Summary This position is located at the Hampton VA Medical Center, Hampton, VA, within the Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) Fiscal Service. The purpose of this position is to perform budget, accounting, and employee travel transactions in a consolidated transactional processing site. Responsibilities Duties Include, but are not limited to: Budget Oversight Independently performs a variety of budgetary functions to support budget formulation, execution and review of assigned budget activities of the Medical Center. Provides information and guidance on procedures, forms, and documentation required to support budget estimates and coordinates the timely submission of budget estimates by each component and core subcomponents within the program. Reviews, compiles, verifies, and summarizes data involving salaries, expenses, and object class and line-item information. Determines the percentage difference of amounts requested by comparison against established budgetary ceilings and prior year expenditures. Reviews estimates to assure that amounts requested are within established guidelines. Consolidates budget estimates and prepares all forms and required documents for review and funding authority. Independently performs tasks involving budget execution by compiling resource data from various financial management reports. Develops methods for automating administrative reports, considering the interrelationship of reports and multiple uses of the data, e.g., portions of the data used for reports on funds and obligations, training, travel, etc., which can be used for recurring and non-recurring planning and budget reports. Accounting Support Percent Incumbent examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data. Classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data. Reviews and classifies many @types of financial transactions involving the operation of the Medical Center including journalizing corrective actions for erroneous conditions. Receives and analyzes various @types of documents to determine propriety, validity, budget, expenditure limitation, completeness and correctness of account data. Provides technical assistance by trouble-shooting program failures and problems in a timely manner via telephone or direct interaction with program participants and management officials, providing direction and solutions for problem areas. I Employee Travel Percent Reviews spreadsheets of funds sent for travel reimbursement to ensure reimbursements are received. Responsible for preparing and entering bills of collections for travel overpayments. Audits open travel obligations for completeness and submits decreases for travel obligations that need to be closed. Serves as a Concur administrator (employee travel processing system) to reconcile all travel programs within the system for Medical Center utilization. Researches and resolves outstanding travel vouchers. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Full Time; 7:30-4:00pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget and Financial Technician/PD02920A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/18/2026. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-07 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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. Selective Placement Factor: A Selective Placement Factor is used to rate applications for this announcement. Applicants who do not meet the Selective Placement Factor will be rated as not qualified for the announcement. Such experience should reflect in your resume. Do you have experience working with an automated accounting and/or financial management system such as a point of sale (POS), banking system, and/or business software? Do you have experience using business math skills to perform financial transactions such as processing cash receipts/ refunds, cost adjustments, inventory accountability, and/ or tracking expenditures? You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: GS-06: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. For the GS-6 grade level, you must demonstrate a level of competence equivalent to the GS-5 grade level. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: A demonstrated ability to use a number of established procedures and specific guidelines in the form of agency policies and procedures, Federal codes and manuals, specific related regulations, precedent actions, and processing manuals are readily available for doing the work and are clearly applicable to most transactions.??????? GS-07: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. For the GS-7 grade level, you must demonstrate a level of competence equivalent to the GS-6 grade level. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: A demonstrated ability to serve as the Financial Administration Technician responsible for Performing accounting, budget, and employee travel transactions in a consolidated transactional processing site; experience using business math skills to perform financial transactions such as processing cash receipts/refunds, cost adjustments, inventory accountability, and/or tracking expenditures; experience working with an automated accounting and/or financial management system such as a point of sale (POS), banking system, and/or business software. The position requires knowledge and proficiency in the following areas: Accounting, Budget, and Employee Travel. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Database Management Systems Financial Management Technical Competence Physical Requirements: The position works primarily in the office and the work is sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
