About the Position: Serves as the Lead Defense Travel Administrator (LDTA) with responsibility to direct, coordinate, and provide advice and assistance to the Accounting Division Chief and staff for a myriad of resource management activities and provide advice, assistance, and guidance covering a wide variety of travel-related financial program requirements for ARNORTH.

Duties

Monitor the integrity of travel program requirements for over 3,500 travelers. Participate in conducting professional analysis of procedures, methods, and practices relative to travel program requirements. Oversee the Travel Program which provides customer service/assistance to travelers, Approving Officials, Certifying Officers, and Budget personnel. Develops, documents, updates, and publishes local user manuals, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and business rules as required for travel management systems. Identifies, processes, and monitors travel records having a balance due to the government and provides due process notifications to the traveler via DTS screen display capabilities and email. Assist customers in the resolution of problems pertaining to various travel program requirements. Monitors all DTS travel debts utilizing the debt management reports. Provide analysis and recommendations regarding fiscal policy and law, funding documents, risk analysis, internal management controls, financial activities, budget, and program matters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A probationary Period maybe required.
• Incumbent may be required to always maintain a working telephone.
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position an the incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain certifications of the program.
• A Secret Security Clearance is required for this position.
• Overtime and shift work may be required on short notice to include nights, holidays, and weekends.
• Incumbent may be required to stand up with the ARNORTH Reimbursement Cell or Financial Management Augmentation Team within the NORTHCOM AOR on short notice (in under 24 hours).
• Position requires travel up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialize experience: One year of experience ncludes experience analyzing budget execution against budget controls and provide recommendations for current and future funding requirements; Monitoring and reviewing Defense Travel System (DTS) travel documents to ensure compliance with federal regulations; Assist with conducting post pay audits using statistical sampling techniques and random sampling, to audit travel vouchers to ensure government funds are correctly disbursed.This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial ManagementFinancial Management AnalysisOral CommunicationPlanning and Evaluating Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address FR-APF-WJMH99 AUG MCP HQ US ARMY NORTH DO NOT MAIL Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk