Accounting Technician Job at The Holston Group, Inc. in Fort Meade

Job Description

The Directorate of Finance’s Audit, Accounting and Financial Services Group (B2) has a requirement for accounting and resource management services for our Government Client and other Intelligence Community (IC) Agencies. HG is looking to hire Accounting Technicians to perform in one of the five (5) tasks areas: Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Travel Entitlements, and Transactions by Others (TBO).

• Accounts Receivable will receive and process debt letters; update, schedule, and apply payroll deductions in the financial and payroll system of record, perform debt adjustments, communicate with debtors, process financial hardships and/or Voluntary Repayment Agreements, credit and rebill, and write-off uncollectable debts as Close-Out and/or as Currently-Not-Collectable (CNC).
•  Accounts Payable is responsible for examining, processing, and preparing vouchers for payment of invoices and billings received via electronic commerce or hardcopy from commercial vendors and other government agencies. Review invoices with COR approvals utilizing the Accounts Payable (AP) checklist to ensure payments are made in accordance with Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) standards.
•  Payroll is responsible for maintaining the official pay and leave records and process biweekly payroll for civilian personnel assigned to Government Client and IC agencies, processing and computing Permanent Change of Station (PCS) allowances and pay differentials (i.e., Foreign Language Incentive Pay). This function will also validate, and process timesheets entered in the payroll system to include process living Quarters Allowance (LQA)/Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA) and Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA)/Miscellaneous Expense Account (MEA)/Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA).
•  Travel Entitlements will perform Travel Card maintenance for the government Citibank travel card, serving as the liaison between cardholder/traveler and the financial institution, monitoring account activity, and managing delinquencies. This position will also complete monthly reconciliation of the Centralized Billing Account(s) and Individual Billing Account(s) to ensure there are no outstanding balances more than 61 calendar days past due.
• Intragovernmental Transactions will research, post, record and reconcile payments made by other agencies on behalf of Government Client as part of the outgoing orders process for traditional transactions by others (TBO) (also includes a pre-validation process), Intra-governmental Payment and Collections (IPAC) and Interfund payment types.

All Track Duties and Responsibilities

• Process all requirements in accordance with organization goals/metrics.
• Update existing SOPs to reflect system process updates within 30 days of implementation of new process.
• Respond within 1 business day to phone messages, email communications to research and resolve questions in order to facilitate prompt disbursements and collections.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in performing financial and accounting functions.

Security Clearance Requirements

• Candidate must possess a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) level clearance requiring a Full-scope or Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph.

Additional Information

The Holston Group, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.  US Citizenship is required as a result of the parameters set for the Federal Government contract.