You will serve as a LEAD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST in the FINANCE DEPARTMENT of NAVY WARFARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

Duties

You will research, consolidate, prepare, summarize and analyze data for various financial reports with regard to budget formulation, budget execution, accounting and audit readiness. You will perform all phases of budget administration to include formulating budget and estimates to support plans, programs and activities. You will implement legal and regulatory controls over approved budgets. You will provide policy guidance on Prompt Payment Act and DoD Financial Management Regulations (FMR), ensure receipt and acceptance conforms to financial audit readiness standards, and certify invoices. You will analyze and review various financial reports to determine funding levels throughout the execution year. You will provide recommendations for the increase or recoupment of funded obligations to ensure resources are effectively managed, as well as prepare and assign accounting data to funding documents. You will provide technical, regulatory and procedural guidance to Financial Management Office staff and other co-workers throughout the command. You will perform functions as the Defense Travel System routing official for certification, authorization or approval. You will provide advice on effective and efficient methods for the acquisition and use of funds to support the organization’s programs and activities.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This is a Financial Management Level 1 certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience interpreting and implementing budgetary policies, precedents, procedures, and regulations. Experience employing policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of a functional area. Experience applying practical knowledge of administrative and financial management systems. Experience identifying, analyzing and resolving a range of budgetary problems such as development of alternative methods of funding; formulation of budget estimates for programs in which funding requirements have changed significantly. Experience using analytical reasoning and applying skill to the identification, analysis and conceptualization of budgetary problems and development of alternative solutions as required. Experience utilizing and applying integral knowledge of the Department-wide financial system and reporting requirements sufficient to plan and conduct financial studies and write reports; conduct financial reviews, determine compliance with generally accepted accounting and financial management principles and standards. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify for a GS-11 position with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Possession of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that is related to this position being filled.
OR
Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree related to the position being filled.
OR
Possession of an LL.M. that is related to this position being filled.
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year experience.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address NAVY WARFARE DEVELOPMENT 1530 Gilbert Street Suite 2128 Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]