Accounting Technician (Correctional) (UNICOR)

Duties

Summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Our highly-skilled, diverse, and innovative workforce creates a strong foundation of safety and security. Through the principles of humanity and normalcy, we develop good neighbors.

Requirements

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: GL-07: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-05 for most positions covered by this standard; however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. OR Experience: GL-07: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: GL-07: Experience in validating, monitoring, controlling and maintaining transactions and accounting records for multiple accounts. Experience in processing accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions including obligations, accrued expenditures, disbursements, appropriation refunds, reimbursable orders, earnings, collections, expenditure vouchers, cost transfers, rejected transactions, inter-fund bills, and other accounts in connection with the general ledger. Experience researching discrepancies between ledgers and making adjustments; and reconciling detailed listing of outstanding transactions to general ledger control accounts. GL-08: Experience preparing vendor invoices and other disbursement documents for payment. Experience preparing vouchers and submitting for certification, ensuring vouchers prepared and payment made are in compliance with the Prompt Payment Act. Experience preparing responses to routine requests from both internal and external sources, to include gathering information and supporting documents. Experience preparing and reconciling journal vouchers from subsidiary registers for posting into the General Ledger. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. **Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.**