Job opening: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Salary: $86 962 - 113 047 per year
Published at: Mar 05 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to Air Force Working Capital Fund financial specialist performing various financial management, budget, and analysis functions in support of mission, goals, and objectives.
Duties
Performs various financial management/budget functions for the development of operation targets, sales rates and prices, budgets, exhibits and in support of the execution of funds, customer orders, capital investments, measurement of financial and/or program performance, and provides management advisory services.
Uses automated financial management systems and computer-generated products in accomplishing financial management and/or program management assignments.
Serves as senior financial management specialist providing advice, guidance and general oversight to other financial management specialists and other functional areas with a need to know.
Serves as a consultant providing advisory services regarding proper methods, techniques, and factors for decisions support.
Identifies and develops improvements to complex processes in the areas of expense, capital investment and commodity budget development, workload and resource projections, equipment life cycle management and execution analysis
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- A security clearance may be required
- Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
- This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Position may be subject to random drug testing
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
- Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
- Employee must maintain current certifications
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- Direct Deposit: All federal employees are required to have direct deposit
- This position may require travel
- Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position
- This is a Financial Management Level II Certified position in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d. Incumbent shall comply with the requirements
Qualifications
Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions. Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-12, or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes in depth knowledge of a wide variety of concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations of financial systems, budget preparation and execution of cost, financial and budgetary relationships and Working Capital Funds (WCF); Apply quantitative methods, statistical techniques, and applied mathematics sufficient to serve as technical advisor in reviewing, analyzing, revising, and recommending approval, disapproval or financial/budget requests, and justifications; Evaluates cost, workload, and staffing requirements and develops analytical studies to present information and recommend corrective action to resolve problems related to financial or program management.
NOTE: Due to the use of 120-day rosters, this period of experience may be completed within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement.
FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Comprehensive knowledge of commonly used accounting, cost, budgetary methods, practices, procedures, policies, and processes and financial systems related to the aspects of capital and operating budget preparation and execution of cost, revenue and production, and management of assets.
2. Knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, and policies necessary for the execution of DoD Working Capital Funds (WCF).
3. Knowledge of the DoD Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE), its process, products, terminology, and guidance documents. In-depth knowledge of the organic CSAG-M functions, to include financial and production related operations, policy and procedures found in base level, AFSC, HQ AFMC, and DoD regulations, capital and operating budget preparation, rate structures, revenue calculation, expense/investment development and tracking, and financial/program analysis required to maintain a solvent CSAG-M fund.
4. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative techniques for analyzing and measuring the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of financial depot maintenance data, along with the knowledge of mission, organization, workload, work processes and skills associated with depot maintenance.
5. Overall comprehensive knowledge of business, financial, and management principles and practices common to the administration of government organizations such as how to interpret financial reports, balance sheets, income statements, etc.
6. Skill to plan, organize, and conduct information gathering and to negotiate with management to implement recommendations for improvements involving resources, investments, projects, production, workload, and/or financial issues.
7. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in responding to work related problems and questions dealing with team members, using activities, and all levels of other ALCs, ALC Commander, AFSC, HQ AFMC and other DOD organizations.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you
MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click
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FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Contacts
- Address AF Sustainment Center
3001 Staff Drive
Tinker AFB, OK 73145
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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