FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Duties

A GS-0501-11, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST:

• Independently performs and examines financial management functions to ensure internal and external accounting systems and administrative controls are sufficient to confirm that obligations and disbursements comply with applicable laws, and that funds are safeguarded against waste,loss, and misappropriation.
• Reviews accounting and pay documents, travel vouchers, and vendor payments to ensure supporting documentation is proper and valid.
• Performs post-audit voucher reviews.
• Aggregates data from multiple financial and accounting systems and sources in order to directly or indirectly provide the Comptroller, Wing Commander, United States Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Unites States Air Force (USAF), DFAS, Department of the Treasury and senior level management with accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Ensures the proper documentation, accounting, and auditability of funds, and their traceability to the USPFO in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) regulations and/orapplicable laws.
• Analyzes and accurately processes financial services transactions (i.e., payroll, debts, and miscellaneous entitlements) while applying quality assurances techniques.
• Resolves complex functional problems within the pay system for affected customers. Develops recommendations for actions under uncertain conditions with short and rapidly changing program deadlines.
• Facilitates the resolution of intricate entitlement discrepancies for serviced customers, and ensures proper interfaces with appropriate DoD agencies and federal financial systems.
• Executes full spectrum pay and entitlement operations (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounting,and Travel Pay).
• Provides expert interpretation on DoD and DFAS regulatory and administrative guidelines in accordance with generally accepted principles.
• Interprets policies and collaborates with the financial management enterprise to facilitate best practices and compliance assurance.
• Analyzes and measures the effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations; reliability off financial reporting; compliance with policies, regulations, applicable laws and guidance; and ensures that internal controls are in place.
• Determines the legality of entitlements/collection actions and provides decision support to the Financial Manager.
• Processes data and performs broad-in-depth financial analysis of interrelated accounting, military and civilian pay, accounts payable and receivable, and various travel entitlements to resolve especially difficult and sensitive, out-of-balance conditions associated with processing actions within Financial Management systems.
• Analyzes and evaluates data to conduct a variety of fiscal reconciliations, reviews, and account adjustments.
• Analyzes diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial issues or problems.
• Reconciles Resource Center Manager(RCM) accounts ensuring data integrity.
• Coordinates with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and posts validated accounts to the General Ledger.
• Resolves pay and entitlement problems unique to the customer.
• Manages and executes internal control procedures to protect against fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A resume and supporting documents must be submitted (see "How to Apply").
• This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate SECRET security clearance of the position.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
• Position requires ability to establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
• Irregular and/or overtime (compensatory) hours may be required to support operational requirements or contingencies or may be required to work hours outside of the normal duty day.
• Duties and responsibilities may significantly impact the environment. You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission.
• May be required to travel by car, in military and/or commercial aircraft, and by other means of transportation as appropriate to perform temporary duty assignments.
• Position designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration. Head of Agency requests to exceed 14 days in a calendar year must be approved in advance by NGB-J1
• Is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position. Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of the certification program, achieving certification within 2 years of notification of certification requirements or the period of any extension.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE :
The ability to analyze problems by identifying significant factors, gathering pertinent data, and recognizing solutions; to plan and organize work effectively; to communicate efficiently both orally and in writing; to collect and analyze data accurately and efficiently; to apply procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material; to present formal training presentations and briefings; and to prepare comprehensive reports and presentation formats.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE :
Must have at least 36 months of experience performing and managing financial operations by overseeing administrative fiscal, financial management, accounting, and budgeting tasks, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and procedures to safeguard funds against waste, loss, or misappropriation, as well as conduct audits and reviews of financial documents such as accounting records, pay documents, travel vouchers, and vendor payments, analyzing and evaluating financial issues to develop alternative solutions, provide decision support to leadership (e.g., Comptroller, Wing Commander, and other senior managers), and aggregate and interpret data from multiple financial systems for accurate and timely reporting. Have a professional understanding of accounting theories, principles, and practices, familiarity with budgeting laws, regulations, precedents, and techniques, and proficiency in operating and managing automated financial systems to support financial functions. Posses strong analysis, research, writing, judgment, self-management, resilience, teamwork, attention to detail, creative thinking, integrity, honesty, and customer service skills. Expertise in establishing and maintaining internal controls to ensure compliance with policies, regulations, and laws, while measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations and reporting, accurately processing financial services transactions, such as payroll, debts, and entitlements, and resolving complex financial issues and entitlement discrepancies, managing military pay, civilian pay, accounting, and travel pay operations, while interpreting DoD and DFAS regulatory guidelines to ensure compliance, and performing in-depth analysis of accounting, pay, and entitlement data to resolve discrepancies, ensure data integrity, and conduct fiscal reconciliations, reviews, and account adjustments.

Education

Education Requirements:
Completed undergraduate or graduate education.

Degree Required:
Degree should be in one of, or a combination of the following disciplines: accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

Degree Required to qualify with Education Only (No Specialized Experience):
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.M., if related

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

If you are selected for a vacancy that requires a specific degree and/or coursework you will be required to provide official transcripts prior to appointment.

Combination of Specialized Experience and Education:
Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (GS09) may be used and should include at lease 24 semester hours in accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( ).

- Certain incentive(s) may be available pending funding and approval but are not guaranteed.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY :
The WA National Guard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

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