Accounting Technician (Trainer) in Brandon

This position is located at the Liberty Lodge on RAF Lakenheath, UK. This position requires shift work to provide coverage on days, evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations. Scheduled hours will be 40 hours per week. Job is a regular full-time position with benefits.

Duties:

• Provides general office and financial support to lodging management.
• Performs various management support functions including preparing general correspondence and budget submissions.
• Processes all purchase orders and receiving reports in internet-based purchasing software.
• Monitors current projects to ensure delivery of items on order.
• Prepares lodging time records for payroll processing and assists with payroll discrepancies; tracks labor hours to ensure compliance with Air Force Guidance.
• Approving official for NAF Government Purchase card (NAF GPC)/Purchase Card (P-Card) Program.
• Reviews night audit reports and resolves out-of-balance accounts or reports.
• Works with Guest Service Representatives to fix posting errors.
• Works directly with guests or units in collecting fees and prepares bills.
• Answers Guest Folio phone inquiries and follows up.
• Conducts research to assist NAF Accounting Office (AO) in balancing accounts receivable.
• Prepares monthly surcharge calculation and processes daily credit card deposits.
• Controls petty cash fund and serves as back-up administrator for the lodging automated data system.
• Oversees lodging awards program as directed by management, scheduling team socials and working with section manager for appropriate activities.
• Responsible for monitoring lodging's hospitality training and development programs in accordance with Air Force Lodging standards.
• Tracks courses required to maintain or earn hospitality certifications which meet Lodging program objectives.
• Coordinates with the Services training staff for opportunities and creates training calendars for all lodging employees.
• Schedules employees for training classes and communicates with appropriate managers to ensure employee attendance.
• Oversees small study groups or self-directed studies as needed to complete lodging courses.
• Coordinates with Lodging Manager and Assistant Manager to establish and maintain budgets for staff development, incentives and recognition items.
• Ensures completion of all hospitality training required for certification with the Educational Institute.
• Conducts quarterly or other training record reviews and briefs results to lodging management.
• Assists management with tracking Customer Service trends and monitors customer feedback and comment cards.
• Develops schedule to ensure the quality assurance evaluation program is conducted in accordance with AF standards.
• Responsible for overseeing lodging specific new employee training and regularly briefs lodging management on course schedule, expectations and solicits presenters.
• Watches and reviews processes and performance in the workplace and adjusts staff development program to address any performance shortcomings noted.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Conditions of Employment:

This position requires the incumbent to complete a background investigation with favorable results.

Qualifications:

Who May Apply: Open to everyone. Applicants will be categorized by preference(s) and/or priority consideration eligibilities. An applicant's eligibility will be determined based on eligibility claimed in the questionnaire and proof of eligibility MUST be provided with application by the closing date 08/17/2026.

Citizens, permanent residents, and legal residents of the United States (US) who reside within the local commuting area (60-mile radius) of RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), or will do so within the next 30 days. Permanent and legal residents of the US must be citizens of a NATO country, unless authorized to reside in the UK as a dependent of an employee who serves in support of the US Visiting Forces.

Eligible applicants must possess a US-issued social security number and be able to provide documentation proving residency status in the UK. Applicants cannot be 'ordinarily resident'. A person is considered to be 'ordinarily resident' if they have resided in the United Kingdom (UK) for more than 366 days without an affiliation to the US Visiting Forces.

In accordance with the Status of Forces Agreement between the US and the UK, British citizens may not apply for US NAF positions; however, they may be eligible to apply for local national positions on base.

Experience Requirements:

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Qualifying Experience:

• Knowledge of the property management system, sufficient to follow individual funds and specific monies from initiation through expenditure stages to trace discrepancies in the system.
• Knowledge in the operation of a word processing and accounts receivable program to perform basic functions and print a variety of standardized forms, reports, etc.
• Requires knowledge of account relationships and relationships with other accounts within the system in order to perform extensive balancing and reconciling of detail and summary accounts.
• Knowledge of and skills in interpreting and applying regulations, policies, practices, procedures of account relationship and relationship with other account within the system.
• Experience in applying budgeting processes to include addition, subtractions, multiply and divide in all units of measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Must possess basic computer skills and be familiar with personnel computer applications such as Windows, MS Word, Excel, Access and Internet.
• Ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Basic knowledge of AF Inns NAF and APF budget required.
• Lodging/hospitality experience required.
• Training experience highly desired.

Education:

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. This position does not allow for education substitution in order to qualify. Foreign Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program.

Additional Information:

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• U.S. Citizens and Non-U.S. Nationals who have resided in the U.S. or U.S. Territory for three (3) or more consecutive years immediately preceding the start of Federal affiliation.
• All Federal NAF employees are required by PL 104-134 to have salary payments made by electronic funds transfer/direct deposit.
• Probationary period may be required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from hiring preferences and priority consideration eligible.
• Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 60/90 days after the closing date.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
• LQA is not authorized. Post Allowance is authorized for Regular Full Time employment category.
• This is a Nonappropriated Fund (NAF) position carrying out Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) activities for the Air Force and Space Force.
• Applicants must be able to provide a REAL ID or present a combination of source identity documents authorized to facilitate access to the installation.

Please contact the servicing HR Office with any questions.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.