This position is located within the, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OFCO) with four vacancies located in Silver Spring, MD. This position is also announced under vacancy number CFO-24-12209866-ST, which is open to Status Candidates at the ZA-2 and ZA-3; and CFO-24-12216326-ACWA, which is open to all US Citizens or Nationals at the ZA-2. You must apply to all announcements if you want to be considered for all.

Duties

As a Financial Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Perform a full range of accounting functions in support of National Oceanic and atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and Economic Development Administration (EDA) accounts payable and accounts receivable, including examining supporting documentation for completeness to process accounting data. Examine and analyze accounting transactions to ensure accuracy, effective internal controls, compliance with regulatory requirements and ensure a proper audit trail is maintained. Perform analysis and reconciliation of day-to day contracts, purchase orders and other documents. Enter and record financial information into the computerized accounting system, process accounting data for an organization, and record and classify transactions. Provide a service-oriented response to all customer communications about accounting issues and ensure customer inquiries are answered in a timely manner.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at ZA-3 or GS-11 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-2 or GS-09 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Providing financial support services to leadership, to include the analysis, evaluation and interpretation of financial data; Accessing and implementing systems and internal control processes to modify financial data, or to enhance the validity, accuracy and integrity of finance processes; and Developing plans or strategies to resolve accounting, financial, and reporting issues. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 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. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: A combination of related graduate level education and specialized experience. Note: Only graduate education in excess of two years is qualifying for combination.

Education

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., Bio 101, Math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Note: Your college transcript is used to verify successful completion of degree, or college course work. An official college transcript will be required before you can report to duty.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation by the closing date of the announcement will result in lost consideration. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated visit: OPM Foreign Education Evaluation.

Contacts

• Address NOAA Office of Human Capital Services (OHCS) 1315 East West Hwy SSMC4 Silver Spring, MD 20910 US
• Name: Aniessa Chinn
• Email: [email protected]