Accounting Technician

Accounting TechnicianCamp Murray, Tacoma, WAJob Description:This requires knowledge and skill in the application and execution of related laws, regulations, policies, precedents, methods, and techniques for life cycle management of military personnel, understanding of military pay entitlements and knowledge of supporting pay and personnel legacy systems. Provide technical guidance to the WAARNG Leadership Team to facilitate the successful fielding of GFEBS throughout the Joint Forces Headquarters and supporting commands. Plan, organize, coordinate and perform various tasks for the WAARNG and NGB to manage the fielding of GFEBS without a lapse in either personnel or pay support for the Washington Army National Guard.

Serve as liaison between the Joint Forces Headquarters, USPFO Fiscal Accounting Office Section, Functional Staff and the National Guard Bureau to coordinate and monitor task requirements to support the transition strategy within the USPFO Resource Management section for GFEBS. Provide technical analysis to the USPFO Fiscal Accounting Section to mitigate deficiencies between financial systems prior to and during transition to GFEBS by performing data cleansing of legacy system inputs and outputs. Receive, review and acknowledge all checks for deposit from the Check Control Officer via controlled transmittal systems.

Assist in maintaining security of checks/cash received from public in a secure container provided by the Government. Prepare all documents for deposit of checks/cash to a treasury bank account for credit to the Government account. The contractor shall enter in the financial system all transactions accepted by the bank by preparing and processing the DD 1131 for the Accounting Officer and ODS.

Review all negative unliquidated obligations and determine the cause. The contractor shall coordinate with the program manager to ensure obligations are created to resolve all negative unliquidated obligations. Perform a daily GET & LOAD to post transactions to the legacy financial system.

Analyze the AVK018 to determine edit errors and process corrective actions. The contractor shall ensure the GET & LOAD file counts from DFAS is equal to the file counts posted in the legacy system. Process all reservations for obligation during the period scheduled for processing.

Process MIPR requests (DD448 & DD448-1) for both Incoming and Outgoing MIPRs. The contractor shall be the liaison between all agencies requesting support and agencies providing support. Prepare and process all reimbursements for collection in the financial system.

Review the CAPS/IATS Preval File upon request or requirement from the Pay Branch. ensure that disbursement transactions have a matching obligation established in the financial system. Ensure the ODS upload file contains only correct and proper document reference numbers and proper APCs as established on the APC Master table.

Perform SQL query in the financial systems to determine the balances posted to the General Ledger. Perform extensive reconciliation and analysis between the general ledgers, GFEBS, and the Financial Plan. All three financial ledgers shall reflect the same balances.

Perform corrective actions for all accounts out-of-balance. Assist the WAARNG Program Managers in conducting tri-annual joint review. Review all aged transactions and determine the liquidation requirements.

Receive accounting documents from the program managers/fund holders, on a sequentially numbered Transmittal Letter (TL). Perform initial edit using applicable financial regulations to ensure documents are in compliance ready for processing. Correct incomplete requests as necessary.

Return all documents to the sender that cannot be corrected. Organize TLs and file for reference by inputting data into the automated financial systems (AFCOS/STANFINS/DARs/ODS/BEIS, etc). Submit by File Transfer Protocol (FTP) transactions processed to Defense Finance Accounting Service for processing to the general ledger accounts and receive telephone inquiries.

Provide file support services by verifying output data against documentation received prior to submission for final payment, collect, review, and input data into computer system and audit output data and file TLs and pay documents in accordance with the current standard file system. Automation Support Services Verify daily Get & Load files; history date, file byte size. Maintain the STANFINS legacy system when the State converts to GFEBS.

Update all electronic logs. Submit electronic files via FTP mode to DFAS for posting to the General Ledger accounts. Reconcile travel advances and collections.

Process queries in the automated financial systems to obtain fund balance. Balance financial plan status to the general ledger account status and Funding Authorization Documents (FADs) Reconcile fund balance between DFAS systems and AFCOS systems. Make an IMPACT at Calloway & Associates, Inc.Calloway & Associates, Inc.

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