This position is located within the Vice Commandant (CG-09), Assistant Commandant for Resources/CFO (CG-8), Deputy Assistant Commandant for Resources/Deputy CFO (CG-8D), Director of Financial Operations/Comptroller (CG-8C), Office of Financial Policy/Reporting & Property (CG-84), Financial Management Policy Division (CG-843), at United States Coast Guard (USCG) Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Duties

This position serves as a Financial Management Specialist with responsibility for recommending policy development, planning, administering, and evaluating complex and critical administrative operations and programs of Coast Guard-wide Financial Management to ensure overall effectiveness and efficiency of programs, operations, organizations, and agency functions.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI)
• This position may require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-13: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lowest grade level (GS-12 level) in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience includes experience that involved extensive operational experience in positions. Applicant MUST MEET ALL of the conditions below. Applicants resume must demonstrate that they meet the specialized experience. Knowledge of financial data system and management operations; AND Knowledge of budget and financial management practices, procedures, regulations and precedents, policies, and guides; AND Ability to communicate effectively on accounting, budgeting and fiscal management matters; AND Ability to communicate in writing.  To qualify for the GS-12: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lowest grade level (GS-11 level) in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Applicant MUST MEET ALL of the conditions below. Applicants resume must demonstrate that they meet the specialized experience. Ability to interpret and develop fundamentally sound financial management, accounting and internal control policies, AND Ability to make recommendations or adjustments to program specifications in order to assure proper accomplishment of financial goals; AND Ability to communicate effectively on accounting, budgeting and fiscal management matters with an array of personnel; AND Ability to proficiently communicate in writing through policies and directives; AND Planning and scheduling work of team member. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.  If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]