Financial Management Technician

Financial Management Technician 

The Financial Management Technician is responsible for financial management duties such as budgeting, disbursing, and accounting for government funds. They make sure vendors are paid, budgets are balanced, and financial matters are met so the Army keeps running.

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 and invoices and receive reports.

TRAINING
Job training for a financial management technician requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and eight weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction for accounting techniques.

Advanced Individual Training: 8 weeks, 3 days at Fort Jackson, SC

Skills you’ll learn are:

• Accounting principles and procedures 
• Maintenance of financial reports and budgets
• Analyzing financial data
• Computation of pay and deductions.

FUTURE CIVILIAN CAREERS
The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career in any field you choose, especially as a bookkeeper or an accountant.