Voucher Examiner

**Duties**:
The Accounts Payable Technician (APT) functions as a member of the Accounts Payable Unit (APU) in the Financial Management Center (FMC) for Tri-Mission France. The APT performs the full spectrum of accounts payable and accounts receivable services for all subscribed ICASS Agencies within the Tri-Mission. This position acts as Financial Advisor to the Accounts Payable Manager (APM) in the FMC while fully participating in financial operations to ensure payments and receivables are processed in a timely and accurate manner.

All aspects of the APT's work must be in strict compliance with Appropriation Law, Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR), ICASS service standards, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), as well as host government laws and regulations.

The APU manages all aspects of vendor and employee payments and receivables within the Paris Bilateral Mission, the US Mission to OECD, the US Mission to UNESCO, the two Consulates, three American Presence Posts, 59 ICASS customer agencies, and 37 appropriations. The volume of payable and collection transactions managed by the APU exceed $206 million dollars annually. The APM is primarily responsible for assigning APU duties among the Apts the APU manages payable and receivable transactions for non-serviced and all serviced Agencies which may include (but not limited to): ICASS, Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), International Trade Administration (ITA/Commerce), Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Defense (DOD), and Department of State (DOS).

**Qualifications and Evaluations**:

- Requirements:

- Public Trust security certificate (Low Risk/Non-Sensitive)
- Education Requirements:
A minimum of one year work experience in finance or other business field is essential and required plus a bachelor's degree in business, Finance or Accounting is required.

**Please note this announcement is simultaneously advertised with the substitution of experience for education (PARIS-2024-043S), please see details below**:
Secondary school plus four years' work experience in finance or other business field is essential and required.- Evaluations:
- Qualifications:
**Experience**:
A minimum of one year work experience in finance or other business field is essential and required plus a bachelor's degree in business, Finance or Accounting is required.

**Please note this announcement is simultaneously advertised with the substitution of experience for education (PARIS-2024-043S), please see details below**:
Secondary school and four years' work experience in finance or other business field is essential and required.**Languages - These will be tested**:
ENGLISH: Good working knowledge - Speaking - Reading & Writing

FRENCH: Good working knowledge - Speaking - Reading & Writing**Job Knowledge**:
General knowledge of accounting principles, banking payment processes, and of one or more aspects of financial management including bookkeeping, accounting, disbursing, finance or business administration.**Skills And Abilities**:
**Benefits and Other Info**:

- Benefits:

- Agency Benefits:
**SALARY**: the **annual gross salary includes**: the profit-sharing allowance, the vacation allowance, the bonus allowance and the “Comité d’Entreprise” allowance.

**MEAL TICKETS**: Meal tickets have a face value of EUR 8.25/day. 60% of the daily amount is paid by the U.S. Government. An employee contribution of EUR 3.30 per ticket will be deducted in payroll. The number of meal tickets is limited to 202 workdays per year.

**TRANSPORTATION**:Employees are eligible for a reimbursement of 50% of the cost of public transportation passes purchased for commuting purposes.

**HOLIDAYS**: The U.S. Missions in France observe eleven U.S. holidays per year and up to ten French holidays.

**For EFMs**, benefits should be discussed with the Human Resources Office.

The pay plan is assigned at the time of the conditional offer letter by the HR Office.
- Other Information:
**HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS**:
**HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER**
- Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM) / U.S. citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
- AEFM / USEFM
- Foreign Service (FS) on Leave without Pay (LWOP) and Civil Service (CS) with reemployment rights**
- IMPORTANT: US citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”) preferably Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans’ Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability, equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is