Accounting Technician (Title 5)

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION
DUTY LOCATION: United States Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO), Hartford, CT
AREA(S) OF CONSIDERATION:

• Area I: All On Board Federal Employees (T5), Tenure 0,1,2,3 within the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.
• Area II: All On Board Federal Dual-Status Military Technicians (T32), Tenure 0,1,2,3 within the CTNG with U.S. citizenship.
• Area III: All current and former members of the Connecticut National Guard with U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Your resume and any other supporting documentation you wish to provide must clearly substantiate you currently possess 12 months of specialized experience in the following:

• Experience to at least the next lower grade level before being eligible for the next grade level (GS-07).
• Experience that equipped the applicant 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.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge and judgment to reconstruct inaccurate accounts, gathers and organizes information for inquiries and resolves problems referred by others.
• Knowledge and skill to suggest specific changes to the guidelines themselves, development of control mechanisms, additional training for customers, and specific guidance related to the procedural handling of documents and information.
• Knowledge of and skills in the interrelationships of various financial, fiscal accounting and computer file systems, and their content to resolve problems.
• Knowledge and skill to examine accounts and resolve difficult reconciliations that may result from different accounting codes used due to deployments and contractual issues that require an analysis of adjustments and making corrective entries in applicable accounts.
• Knowledge of analytical and evaluative techniques to conduct a variety of fiscal reconciliations, reviews, and account adjustments, including associated budget adjustments necessary to balance all Program Managers' accounts with both the approved budget and the federal database of record.
• Knowledge and skill of fact finding and investigative techniques that identify, analyze and recommend solutions regarding fiscal accounting activity, such as: system administration, funds control, commitments, obligations, disbursements, pre-payment validation, reimbursements (Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request's, Letters Of Authority, 285- R's, etc.), cash collections, reconciliations, fiscal year start-up, monthly close out (culminating with fiscal year close out) accounting processing and their effect on accounting for federal resources.
• Knowledge of fiscal law; DoD, DA, NGB, FORSCOM, and DFAS regulations, Standing Operating Procedures and policies; and specific financial regulations including DFAS-IN 37- 100, DoD Financial Management Regulation, DFAS-IN 37-1, AR 37-1, Joint Federal Travel Regulations/Joint Travel Regulations, Defense Travel Service Manual, Defense Joint Military Pay Manual, Defense Civilian Pay Manual, Army National Guard (ARNG) Standing Operating Procedures, Automated Fund Control Order System (AFCOS), Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Comptroller (ASA FM&C) policy memorandums and issuances regarding fiscal accounting procedures and rulings.
• Knowledge of diverse types of financial transactions, functioning as the technical authority for the resolution of an extensive range of issues and problems.
• Skill in researching, interpreting, analyzing, and applying regulations, policies, procedures and legal decisions.
• Knowledge and skill regarding automated accounting systems and the effect of accounting transactions on the validity of the organizations' financial posture.
• Knowledge and skill in reconciling variances with the U.S. Treasury.
• Knowledge of Cooperative Agreements and Grants rules, regulations and state/federal processes and their effects on the accounting system.
• Knowledge of and skill in applying basic principles of budgetary and cost accounting.
• Knowledge and skills regarding records management and communication techniques.
• Knowledge and skill in applying principles and practices involving data protected under the privacy Act.
• Knowledge of the organizational structure, functions, policies, and processes of the state's National Guard, to include relationships to state entities under Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) operations.
• Knowledge of training techniques and program instruction regarding the full range of financial transactions.
• Knowledge and skill in providing quality and time sensitive customer service techniques.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION: As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0503-08 position and dependent on the positions certification level (Level I) and contingent on the employee's military rank, the employee must complete the higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.Education: No substitution of education for specialized experience.Employment Type: FULL_TIME