This position is located in the Finance Service of the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. The functional duties of this position are to perform the full range of professional accounting work requiring the application of sound accounting principles, theories, concepts, and practices.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/24/2026.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in an accounting office performing various accounting responsibilities. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-7 Qualification requirements:

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Professional, comprehensive, knowledge of theories, practices, methods, and techniques of accounting and organizational or program practices, policies, and functions sufficient to: Independently plan and conduct a variety of assignments and utilize accounting systems or adapt conventional accounting and analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems;

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement;

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. GS-9 Qualification requirements:

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Professional, comprehensive knowledge of theories, practices, methods, and techniques of accounting; and organizational or program practices, policies, and functions sufficient to independently plan and conduct a variety of assignments and analyze accounting systems or modify and adapt conventional accounting an analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems. Advanced knowledge of VA programs and their governing statues, regulations, and practices sufficient to perform accounting assignments using generally accepted Government accounting methods and techniques. Knowledge of computerized systems utilized to prepare documents, reports, cost comparisons, usage in data analysis. Knowledge of appropriations, costing structures and regulations governing these requirements;

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree;

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. GS-11 Qualification requirements:

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Professional, comprehensive knowledge of theories, practices, methods, and techniques of accounting; and organizational or program practices, policies, and functions sufficient to: Independently plan and conduct a variety of assignments; Analyze accounting systems or modify and adapt conventional accounting an analytical techniques to solve a variety of accounting problems;

OR, Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;

OR, Combination:

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. 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/ .