For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

Duties

At the full performance level, you will be responsible for planning, implementing, and administering the full spectrum of budget and financial management services. If selected for this position, you will receive formal and/or on-the-job training, as needed. Duties include: Gathering and consolidating narrative information and statistical data needed for budget operations and financial reporting Researching legal, regulatory, program, and budgetary information Monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office Verifying that obligations and expenditures occur on a timely-basis in accordance with regulatory controls Providing information based on the products of the financial management system Analyzing expenditure data to identify variables affecting costs Preparing annual administrative budgets and operating plans Providing a wide variety of budgetary reports Producing a variety of written documents and materials using a wide range of office software applications. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progresses. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 level.Specialized experience is defined as performing budget or financial management work which demonstrates an intensive knowledge of budget and finance policies, principles, and practices sufficient to manage the budget process. Examples of specialized experience include formulating and executing the budget; overseeing financial management operations; conducting audits, tracking funds, and developing statistical reports. Education: One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Accounting, Financial Management, Public Administration, Business Administration): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.M,. if related. Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years. GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level. Specialized experience is defined as developing and maintaining a comprehensive financial management program, identifying, analyzing and resolving budgetary problems, analyzing expenditures and preparing recommendations, and briefing senior level management on budget related issues. Determining obligations and expenditures are within funding limits in approved budgets. Drafting budgetary procedures, instructions, and internal policy guidance for use by office staff in executing the budget within budget guidelines. Reviewing, analyzing, editing budgets; preparing analysis of budget impacts; Providing technical advice, consultation and assistance to management on a range of budget program issues.

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov
OR
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address Southern District of Georgia 22 Barnard Street Savannah, GA 31401 US
• Name: Katy Eargle
• Phone: 912-201-2669
• Email: [email protected]