANT: If you are asked to take the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be presented with a unique URL to access the USA Hire system. Access to USA Hire is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Be sure to review all instructions prior to beginning your USA Hire Assessments. Click here for Computer System Requirements. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue at a later time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found in your USAJOBS account under the "Track my application" link for the corresponding application. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To view the announcement status or your application status: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13