Accounts Payable Technician(All Interested Candidates/ All Sources)

Job Description

The U.S. Mission in Sierra Leone is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the Accounts Payable Technician in the Financial Management office. The Accounts Payable Technician (APT) serves as a member of the Accounts Payable Unit (APU) in the Financial Management Center (FMC) for Mission Sierra Leone. The APT is responsible for performing the full range of accounts payable and accounts receivable services for all subscribed ICASS Agencies within the Mission. Serves as Financial Advisor to the Accounts Payable Manager (APM) in the Financial Management Center (FMC) and participates in financial operations to ensure payments and receivables are processed in a timely and accurate manner. The volume, quality and timeliness of the APT’s work must conform to Appropriation Law, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM), Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR), meet ICASS service standards, as well as host government laws and regulations. The APU manages vendor and employee payments and receivables within the Embassy and the 0 consulates, 5 agencies, and 22 appropriations. The payments and collections managed by the APU exceed $12.5 million. The Financial Specialist (FS) or Accounts Payable Manager (APM) will distribute APU duties among the APTs. Payables and Receivables managed will include non-serviced and all serviced Agencies which may include (but not limited to): ICASS, U.S. Trade Representative, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) , International Trade Administration (ITA/Commerce) , General Legal Activities (Civil/Criminal) (GLA), US Marshall Service, Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG), Department of State, Office of Technical Assistance, DHS - Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), HHS-Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HHS-Center for Disease Control (CDC), United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and Department of Defense serviced agencies.

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