Accounting Technician

**Duties**:
Duties at full performance level of Accounting Technician:

- Maintains a current, complete, and accurate tickler file of irrigation and municipal and industrial (M & I) water service and repayment contracts.
- Maintains the subsidiary ledgers for the Public Law 984 and Public Law 130 repayment contracts, and periodically reconciles these to General Ledger account balances and analyzes and initiates appropriate action on all differences.
- Computes and prepares periodic billings pursuant to repayment contract provisions.
- Prepares Bills for Collection for water deliveries to water service contractors.
- Reviews all balances in the revenue accounts within the funds and projects where repayment contracts stipulate that revenue collected should reduce the repayment obligation.
- Reviews monthly accounting system data to ensure the proper cost accounts are being utilized and that receivables are properly stated.
- Receives the initial notification of damage/loss and enters appropriate cost structure into accounting system to accumulate charges for future billing of debtor.
- Prepares findings of fact statements and other case data required for disposition of the claim.
- Makes any equity adjustments or standard vouchers necessary to bring accounts into balance; determines appropriate administrative surcharge, preparers bill, related input documents, and initial demand letter.
- Establishes appropriate payment schedule for debtor when they are unable to make full payment. Monitors those payments, computes interest due, and contacts debtor if they are not adhering to the payment schedule.
- Prepares a monthly claims status report and an annual report detailing Regional claim activity for the preceding fiscal year.
- Reconciles lock box deposits to the Daily Abstract of Remittance (DAR) daily.
- Exercises thorough knowledge of the Electronic Check Processing (ECP) cost listings and of other accounting reports.
- Determines necessary work processes to meet report requirements. Recognizes questionable areas, determines the accuracy of prescribed procedures, anticipates and identifies accounts and areas of accounts either misstated or requiring reconciliation, and research problems to source documents as required to determine status, composition, and explanation.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:
You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see Required Documents).
You must submit eligibility documents for veterans' consideration (see Required Documents).
You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see Qualifications).
You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see Qualifications/Education).
You must maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times as the position requires operation of government vehicles on government and public roads. Failure to maintain a valid State Driver's License at all times will result in removal from the position.
You may be required to work overtime.

**Qualifications**:

- In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume.
- **To qualify at the GS-05**, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-04 level in federal service having demonstrated experience which includes but not limited to: automated or non-automated accounting systems; accounting transactions to balance process a wide variety of accounting transactions to verify their accuracy.
- **OR**
Successful completion of 4 years (120 semester hours) of education obtained in an accredited college or university in any field. You must provide a copy of your transcripts.
- **OR**
An equivalent combination of successfully completed education obtained in an accredited college or university and experience. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. You must provide a copy of your transcripts.
- **To qualify at the GS-06,** you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-05 level in federal service having demonstrated experience which includes but not limited to: automated or non-automated accounting systems; accounting transactions to balance and reconcile reports and processing a wide variety of accounting transactions to verify their accuracy and completeness of accounting data.
- **OR**
Successful completion of at least 9 semester hours of graduate level education obtained in an accredited college or university may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position. You must provide a