Lead Accounting Technician - Financial Operations Leader

Veterans Health Administration; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration is seeking a Lead Accounting Technician to oversee a team responsible for controlling, analyzing, validating and reconciling accounting data to produce expenditure and status reports for higher reporting levels.

The role includes leading workload distribution, providing training, and serving as a primary contact for the Chief of Accounting. It requires extensive knowledge of multiple VA accounting systems and a commitment to ensuring deadlines are met.

Qualifications

• Leads accounting team and assigns workload to meet deadlines.
• Trains team members on procedures and job techniques.
• Reports progress and training needs to supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Work Leader by distributing workload to team members.
• Provides on‑the‑job training and answers questions about procedures.
• Resolves employee concerns and reports performance to supervisor.
• Substitutes for all accounting staff in their absence when needed.
• Assists with accounting rejects from FMS or IFCAP and analyzes problems to improve the system.
• Sets up procedures to monitor and report daily accounting workloads.

Skills

Leadership

Training

Workload management

Communication

Tools

IFCAP

DSS

AR

FAP

OLCS

CAPP

Outlook

Excel

Internet Explorer

VISTA

FMS

Job description

Veterans Health Administration is seeking a Lead Accounting Technician to oversee a team responsible for controlling, analyzing, validating and reconciling accounting data to produce expenditure and status reports for higher reporting levels.

The role includes leading workload distribution, providing training, and serving as a primary contact for the Chief of Accounting. It requires extensive knowledge of multiple VA accounting systems and a commitment to ensuring deadlines are met.