Part Time Accounting Jobs in Arkansas (NOW HIRING)

This position is a career ladder structure to the full performance level of Accounting Technician, GS-7. The position performs a variety of duties which includes three areas of responsibility: (1) Accounting Support, (2) Agent Cashier Support, and (3) Accounts Receivable Support. The position will also be cross trained on all three areas of responsibility to include functional rotations. The Accounting Technician position will be located at Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.Qualifications:To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/17/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05, and for a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education described below:
Specialized Experience at the GS-6:

• Providing general administrative support such as preparing correspondence, maintaining organized filing systems, managing calendars, and coordinating meetings or appointments.
• Reviewing documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established policies or procedures.
• Using office software and automated systems to enter, update, and retrieve information, and to generate routine reports.
• Maintaining logs, spreadsheets, tracking tools, or databases to support office operations and workflow management..

Specialized Experience at the GS-7:

• Experience with accounting principles, methods, procedures and techniques;
• Validating transactions and performing research to resolve inconsistencies;
• Examining accounts to analyze and detect trends and problems;
• Experience using spreadsheet applications; and using various accounting system software package applications and computer systems to resolve problems of processed transactions.
• Experience collecting, organizing, and compiling information required for reports, presentations, audits, and reviews.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Preferred experience includes preparing and reviewing financial documents to verify accounting data and necessary entries; balancing and reconciling accounts and records; collecting and compiling financial data; validating transactions and performing research to resolve inconsistencies; entering financial (such as Accounting or Budget) transactions into an automated data management system; processing and verifying invoices. Experience using a "10 key" (numerical pad) is a plus.
Physical Requirements: Sedentary work majority of time. Pulling and filing documents. Approximately eight hours per day spent at computer terminal.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.Education:There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Employment Type: OTHER