This vacancy is for a Financial Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Command, Control, Communication, Computer, and Cyber Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC), Asset Logistics Division (ALD), Fiscal Operations Branch (FOB), located in Norfolk, VA.

Duties

The incumbent serves as a Financial Specialist and is responsible for providing professional advice and assistance to the C5ISC organization on budget resource management matters, as well as providing key financial support to enable the execution of C5ISC’s annual spend plan. Duties include routine review of account status to ensure commitment, obligation and expenditure data fully aligns with planned activity, and possess the accuracy required to enable the subsequent payment of bills and invoices within the financial system. Duties cover a variety of appropriation types and span multiple fiscal years. Additional duties and tasking may be assigned to research fiscal abnormalities, identify root causes, and recommend potential solutions to ensure C5ISC accounts are maintained in accordance with C5ISC standards, USCG CFO policy and appropriations law.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Mandatory training to be completed within 2 years of entry of position.

Qualifications

AT THE GS 9 GRADE LEVEL: Applicant must have a minimum of 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level. Specialized experience may  include:  Fluency in using Microsoft Excel, with the following proficiency desired: creating/implementing formulas, creating pivot tables, producing charts and graphs from data sets, and creating macros. A current user of the Coast Guard’s financial accounting system (i.e., FSMS) and understanding of how to run a report to extract data from it. Understanding of basic Appropriations Law Principles, with particular emphasis on how to do a Purpose-Time-Amount Determination on a requisition. Experience with either one of the following: Involvement in any part of the process for establishing Interagency Agreements such as getting Terms and Conditions documents creating and entering obligations for Interagency Reimbursable Work Authorizations (IRWA) in the financial accounting system; OR Processing invoices for payment (i.e., IPACs (Interagency Payments and Collections) affiliated with IRWAs that were entered in the financial accounting system by other Coast Guard units. OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at the grade level GS-09. Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position. At the GS-9 level, selectee must possess or be able to obtain: PAL (Principles of Appropriations Law) or management determined equivalent within two years of entry into the position. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]