This vacancy is for a GS-0525-8, Lead Accounting Tech located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, USCG FINANCE CENTER in Chesapeake, Virginia.
To qualify at the GS-08 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 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. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Specialized experience must include the following: Distributing and balancing the workload and maintaining awareness of work status, progress and priorities. Keeping required work records and production reports, instructing employees in specific tasks and providing on-the-job training when needed. Providing input to the supervisor on employee performance, training needs and disciplinary problems. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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.
You will serve as a Lead Accounting Tech and be responsible for providing accounting support for the more complex accounts which may involve a large number of organizations and programs and/or which require analyses and accounting determinations within a complete accounting system. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Planning, distributing and balancing workload, tracking progress and on-the-job training. 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.. Applying a sound understanding of double entry accounting concepts and procedures in performing a wide variety of functions and activities classified as accounting events, Responding to a wide variety of routine, unusual and complex questions generated from a large and diverse customer base.