36B Financial Management Technician

OVERVIEW
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 National Guard 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

Some of the skills you'll learn are:

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

HELPFUL SKILLS

• Interest in mathematics, statistics and accounting
• Ability to work with numbers
• Ability to use computers and other office machines

REQUIRED ASVAB SCORE(S)
Clerical (CL): 101

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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.