36B Financial Management Technician

Company: Army National Guard
Location: Somerset
Posted on: November 17, 2023

Job Description:

Budgets need to be balanced, and Soldiers and vendors need to be paid on time. An Army National Guard Financial Management Technician ensures that funds go where they need to and that all transactions are recorded properly. Whether it is budgeting, disbursing, and accounting for government funds, payment for travel and commercial vendor services, pay support of Soldiers and foreign national employees, or internal control operations, the Soldiers of this MOS are integral to the organization's financial health because they also analyze historical spending to formulate budgets for future expenses.Job Duties --- Receive and post documents to accounting/budget systems --- Process treasury checks for payment and pay for invoices --- Maintain files and prepare financial reports/travel vouchers --- Review contracts, invoices, and receive reports Specifically, the Financial Management Technician performs duties, such as: computing payroll and other allowances; auditing accounting records; preparing payments for Army personnel; recording details of financial transactions on accounting forms; auditing financial records; disbursing cash, checks, advance pay, and bonds.Helpful Skills --- Interest in mathematics, statistics, and accounting --- Ability to work with numbers --- Capable of using computers and other office machines Plus, you'll be building a better future. The skills you learn as an Army National Guard Financial Management Technician will help prepare you for a rewarding civilian career as a bookkeeper, accountant, or audit clerk. In fact, a finance background of any kind will help you in just about any civilian position that interests you. Earn While You Learn Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. Job training for a Financial Management Technician consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and nine weeks of Advanced Individual Training with classroom instruction, including practice in accounting techniques.

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