Accounting Technician Job in The Middle East - 96319070 - ZAAIWYPHM6G1O

Job Title:
Accounting Technician

Department:
Department Of The Army

Agency:
Army Corps of Engineers

Job Announcement Number:
NCFV08171702R2

SALARY RANGE:
$41,563.00 - $54,028.00 /year

OPEN PERIOD:
Friday, February 04, 2011 to Thursday, August 04, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:GS-0525-09/09

POSITION INFORMATION:
Multiple Schedules  - Temporary

DUTY LOCATIONS:
1 vacancy - OA - The Middle East

WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Agency Employees Only

JOB SUMMARY:Challenge Yourself - Be an Army Civilian - Go Army!

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

Changes to the Job Announcement: This announcement is for CURRENT CIVILIAN ARMY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Relocation bonus of 12.5% is authorized for 6 month assignment, 25% for 1 year assignment. Incremental rating cut-offs will be utilized.

First Cut off Date:02/17/2011

Organization(s):
Various Locations Within Iraq (Duty Location within Iraq may be subject to change to any GWOT location.)

Position Status: This announcement may be used to fill temporary full-time, part-time or intermittent positions. Indicate on your resume your availability for any of these appointments.


About the Position: The position is under the supervision of a District commander within GRD.The Gulf Regional Division (GRD) in Iraq has three subordinate districts and a division headquarters to execute the projects throughout the country. The position is under the supervision of a District or Division commander within GRD.

The job provides the opportunity to learn how USACE operates in a reconstruction effort. You will deal with competing priorities and corporate approach to improving programs and methods of operation. To be successful in this position, you will need to (a) know your job; (b) be situationally aware; (c) be healthy; and (d) treat every individual with dignity and respect.

For more info on Deployment please visit http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/iraq/iraq.htm


Who May Apply: Click here for more information.

At the employee's discretion, assignment duration may be 6 months to 1 year. Assignments may be Temporary Change of Station (TCS) or Temporary Duty (TDY), whichever is more cost effective to the organization. For TCS assignments of 6 month to 1 year duration TCS entitlements will be authorized.

Current Army employees with competitive status (includes Army employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment).

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• U.S. Citizen

Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - OA - The Middle East


Serves as Accounting Technician in the Resource Management Finance and Accounting Branch. As Customer Service Representative (CSR) for assigned employees, responsible for a variety of financial services including the overview of payroll data entered into the Automated Time and Attendance system in CEFMS. by assigned timekeepers within the district, as well as the maintenance of any payroll input data entered into the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS). Reviews system reports, maintains records, and provides guidance and assistance for database systems to employees when requested. Position requires extensive knowledge of pay regulations, personnel regulations, Comptroller General Decisions, the Financial Management Regulation (FMR) and any Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DF AS) policies and/or procedures pertaining to pay and leave administration and the maintenance of accounting data in financial systems. Serves as the Primary Activity Program Coordinator (APC).

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Click on link below to view qualification standard.
General Schedule

This vacancy will be filled by candidates that qualify for temporary promotions, reassignment, or change to lower grade. Generally, indoor work location has power, water, heating, and air conditioning, although outages should be expected. Lack of sleep may occur due to long work hours and uncomfortable living conditions. Employee will report symptoms of stress and fatigue to the on-site supervisor.

Living conditions range from having all basic amenities; light, power, water, refrigeration, to not having one or more of these amenities. Employees who need to store refrigerated medication shall prior to departure from the primary duty station, inform the local Emergency Operations Center so availability of refrigeration at the work site can be determined.

Environmental conditions at work locations may range from excessive heat and humidity to extreme cold and rainy. Some locations require that the employee be able to maintain stable mobility in sandy and unstable terrain. Although some work is sedentary, work conditions such as ergonomic issues related to lifting and carrying, seating, or video display terminals; repetitive motion injury from using computers, and the like may be expected.

Foreign post differential from 15-25% is authorized while TCS/TDY to a downrange location. Additional compensation of 15-25% over basic compensation will be granted to employees for service at designated danger pay costs.

Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area. Locality rates of pay in CONUS will not be used for pay setting when transferring to the overseas area.

Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant to perform the duties of the position such as: Incumbent is responsible for a variety of financial services including the overview of payroll data input data entered into the Automated Time and Attendance and Production System by assigned timekeepers, as well as, the maintenance of any payroll input data entered into the Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS). Position is responsible for the review and maintenance of Commitments, Obligations and Expenses as it relates to the clearances of Negative Unliquidated Obligations (NULOs) and Unmatched Disbursements (UMDs) and recorded in the Appropriation Accounting System (AAS).

Position requires extensive knowledge of pay regulations, personnel regulations, Comptroller General Decisions, the Financial Management Regulation (FMR) and any Defense Finance and Accounting Service(DFAS) policies, and/or procedures pertaining to pay and leave administration and the maintenance of accounting data in financial systems. Incumbent must have extensive knowledge of the duties and responsibilities assigned to the Agency's Primary Activity Program Coordinator (APC) for the Government travel credit card program.

**Medical requirements: http://www.tac.usace.army.mil/deploymentcenter/medical.asp

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in this vacancy announcement.

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the Time in Grade Restriction.

One year of experience in the same or similar work equivalent to at least the next lower grade or level requiring application of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the position being filled.

GS-06 and above: One year of experience directly related to the occupation and equivalent to the next lower grade level. Education is not creditable, however, graduate education may be credited in those few instances where the graduate education is directly related to the work of the position.

Other Requirements:
Click here for more information.

Secret security clearance may be required.

Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.

A medical examination may be required.

Immunization screening may be required.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.

Position requires employee to wear a uniform and/or protective clothing.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Resumes will be evaluated for basic qualifications requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the position, as described in this vacancy announcement and identified by the Selecting Official for the position.


BENEFITS:The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Competitive salaries

Generous retirement programs

Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time

Flexible work environment and alternate work schedules

Paid employment related training and education

Possible student loan repayment

Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable

Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.

OTHER INFORMATION:Click here for more information.

To successfully claim veteran's preference, your resume/supplemental data must clearly show your entitlement. Please review the information listed under the Other Requirements link on this announcement or review our on-line Job Application Kit.

Multiple positions will be filled from this announcement.

May require overtime work.

This is a Career Program Position (CP). # 11

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

Temporary promotion may be made or extended up to a maximum of five years.

Overseas unaccompanied tour.

Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.

Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.

Other Advantages: This position provides an opportunity to join an organization of both military and civilian personnel who are working side-by-side as dedicated professionals committed to the reconstruction mission within Iraq.
For additional information on deployment go to: http://hq.environmental.usace.army.mil/deployment

HOW TO APPLY:Click here for more information.

Self-nomination must be submitted by the closing date. Applicants wishing to withdraw from consideration may contact the Central Resume Processing Center at (410) 306- 0137 or applicanthelp@conus.army.mil.

Resume must be on file in our centralized database.

Announcements close at 12:00am (midnight) Eastern Time.

You must have an ACTIVE resume with the Army Centralized Resumix database before you submit your Self-nomination. If you do not have an ACTIVE resume on file, please click here to use the Army Resume Builder to create or update your resume.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: 410-306-0137
Email: applicanthelp@cpsrxtp.belvoir.army.mil Agency Information:
Central Resume Processing Center
314 Johnson Street
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5283

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:Once this announcement closes, candidates will be evaluated using an automated system, (Resumix) which compares your skills and experience as described in your resume with the requirements of the position. If you are found to be a highly qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. (In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.) Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official. You can view the status of announcements that you applied for through our automated response system, ANSWER, accessed through our Civilian Personnel On-Line web page.