This vacancy is for a Financial Management Specialist in the International Trade Administration within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Financial Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Process accounts payable and accounts receivable; and have a working knowledge of general ledger balances to identify journal/voucher and/or adjusting entries. Independently manage and process Interagency Agreements (IAA's) and Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's). Prepare and process Intra-Governmental Payment and Collections (IPAC's). Conduct quarterly and annual financial closing activities, to include undelivered order (UDO) reviews, erroneous payments, and unmatched costs. Support Financial Audit Statements and produce and submit corrective actions, as necessary. Review congressional legislation, and central agency regulations (e.g., OMB, Treasury, and State Department) to bring ITA into compliance; and run and publish month-end status of funds reports. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Financial Management Specialist GS-0501-11 positions with a full performance level to the GS13, within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ 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 the GS-11 level, you must meet the specialized experience requirement described below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing the following: Processing Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. Developing and/or managing a financial process that is used to track specific work activities. Developing or contributing to the development of financial management standard operating procedures (SOPs); and Experience reviewing and coordinating financial management documents through approval processes.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

See Qualifications Above.

Contacts

• Address International Trade Administration 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Deborah Melton
• Email: [email protected]