Supervisory Accountant

Summary

Incumbent serves as the Supervisory Accountant for the El Paso VA Health Care System (EPVAHCS). The scope of authority and responsibility of the position covers a complex and diverse system of fully integrated proprietary accounting, budgetary accounting, and cost accounting, revolving fund and trust fund accountability for the operating programs of general appropriate funding and special purpose funds.

Duties

The Supervisory Accountant is responsible for supervising a strong, cohesive team(s) comprised of a diverse group of financial, administrative and technical support personnel and financial reporting. Incumbent directly supervises approximately six (6) fiscal personnel in the Accounting/Voucher Audit, Travel and Agent Cashier Section. Incumbent is responsible for maintaining a system of accounting records for all financial transactions of the Veteran Affairs related to or arising from activities within the jurisdiction of the Health System. Ensures internal control is in place and enforced. Analyze, supervise and direct the recording of all transactions in the General Ledger, and Operation Cost Ledger to provide a complete accounting, on an accrual basis, for assets, liabilities, operating, construction, activation projects and budgeting accounts. This includes knowledge of VA's financial systems and final responsibility for classifying all entries. Serves as the technical advisor to the Financial Managers and Station's management. Plan, initiate and direct the preparation and verification of summary reports developed from accounts records to insure monthly submissions of complete and accurate financial data. Furnish management with all required and requested financial statements and provide technical advice to operating officials on all phases of accounting including the analysis and interpretation of pertinent data. Analyze all unusual or irregular transactions and when such analysis discloses a transaction not covered entirely or sufficiently by existing accounting procedures, devise a satisfactory method of entry, in conformance with accounting standards. Coordinate all inter-station transfers of credits and charges for materials and services; resolves any difference in inter-office accounts. Provide for establishing, maintaining and accounting for all transactions related to the collection, deposit and expenditure, including transfers of liabilities and cash between stations. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Telework: Ad-hoc Available. (Employees who telework on an occasional, episodic, or short-term basis, and have completed required telework training and telework agreement.) This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual/remote position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Accountant / PD010460 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/09/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. AND GS-12 Specialized Experience: 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. Examples of specialized GS-11 experience would typically include extensive knowledge of managing complex accounting operations under federal regulations; familiar with integrated systems programming and various automated accounting systems (such as IPPS, FMS, FAP, CCS, AR, IFCAP, and G-Invoicing); understanding of fund control point accounting, allotment accounting, and double-entry general ledger accounting systems encompassing assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and capital accounts is crucial. Knowledgeable about appropriations, allotments, analysis accounts, cost accounts, and general ledger accounts in various funds. Professional knowledge and skill in applying accounting and auditing concepts, principles, and methods to work independently pertaining to general ledger accounting, interoffice accounting, and deposit fund accounting when conventional procedures and practices can be applied to most situations encountered. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your basic qualifications on education. If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualific