The incumbent serves as a Financial Management Specialist, supporting the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) Program Governance and Integration Lead. The Financial Management Specialist incumbent is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of financial management programs and controls for the DGIB Program.

Duties

Specific duties include: The Financial Management Specialist incumbent is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of financial management programs and controls for the DGIB Program. Provides strategic advice and guidance to the DGIB Governance and Integration Lead and Assistant Director to ensure proper financial controls are in place to increase efficiency and drive successful DGIB program implementations. Responsible for proactively analyzing financials to identify opportunities for cost savings and/or cost avoidance. The incumbent will streamline financial reporting and assess the need for additional financial tools as needed. Proactively calculate periodic budget risk assessments. Also identify financial information and metrics to be leveraged in program dashboards. Support financial audits as required and create action plans to resolve weaknesses/deficient discovered during audits and work with senior leadership to implement corrective actions as required. Leverage financial management experience to establish new financial reporting, processes, and controls to further mature DGIB's financial management capability. Conduct financial forecasting activities and manage all day-to-day financial activities, monitoring and tracking commitments, obligations, and expenditures and performing reconciliations as required. Establish a quarterly financial management reporting cadence with senior leadership and partnered directorates and assess the need for additional monthly reporting. Manage the Lifecycle Cost Estimate for the DGIB Program and identify opportunities for improvement. Assess financial practices and reporting, including reconciliations and budget risk/issue escalation, and identify areas for improvement. Create Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs) to support acquisitions. Perform end of fiscal year lessons learned and make recommendations for future fiscal year budget planning and execution. Act as the primary financial management liaison between the DGIB Program Management Office and other VBA organizations, ensuring the DGIB Program adheres to all internal and external financial reporting requirements. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS11/12/13. Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Available per agency and program policy. Virtual: This is a virtual position. NOTE: This is not a remote position. This position will be located at a duty station in either Atlanta, GA, Buffalo, NY, Muskogee, OK, or Washington, DC. The selectee must physically report to the local regional office in one of these locations as the official duty station on a routine basis. Current employees of the St. Louis Regional Office and AC&L employees are eligible to apply and remain at their current duty location. Telework for this position is available per agency and program policy. Position Description/PD#: Management and Program Analyst (Financial Management);41439-A, 41440-A, 41441-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/10/2023. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50 that indicates proof of status, and shows Time in Grade (for example, you were a career or career-conditional employee) and identifies your position title, series, grade, step, salary, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50. If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. GS-11: 52 weeks at the GS-09 level. GS-12: 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. GS-13: 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience Statement GS-11: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to experience in financial management. Assist with analyzing (i.e., review and evaluate), comprehend and apply decisions derived from a variety of data or complex information. Assist with federal budget and contracting regulations and processes. Assist in identifying problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Specialized Experience Statement GS-12: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to experience in financial management. Experience in analyzing (i.e., review and evaluate), comprehend and apply decisions derived from a variety of data or complex information. Specialized Experience GS-13: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to experience in financial management. Experience in preparing, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program area; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies. Experience in analyzing (i.e., review and evaluate), comprehend and apply decisions derived from a variety of data or complex information. Experience in federal budget and contracting regulations and processes. Experience in identifying problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. OR GS-11 Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Transcripts (official or unofficial) must be submitted when using any part of education to qualify. GS-12 Education: No educational substitute at the GS-12 grade level. GS-13 Education: No educational substitute at the GS-13 grade level. OR GS-11 Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned. When substituting you can use graduate level education you have earned beyond a Bachelor's Degree. Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Combining Education & Experience: If you do not fully meet the length of experience and education described for a specific grade level (e.g. have six months of experience and some coursework but not a degree), the two can be combined to total 100% of the requirement. Click here for more information. 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; religions; 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. Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications. Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.

Contacts

• Address VBA Human Resources Center - Central Office 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Krystal Boyd
• Phone: 410-230-4400
• Email: [email protected]