Accounting Technician
Tai Pedro & Associates (Alexandria, Virginia)

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Needed: an accounting technician with a Public Trust or better clearance to work as a full time employee for a contracting organization supporting the Defense Contract Management Agency in Alexandria (close to the Franconia-Springfield Metro station).  The successful candidate will be familiar with Government financial practices to include, but not be limited to, data entry; reconciliation; journal maintenance and account report review, especially regarding travel.  Additionally, basic finance/accounting such as obligation/commitments of funding and de-obligation of funds will be required.  Tasks and deliverables as outline below do not comprise an all-inclusive listing but reflects a good portion of the work to be accomplished.  These tasks are labor and paper flow intensive.  Interface will be required with Agency internal customers and external customers.  Work is performed within a normal office environment.

The position is full time with benefits and, once trained, some scheduling flexibility.

Skillset required: basic finance, computer literacy, past experience working with travel documentation for the military or government.

Scope/Tasks:

a.   Review and record commitments, obligations and expense data on various types of financial documents such as but not limited to: Travel Orders; Training Orders, Financial Travel Claims; Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), Purchase Requests, issued contracts, etc.

b.   Ensure commits, obligations and expenses are adequate and validated to facilitate invoice payments; obtains additional funding and/or documentation to support disbursement when required.

c.   Review documents prepared by various operating officials prior to input in the financial system for accuracy and compliance with established written processes and/or procedures.

d.   Maintains official financial files for each financial document issued to include, but not limited to, purchase requests; travel orders; contracts; and other obligating documentation.

e.    De-obligate and/or finalize travel claims to validate funds solvency.

f.   Works with customers and/or vendors to obtain proper documentation to maintain funds execution and closure of financial obligations.

g.   Ensure correct line of accounting and all appropriate statements to include the assigned signature authorities are on all financial documents prior to commitment/obligation process.

h.    Review Accounting system fund balance prior to issuing statement of fund availability.

i.    Interface with Budget Analysts to obtain funding to ensure missions can be accomplished.

j.   Serve as liaison between the Agency's external customers and the internal customer to resolve accounting inquiries and/or issues.

k.    Create, review, issue, and update monthly financial reports/listings for each serviced customer.  Works with the customer to resolve outstanding and open obligations.

Security:

Investigative Requirement: Contractor personnel will have access to sensitive but unclassified information. Contracting personnel must have an existing clearance equivalent to or greater than a Public Trust level of clearance -- Secret or better is preferred.