Supervisory Accountant

Supervisory Accountant

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Harlingen, Texas

Salary Range: $89508 - $116362 Per Year

Job Summary: Serves as technical advisor to Fiscal Officer & responsible for administration of accounting & payment activities of the Health Care System (HCS). Serves as Supervisory Accountant, Fiscal Service & has responsibility for the overall operation, training & production of Accounting, Voucher Auditing & Travel for assigned functional activities. Involved in the formulation, development, preparation & execution of the Annual Budget Plan & in administration of the HCS' Financial Management Program.

Major Duties:

• Duties include, but are not limited to:Systems Accounting Services Interpreting objectives and developing procedures to obtain objectives Interpreting regulations, rules, and policies Maintaining an integrated system of financial staff service Supervising daily operations of the accounting section and as such, assuring the proper documentation and entry of accounting transactions Analyzing accounting problems and requirements Reviewing modern trends in the field Operational Accounting Service Serving as the health care system's expert authority on reconciliation of integrated accounts for a variety of accounting systems. Accounting system must facilitate the maintenance of detailed records for payments, entitlements and collections by fiscal year fund and appropriation. Performing auditing duties associated with either financial or operational audits of agency-administered programs Reviewing the organization's degree of compliance with sound fiscal management Supervision Responsible for the fiscal service accounting staff and all unexpected absences, trainings, etc. Ensuring open and good communication between all staff members in the teams and effective handover between tasks Providing continues coaching, training and assistance to the staff, monitoring performance against the organization's target goals. Cases frequently arise which are complex and time consuming and require independent judgment to best serve the organization Responsible for adequate staff coverage at all times and all unexpected absences, trainings, etc. Ensuring open and good communication between all staff members in the team and effective handover Providing continuous coaching, training and assistance to the team members, monitoring performance against the organization's target goals Initiating disciplinary measures such as reprimands and recommending other appropriate action in more serious cases Engaging in studies and investigations related to improving a healthy fiscal state of the organization Identifying and implementing cost effective approaches to integrate technology into the workplace and improving work processes Supporting and implementing organization technology changes Interviewing candidates for accounting section positions; making recommendations for appointments, promotions, or reassignments involving these positions Responsible for performance ratings, preparing award recommendations, job descriptions for the accounting section Project Oversight Reviewing and structuring organization to optimize use of resources and maximize efficiency and effectiveness Planning, designing and conducting studies in such areas as the budget, contracts, acquisition, development, analysis and presentation of planning data Serving as the point of reference for the accounting section in the handling of non-routine problems by providing solutions derived from direct application of established accounting principles, theories, concepts and practices. Communication Responding to inquiries, requests and complaints directed to the Fiscal Service in a professional manner Communicating directly and on behalf of the Service with program managers, executives, external review boards, Veteran and political organizations and others on matters related to Veteran's access, and or programmatic initiatives. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00-4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Accountant/PD004790 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/05/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Individual Occupational Requirement: Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") or Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement above, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: monitoring daily operations of the accounting section, assuring the proper documentation and entry of accounting transactions; knowledge of interviewing techniques; interviewing candidates for accounting section positions; making recommendations for appointments and selections; interpreting objectives and developing procedures to obtain objectives; interpreting regulations, rules and policies; ability to apply professional concepts and methodologies of accounting as well as knowledgeable to functional program characteristics and requirements; handling situations involving a high degree of tension or discomfort involving people who are demonstrating a high degree of hostility or distress; working in conjunction with the Chief, Fiscal Service in the formulation, development, preparation and execution of the Annual Budget Plan and developing operating procedures for technicians and support personnel. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/05/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12890315. 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 and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-05