This position is part of the IBC FMD Accounting Operations Division, Office of the Secretary of Interior, Billing and Collections Section. The incumbent will be responsible for assisting higher graded financial analysts, accountants and other bureau financial management employees in providing accounting and financial management services to the burea.

Duties

Apply Treasury/OMB guidelines to properly record financial transactions and communicate with customers to timely and accurately respond to inquiries and obtain necessary documentation to support financial transactions. Input results of financial transactions into Oracle Federal Financials (OFF) or the Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) and provide guidance/advice to other team members. Review transactional input into financial systems to ensure completeness and accuracy before finalization of collection or payment transaction. Review data in reports and financial systems and identify abnormal trends and control weaknesses. Define assignments to team members, assist the team in balancing workload, coach the team in the selection and application of problem solving methods, provide advice on procedures, and assist team members in identifying parameters for solutions.

Requirements

Qualifications

At the GS-11 level, you must meet one of the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to experience with financial management reporting requirements, Department-wide financial systems, and internal control weaknesses in order to identify problems, plan and conduct financial studies, and write reports identifying problems that will improve financial management efficiency and effectiveness; experience working in a team environment, including planning and scheduling work, defining and streamlining processes, and developing team members; and recognizes problems with an accounting system, recommending changes, assisting with testing of such changes, and integrating or implementing improvements developed in-house or elsewhere.; OR B. A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related in one of the following fields: finance and/or business administration; OR C. A Combination of education and experience as list above. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Due Weight Consideration is a review process used to provide consideration to performance appraisals and awards submitted with each application on a used merit promotion certificate and factoring the results into the merit promotion selection process. Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. It is your responsibility to obtain and upload your performance appraisal/evaluation and/or list of awards prior to the closing of the vacancy announcement.

Education

If qualifying based on EDUCATION you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Only education from institutions which are accredited or preaccredited/candidate for accreditation may be used to meet education requirements.

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 a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address IBC FMD Accounting Operations Division 7201 W. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80235 US
• Name: Dallas Worsham
• Phone: 303-969-5006
• Email: [email protected]