This position serves as the Supervisor for the Finance Section, Support Services Division, for the Louisville Regional Office. The primary purpose of the work is to manage and direct the operations of the Finance Section, Accounting Unit and Operations Unit. Provides management and operating officials advice on all financial matters, and to prepare, present, and execute the RO budget.

Duties

Major Duties: Administers a fiscal program that includes payments for general operating expenditures and benefit programs. Serves as a subject matter expert on all aspects of fiscal and accounting activities. Provides management and operating officials, advice and assistance on all financial matters. Responsible for the formulation, presentation, and execution of funding requirements for the station. Advises the Support Services Division Chief and station management concerning the availability of funds for personnel changes, procurement of equipment and significant expenditures for contractual services. Maintains a complete accounting system for a moderately sized program that has specialized program accounting system requirements. Ensures internal controls are in place to assure that public funds are handled in accordance with applicable laws and that appropriations balance with US Treasury Department records monthly. Examines and tests financial records and controls to determine the degree of financial efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the program. Administers a program to ensure prompt and accurate payment of employee salaries, benefits, and awards. Oversee the maintenance of all compensation, pension and education benefit payment information records. Supervises employees in Operations and Accounting Determines training needs of staff. Advises, counsels, and instructs subordinate employees on work and administrative matters. Interviews and selects candidates for vacant positions Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Subject to change to meet the needs of the agency. Compressed/Flexible: Not Available. Telework: Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist, Position Description 37335A.Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: 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
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/15/2023. 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 by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA). You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization to qualify for the GS-12. Specialized experience is defined as administration and oversite of fiscal programs that include the payment for general operating expenditures and payments. Candidates must show experience in two of the following areas to be considered: Administering an agency benefits payment program Experience in the functional aspects of the finance section to include completion of financial statements, cost reports, and balance sheets Maintaining an organization budget for staff expenditures Providing accounting analysis and advice to senior management officials. SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have demonstrated in their work experience or training that they possess, or have the potential to develop, the qualities of successful supervision, including the following abilities to: Assign to and review work of subordinates, train and work effectively with subordinates from a variety of backgrounds and with different levels/areas of training. Accomplish the quality and quantity of work expected within set limits of cost and time. Plan own work and carry out assignments effectively. Communicate with others effectively both orally and in writing in working out solutions to problems or questions relating to the work. Understand and implement management goals that affect day-to-day work operations. Develop improvements in or design new work methods and procedures. Deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests and points of view. Plan and adjust work operations to meet emergency or changing program or production requirements within available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quantity or quality of work. Establish program objectives or performance goals and to assess progress toward their achievement. Coordinate and integrate the work activities and resources of several organizational segments or of several different projects. Analyze organizational and operational problems and develop timely and economical solutions. Represent the activity both within and outside the organization or agency and to gain support for the agency's program goals. 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: This work is principally sedentary. The work is usually performed in an office setting. 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

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Louisville Regional Benefit Office 321 West Main St, Ste 390 Louisville, KY 40202 US
• Name: Stephanie Pitt
• Phone: 601-364-7271
• Email: [email protected]