Job opening: Financial Specialist
Salary: $78 592 - 122 459 per year
Published at: Dec 11 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position?
Salary: GS-11 $78,592 (Step 01) to $102,1666 (Step 10);
GS-12 $94,199 (Step 01) to $122,459 (Step 10).
Duties
As a Financial Specialist within the Office of Accounting & Financial Management , some of your specific duties will include:
Qualifications
DEFINITIONS
EXPERIENCE: One year of work experience is twelve months working full-time (at least 35-40 hours per week). Part-time experience can be pro-rated (i.e., a year at 20 hours per week is credited as 6 months of experience). If your position consisted of mixed duties, experience credit is given for the percentage of time that you spent on qualifying duties (i.e., if you held a position for 2 years, full-time, consisting of 25% personnel work and 75% budget work, and then applied for a budget position you could calculate your experience as follows: 2 yrs = 24 months. 24 months x 75% [percentage of time spent on budget duties] = 18 months of qualifying experience.)
GRADUATE EDUCATION: In the absence of specific graduate program information, a year of graduate education is 18 semester hours or 27 quarter hours of graduate level college course work, or the number of credit hours the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full time study. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.
GS-11:
Applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-11 level:
1. One year of specialized experience in or directly related to this position that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service.
Examples of GS-9 level work include: managing accounts receivables; managing reimbursable agreements; and establishing procedures for the end of fiscal year close out.
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2. Applicants may substitute successful completion of 3 years of directly related, progressively higher level, graduate education or Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.M, if related). (54 semester hours, 81 quarter hours, or the equivalent).
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3. A combination of appropriate specialized experience (as described above) and graduate education (as described above) that is beyond the second year of progressive graduate study to meet the qualification requirements. (CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE).
GS-12:
Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-12 level:
1. One year of specialized experience in or directly related to this position that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position. To be creditable, the required specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal service.
Examples of GS-11 level work include: recommending the reprogramming of funds; recommending the amount and timing of fund allotments; recommending work plan improvements; performing budget formulation and execution assignments; researching and identifying new or revised Congressional legislation that impacts program budget formulation and execution functions.
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
Education
- 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.
- Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .
Contacts
- Address PAYABLES AND FINANCIAL OPS BR
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Mail Stop 600
Reston, VA 20192
US
- Name: Sinar Santillano Oliveros
- Phone: 303-236-9585
- Email: [email protected]
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