THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST, Position Description Number T5353000 and is part of the OH 178 Wing, National Guard. The purpose of this position to serve as a supervisor with technical and administrative supervisory responsibilities to include the oversight of subordinate staff.

Duties

As a SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST, GS-0501-12, you will perform the following duties: 1. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments in consideration of skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expectations to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordinate workers performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Recommends awards when appropriate and approves within-grade increases. Hears and resolves employee complaints and refers serious unresolved complaints to higher level management. Initiates action to correct performance or conduct problems. Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepares documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourages self-development. Approves master leave schedule assuring adequate coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacation time. Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring education and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive material. Recognizes and takes action to correct situations posing a threat to the health or safety of subordinates. Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions, and ensures all personnel are treated in a manner free of discrimination. Periodically reviews position descriptions to ensure accuracy, and the most effective utilization of personnel resources. Explains classification determinations to subordinate employees. 2. Manages, directs and executes wide spectrum pay operations (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounts Payable, and Travel Pay) for wing customers which requires the development of policies and procedures unique to each command in an environment of constantly changing priorities and missions. Develops policies, coordinates, and performs all military pay functions for organizations at all levels of serviced installations. Develops an effective implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all areas of responsibility; and ensures that training needs are planned and implemented on a timely basis to meet constantly changing policy and procedures. Provides expert interpretation on DoD and DFAS regulatory and administrative guidelines in accordance with generally accepted principles relating to wide spectrum pay operations previously mentioned. 3. Confers and resolves all problem areas related to the branch's administrative and functional responsibilities in relation to DCPS and its related accounting interfaces. Ensures the accurate processing of payroll, debts, and miscellaneous entitlements, while applying quality assurances techniques. Assists with resolving complex functional problems within the pay system and affected customers. Develops recommendations for actions under uncertain conditions and short and rapidly changing program deadlines, facilitates the resolution of controversial payroll problems for the serviced wing customers, and helps ensure proper interfaces with appropriate DoD and other financial systems. 4. Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (T5353000). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp

Requirements

• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• As a condition of continued employment, employee must complete the higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All series personnel performance levels must be validated at the next higher level before being eligible for merit promotion consideration to the GS-0501 graded-position and, must have a minimum of one year on-the-job experience in the grade immediately below the next higher level. However, a new hire federal civilian service program applicant should have competent experiences that are equivalent or commensurate to the financial administration program business with demonstrated understandings of the program's principles and concepts defined by the applicable NG Title 5 Excepted Service Series GS-0501 position descriptions' resulting job analysis information and crediting plan data. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for hire consideration into the ANG GS-0501-12 supervisory position located in the Wing Comptroller Office, the applicant must be eligible for entry into the position's financial management certification career program based on the position's GS-grade before final approval and appointment is processed. The applicant must have at least 24 months of broadening finance, resource management, accounting and/or audit program experiences in leading, planning and scheduling program work in a manner that promotes smooth flow and even distribution of assigning work requirements. Experiences included training and guiding employees on finance programs and assigning tasks. Experiences involved balancing finance program work requirements, finance and budget program policies, and providing advice, mentoring, and direction on a wide variety of tasks; and, addressing employee performance issues. Experienced in structuring assignments that created effective and efficient procedures with measured and improved task processes. Must have demonstrated experiences and/or endorsements on mentorship competencies that were provided to employees. Supervisory experiences improved training applications for career development that resulted in the employees' increased performance values in quality work, timeliness considerations, and work efficiencies. Must have working knowledge of equal employment and affirmative action programs. Must have completed all academic education requirements. For hire consideration in the Supervisory Financial Specialist, GS-0501-12, an applicant must have technical and administrative skills in pay operations such as, ANG Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounts Payable, and Travel Pay. Skilled in applying statutes, laws, DOD Directives, finance regulations, financial management, and operating procedures relative to the entitlements and allowances related to the payment of military personnel, civilian personnel, vendors, and travelers. Skilled in managing Pay Systems that support Military Services and Defense Agencies and skilled in identifying program weaknesses. Experienced in a variety of procedures and techniques in payroll systems pat transactions, reporting requirements and documents, database applications, different pay schedules and entitlements and the ability to manage and analyze data to develop a trend. Knowledgeable of the DFAS mission and functions, operation, and relationships to other agencies to respond to special inquiries and task organizations for information and responses. Skilled in organizational techniques, systems and procedures to perform studies related to management improvement, productivity improvement and management controls to analyze and evaluate criteria for the enhancement of all assigned Pay programs (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounts Payable, and Travel Pay).

Education

If you are using Education to qualify for this position, oo qualify for the National Guard GS-0501 Title 5 Excepted Service positions, on the basis of completed undergraduate or graduate education, the awarded college degree should be in one of -or- be a combination of the following disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

AS A GENERAL RULE, ONE QUARTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR EQUALS .67 SEMESTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR.

For example, to compute the number of semester hours an applicant earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses by:

1. Use the data point of .67 to compute Quarter Hours into Semester Hours:
36 Quarter Hours X .67 Semester Hour = 24 Semester Hours.

OR

2. May compute the number of semester hours an applicant has earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses:

36 Quarter Hours /1.5 = 24 Semester Hours.

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.

Contacts

• Address OH 178 Wing 801 Fontaine Lane Springfield, OH 45501 US
• Name: Caitlyn Lowe
• Phone: 937-525-2512
• Email: [email protected]