Lead Accounting Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration seeks an accounting professional to lead a team that controls, analyzes, validates and reconciles data to prepare expenditure and status reports for higher reporting levels.

Applicants must meet time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements, typically GS-7/8 equivalents, and have experience with computerized accounting systems and monthly reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance with federal standards.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-07.
• Experience with reconciling accounts and validating transactions.
• Experience using computerized accounting systems and preparing reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group to control, analyze, validate, and reconcile accounting data.
• Prepare expenditure and status report listings for submission to higher levels.
• Ensure accuracy by researching and resolving inconsistencies in accounting data.

Skills

Accounting practices

Data analysis

Reconciling accounts

Financial reporting

Computerized accounting

Tools

Computerized accounting systems

Job description

The purpose of this position is to lead a group of employees responsible for controlling, analyzing, validating and reconciling accounting and reporting data received internally or from other fiscal stations or VA activities to comprise expenditure and status report listings for submission to higher reporting levels.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade & specialized experience requirements within 30 days of the the closing date of this announcement, 09/16/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-8 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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. 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-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Using accounting practices and interpreting accounting principles to conduct difficult and responsible analysis and determination within a complete accounting system to validate transactions and to perform research to resolve inconsistencies; using computerized accounting systems; processing payments to private vendors, on-station employees, inter-agencies and other federal organizations; reconciling accounts on a monthly rotational basis, to insure validity and accuracy of dollar amounts and accounting data in facility departments and special programs assigned; using general post fund accounts, maintaining subsidiary ledgers, and balancing general ledger accounts. NOTE: 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. 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/.