ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN

Veterans Health Administration; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 54,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in Portland, Oregon seeks an Accounting Technician to perform the technical work of collecting, recording, and maintaining general ledger accounts and subsidiary records in support of accountants, auditors, and financial officers.

You will handle budget administration support, financial systems tasks, cash processing, and reconciliation of ledgers, ensuring timely reports for Treasury, VA Headquarters, and local management.

Responsibilities

• Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, fiscal and financial management function.
• Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, cash processing, and accounting technician work.
• Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions across multiple appropriations.
• Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made.
• Backups Agent Cashier and Alternate Agent Cashier duties and ensures proper disbursement and deposit of funds.
• Reviews pending items, prepares reconciliations, and ensures timely preparation of reports for Treasury, VA Headquarters, and local management.

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The primary purpose of the accounting technician is the technical work of collecting, recording, and maintenance of general ledger accounts and subsidiary records in support of accountants, auditors, and financial officers.

Key Responsibilities

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Performs clerical, assistant, or technician level work in support of a budget, accounting, auditing, fiscal and financial management function. Performs budget administration support, financial systems support, cash processing, and accounting technician work.

Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data across multiple appropriations. Determines the general ledger accounts, journals, and subsidiary accounts affected, and the debit and credit entries to be made. Summarizes transactions and prepares control documents or other documents reflecting the entries to be made.

Incumbent has technical responsibility for the maintenance, auditing, and reconciliation of the general and subsidiary ledger accounts, for the preparation of accurate and timely reports, and for the control of funds. Determines the nature of errors and makes adjustments in the correct appropriation to a variety of interrelated accounts. Documents financial transactions to assure a proper audit trail.

Reviews pending items and ensures that follow-up action is taken on all items pending for excessive periods of time. Prepares reconciliations of the general ledger to subsidiary accounts, accruals, adjusting journal entries, accounting reports and special reports. Ensures the timely preparation of reports for Department of Treasury, VA Headquarters, and local management.

Assist auditors as required by Fiscal Service regulations, including quarterly audits of Agent Cashier, Employee Accounts, Patient Funds, Voucher Audit and General Post Funds. Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness, and correctness of accounting data.

Responsible for completing tasks associated with the recovery of receivables such as payments made in error, overpayments made to vendors or benefit recipients, items rejected and returned, returned of authorized advances, and other alternative streams of revenue available to the Medical Center.

Performs a wide variety of specialized duties for the maintenance of accounting records and monitoring of daily reports such as recording deposits, recording accounts receivable charges and collections, and monitoring revenue streams.

Functions as the backup Agent Cashier or the Alternate Agent Cashier and as the Accountable Officer and is responsible for proper disbursement, receipt, and deposit of all public and private funds for the organization, in accordance with regulations of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Treasury. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm PST Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN/PD60690S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $54370 – $70682/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

How many openings are available?

There are 2 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.

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