FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Duties

• You will assist in the performance of functions such as budget formulation and estimates to support plans, programs, and activities; review and budget request, controls and reporting of obligation and expenditures of one or more fund types.
• You will perform account maintenance and accounting support work requiring basic understanding of accounting systems, policies, and procedures to examine, verify and maintain and reconcile accounting data, and prepare reports.
• You will compile, consolidate data from source documents, system records, and reports for use in preparing budget estimates and for record keeping in support of audit readiness.
• You will perform and navigate through multiple financial systems and platforms to perform day-to-day and basic functions within the systems (Navy ERP and General Funds Enterprise Business Systems).
• You will review execution of assigned department activities on a regular basis to include monitoring obligations and expenditures throughout the life cycle of each appropriation.
• You will perform routine funds execution of command's total obligation authority by reviewing subordinate funding documents prior to approving funding requests.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This is a Financial Management Level 1 certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26.

Qualifications

GS-09
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving budget estimates.
• Experience processing budget requests, managing controls, and reporting of obligations and expenditures.
• Experience formulating budget and cost estimates to support organizational plans, programs, and activities.
• Experience reconciling accounting data, preparing reports, and maintaining documents in electronic files for easy retrieval.
• Experience using automated systems such as financial systems and platforms, management information systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.) to extract information.

GS-07
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience using automated systems such as financial and management information systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access to extract information, compile and consolidate data.
• Experience assisting in the preparation of financial reports, budget formulations and estimates.
• Experience maintaining documents in electronic files for easy retrieval.
• Experience performing administrative work in connection with accounting systems.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
GS-09
Master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR
Completed two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
OR
A LL.B. or J.D. that is related to the position being filled
OR
A combination of specialized experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Percentage of the required education plus percentage of the required specialized experience equal one hundred percent.

GS-07
Completed one full year of graduate level education
OR
Successfully completed a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement
OR
A combination of specialized experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Percentage of the required education plus percentage of the required specialized experience equal one hundred percent.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

PCS is not authorized.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation

ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.