You will serve as a Financial Management Analyst in the Comptroller Department of COMNAVREG MIDLANT NORFOLK. Salary Range for GS-12: $83,854-$109,011 Salary Range for GS-11: $69,961-$90,946

Duties

You will provide accounting and financial support to all levels of managers. You will perform advanced financial systems analyses for designing, developing, and implementing new or revised automated systems and procedures. You will prepare and analyze reports and serve as the technical expert in Standard General Ledger reconciliation and reporting. You will respond to financial data calls from headquarters and higher authorities by using proficient communication skills. You will apply conventional practices to resolve a variety of problems in accounting, budget, or financial management. You will review functions and processes for efficiency opportunities and serve as the representative in streamlining programs related to accounting matters. You will conduct and respond to audits, review procedures, practices, and systems and recommend disposition of findings and take appropriate corrective action. You will provide input on training and/or arrange training of team members in methods and techniques of team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects. You will review and interpret laws, policies, regulations, directives. You will develop new and/or simplified methods of preparing and presenting reports. You will review and approve all types of financial documents for accuracy and validity. You will provide technical guidance to employees related to changes in procedures and/or personnel. You will prepare monthly financial reports, reconcile financial data, and provide status and final reports to higher levels of review. You will develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). You will coach the team in the selection and application of appropriation problem solving methods and techniques. You will provide advice on work methods, practices and procedures, and assist the team and/or individual members in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. You will utilize programs and software (COGNOS, advanced Excel, including Power Query, Power BI, and other Microsoft Office Suite programs) to perform financial queries and create reports to meet reporting requirements and respond to data calls.

Requirements

• 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.
• Per the preliminary nationwide injunction on E.O. 14043, COVID-19 vaccinations will not be implemented or enforced. For more information on vaccine status and workplace safety protocol requirements see Additional Information below.
• 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 position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.

Qualifications

GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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 applying knowledge of budgetary polices, precedents, procedures, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines to meet financial management objectives for an agency; Experience operating administrative and financial management systems to perform financial management analysis; Experience developing and implementing process improvements and executing modifications to canned reports from various systems using COGNOS, advanced Excel (including Power Query), or Power BI to streamline and automate reports; Experience designing management information reports and briefing material to communicate financial and related data to management; Experience performing analysis to prepare findings, options, and recommendations on financial topics including resource utilization and capacity, productivity, and distribution of workload and resources; AND Experience performing the full range of trend analysis, financial information, cost performance, budget guidance and formulating, executing and analyzing financial and cost analysis studies. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume. This is a Financial Management Level II 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. GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 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 resolving financial discrepancies and recommending solutions to personnel; Experience utilizing financial systems, including advanced Excel (pivot tables, advanced functions, producing graphs and tables, using spreadsheets efficiently, and performing calculations and automation to process large volumes of data) to verify and reconcile fiscal business; Experience interpreting financial regulations to communicate information to personnel; AND Experience advising others on policy and procedures of budgeting, accounting, or financial management to support financial management operations. NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume. This is a Financial Management Level I 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. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN 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

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

GS-11: In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR
Possession of an LL.M., if related

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be combined to meet the total qualification requirements.

Are you using your education to qualify? For positions requiring positive education requirements, or if you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned).

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address COMNAVREG MIDLANT NORFOLK 1510 Gilbert Street Norfolk, VA 23511-2734 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]