Job opening: Financial Specialist
Salary: $66 670 - 86 670 per year
Published at: Jun 03 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Explore a new career with the BLM - where our people are our most precious resource.
This position is located in National Operations Center (NOC) / Lakewood, Colorado. Information about Lakewood, CO and the surrounding area can be found here.
We expect to fill few vacancies at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.
Duties
Receives and deposits funds in accordance with BLM, Department of Interior (DOI), and Department of Treasury regulations ensuring compliance with internal controls.
Conduct research and provide guidance to BLM field personnel to ensure funds are deposited into the appropriate account(s) in accordance with Appropriations Law.
Reviews and reconciles financial system reports to determine compatibility of prior month status, and processes adjustments to correct or update to ensure customer debt balances are properly recorded and suspense account balances are timely cleared.
Provides guidance and instructions as needed to BLM employees and customers to ensure receivables and collections are processed in accordance with the CFR, BLM, DOI, Treasury Department, and other Federal Regulations/Policies.
Able to handle various personality types at all levels of customer interaction/service.
Able to communicate effectively orally, in writing, and utilizing various electronic delivery methods.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required. Direct Deposit Required.
- Be sure to read the "How to Apply" and "Required Documents" Sections.
- You cannot hold an active real estate license; nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Land.
- DOI uses E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit: www.dhs.gov/e-verify
- Appointment will be subject to a favorably adjudicated background/suitability investigation/determination.
- May require a one year probationary period.
Qualifications
In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the qualification requirements - please be sure to include this information in your resume. No assumptions will be made about your experience.
You must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 level that is equivalent in difficulty and complexity. Specialized experience is defined as work in the use of automated accounting systems such as the Collections and Billings System (CBS) or the Financial and Business Management System (FBMS); experience receipting and depositing of collections received; work providing help desk/customer support activities to research problems associated with collecting, depositing, or transferring collections.
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Education: You may meet the qualification requirement by substituting graduate education for experience. To be creditable, you must show that you have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.
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Combination of Education and Experience: You may meet qualifications requirement for this position with an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.
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.
Applicants must meet both eligibility and qualification requirements for the position of interest by the closing date of the announcement.
Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address BLM National Operations Center
BLM, National Operations Center, HR-250
Denver Federal Center, Building 85
P.O. Box 25047
Denver, CO 80225
US
- Name: HQ/NOC HR
- Phone: 303-236-6421
- Email: [email protected]
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