U.S. Department of Justice

Accounting Technician


Pay$59851.00 - $81712.00 / year
LocationLompoc/California
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 813913900

      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.


      Duties



      Requirements


      • U.S. Citizenship is Required.
      • See Special Conditions of Employment Section.
      • Selective Service Requirement: Go to http://www.sss.gov

      Qualifications


      To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements:

      Education:

      GL-06 and GL-07: As a general rule, education is not creditable above GL-5 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-06 and GL-07: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position.

      Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

      GL-06:

      • Experience in using and understanding accounting terminology and account codes relating to an automated system.
      • Experience in reconciling accounts; preparing reports or schedules reflecting the status of funds within each account. Locating and summarizing information from files and documents as required.
      • Experience performing balancing, reconciling of detail and reporting and summary information within and between related accounts and records as necessary and creating correspondence to general questions related to financial information.
      • Experience validating, monitoring, controlling, and maintaining accounting transactions and accounting records using a variety of procedures.
      • Experience researching discrepancies between ledgers and making adjustments; and reconciling detailed listing of outstanding transactions to general ledger control accounts.

      GL-07:

      • Experience in validating, monitoring, controlling and maintaining transactions and accounting records for multiple accounts.
      • Experience in maintaining control accounts and subsidiary 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.

      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.**

  • About the company

      The United States Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The DOJ is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the U.S. government in legal matters, and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

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