FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Duties
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• Analyzes financial data to advise management decisions. Makes recommendations to formulate financial/operational information into meaningful products. Requires extensive knowledge of senior management data needs and current access tools.
• Performs staff visits to HQ, DoD, and federal agencies to evaluate financial management procedures, systems, policies, and compliance. Participates in conferences/meetings at all levels for effective TSEAS financial management.
• Advises senior management on financial information availability and assists decision-making for efficient DoD resource use. In absence of GS-13 team leader, serves as Project Manager for PSD/Comptroller projects.
• Develops instructions/procedures to implement proposed systems. Participates in formulating TSEAS manual/operating instructions. Supports audits through reconciliations, control identification, and preparing CAPs/NFR responses.
• Advises senior management on financial information availability and assists decision-making for efficient DoD resource use. In absence of GS-13 team leader, serves as Project Manager for PSD/Comptroller projects.

Requirements
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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position.
• May be subject to initial and random drug testing for this position, if applicable.

Qualifications

Time in Grade:
Qualified applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-09 for GS-11 level and GS-11 for GS-12 level) in the Federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position.

GS-11 Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-09 or higher grade in Federal Service.

GS-12 Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in Federal Service.

Specialized Experience:

Specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level is defined as: Experience designing or managing a financial system; using financial data to advise managers; creating new procedures for financial work; and acting as a representative in meetings to solve financial problems

Specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level is defined as: Experience directing the design or maintenance of a financial management system; analyzing financial management data to provide advice for management decision-making; developing standard operating procedures or internal controls for financial processes; and representing an organization in meetings to resolve financial management problems.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements, qualified applicants must also possess the quality of experience as it relates to how closely or to what extent an applicant's background, recency of experience, education, and training are relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the announced position. Candidates must clearly demonstrate the possession of competencies necessary to successfully perform the work of the position at the appropriate level to be qualified for the position. Applicants must describe how their experience meets the competencies within the body of the resume. No separate statements addressing competencies are required.

Competencies: Communication, Financial Management, Financial Management Analysis, and Program/Project Management

Qualification and time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.

Education

GS-11 Substitution of Education for Experience: Three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

To be creditable, education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. You must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions that are recognized by the U.S. Department of Education

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services at the time of application. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services .

If you are using education to qualify for this position you will need to submit your unofficial/official transcripts with your application. Failure to provide transcripts, or a determination that you do not possess the education requirement, will result in objection to your qualifications, and removal from consideration in accordance with competitive examining procedures.

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level

Additional information

• A one year probationary or trial period may be required.
• Telework availability will be based upon the mission requirements and supervisory determination
• Individuals tentatively selected for drug testing designated positions at the Defense Information Systems Agency will be required to submit to urinalysis for illegal drugs prior to appointment or placement.
• Management has the prerogative to select at either grade level.
• This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to target position without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. However, promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of a promotion is implied.
• We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 90 days of the closing date.
• Moving costs MAY be paid.
• Recruitment, relocation, or retention incentives MAY be authorized. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click here .
• This is a covered position and the person selected for this position must complete an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment pursuant to 5 CFR 2634.903(b) (DoD 5500.7).
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position. IAW Public Law 112-81 and DoD Policy the incumbent shall comply with the requirements of DoD FM Certification Program.
• For more information on veterans' preference click here .
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (to verify your registration status click here ).
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP eligible click here . To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85 or above on the rating criteria for this position.
• This position is subject to the limitations imposed by the DOD Priority Placement Program.
• Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level.
• PPP Application Based Preference Eligibles (Military Reserve and National Guard technicians, Military Reserve and National Guard technicians receiving disability retirement, and Retained Grade employees) will receive priority consideration at the full performance level only.
• For grades below the full performance level, only MSP/PPP eligible candidates who currently occupy a formal training program position will be entitled to exercise their priority preference.
• For more information regarding qualifications requirements please click here .
• You may submit a cover letter which will be forwarded to the selecting official with your resume. Your cover letter will not be used to verify your qualifications or eligibility
• All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact 317-212-0454 for assistance.