Junior Accounting Technician – Travel Entitlements

Junior Accounting Technician – Travel Entitlements

  • Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
  • Full-time

Company Description

The Holston Group (HG) Inc. is SBA 8(a) Certified, Economically Disadvantage Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) with over 15 years of extensive experience in program management, business process engineering, acquisition, financial operations, and cyber capabilities. We are experts at building trusting and long-lasting partnerships, recruiting highly qualified personnel capable of providing quality deliverables and meeting deadlines across several competencies. HG understands customer challenges and maintains close working relationships with our customers to quickly understand their needs while delivering optimal solutions.

Job Description

The Directorate of Finance’s Audit, Accounting and Financial Services Group (B2) has a requirement for accounting and resource management services for the National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) and other Intelligence Community (IC) Agencies. The Junior Accounting Technician will examine, process, and compute payment of individual claims for reimbursement of authorized expenses in connection with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) and Temporary Duty (TDY) travel, both for civilian and military personnel. The Junior Accounting Technician will also 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Examine and log all TDY and PCS claims submitted for reimbursement into the travel system.
  • Calculate all TDY and PCS entitlements up to the point of certification. Process reimbursement in the travel system with less than 4% error rate. Calculations and processing TDY reimbursements shall be completed within 10 business days of receipt. Calculations and processing PCS reimbursements shall be completed within 20 business days.
  • Return “rejected” TDY and PCS claims for additional completion by the traveler within 1 business day of rejection.
  • Update existing SOPs to reflect system process updates within 30 business days of implementation of new process. Respond within 1 business day to phone messages and email communications to work towards a resolution in order to achieve prompt payment of claims.
  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in performing financial, travel, and accounting functions.

Security Clearance Requirements

  • Candidate must possess a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) level clearance requiring a full-scope 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.