Accounting Technician (Correctional) - Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Experience: 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 perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience preparing vendor invoices and other disbursement documents for payment. Experience preparing vouchers and submitting for certification, ensuring vouchers prepared and payment made are in compliance with the Prompt Payment Act. Experience preparing responses to routine requests from both internal and external sources, to include gathering information and supporting documents. Experience preparing and reconciling journal vouchers from subsidiary registers for posting into 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.** Receives purchase orders, contracts, travel processes, government transportation requests and other source documents for obligation against FPI's funds. Prepares vendor invoices and other disbursement documents for payment; verifies amount shown on documents with original obligation documents; and notes discrepancies and follows up with vendor or originator to clarify and ensure payments are in accordance with Treasury Financial Manual. Prepares vouchers and submit for certification, ensuring vouchers prepared and payment made in compliance with the Prompt Payment Act and proper discounts and rebates are taken and properly coded. Responsible for maintaining credit card receipts, disbursement reconciliations and records, and transmitting customer credit card transactions.