ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN, GS-525-6

Receives and reviews accounting documents including all types of accounting transactions against obligated funds for multiple accounts. Researches complex accounting data and performs extensive balancing and reconciling of accounts. Provides explanations, develops and interprets comparative data, and identifies significant changes. Processes and maintains various expenditure documents. Verifies the validity of the appropriation/accounting data against various regulations and policies. Provides technical advice and assistance to reporting activities questions or inquiries on status reporting data and procedures. Initiates corrective action to clear rejects caused by erroneous disbursements, input errors, missing information, improper billing, etc. Ensures accuracy, propriety, and legality of control procedures for maintaining accounting system integrity and controlling accounting data.