As a Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist you will: serve as the Supervisor for the Finance Section, Support Services Division (SSD), for the Regional Office (RO). The primary purpose of the work is to manage and direct the operations of the Finance Section, Accounting Unit and Operations Unit. Provide management and operating officials advice on all financial matters, and to prepare, present, and execute the RO budget.

Duties

Major Duties: Supervises the Support Services Division, Finance Section, with overall responsibility for an effective and efficient operation. Administers a fiscal program that includes payments for general operating expenditures and benefit programs. Serves as technical expert on fiscal and accounting activities, providing advice and assistance to RO Leadership on all financial matters. Formulates, presents, and executes the station's budget. Provides briefings and advise to RO Leadership, including Division Chiefs, on the availability of funds. Maintains an integrated computerized accounting system using the principles of double entry, self-balancing set of books. Establishes and monitors internal controls to assure that public funds are handled in accordance with applicable laws. Analyzes financial records and controls to determine the degree of financial efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the program. Conducts studies and reviews to evaluate functions and work processes using qualitative and quantitative analysis. Manages a variety of fiscal activities through subordinate employees in support of operational activities. Determines training needs of staff. Advises, counsels, and instructs subordinate employees on work and administrative matters. Interviews and selects candidates for vacant positions. May assume the full responsibility of the SSD Chief in the absence of the Chief or the Assistant Chief.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants may be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/18/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess 52 weeks time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must also submit your most recent promotion or within-grade increase in addition to your recent SF-50.If you previously held a higher grade, you must also submit any SF-50 showing that grade. DO NOT submit Award SF-50's and/or General Adjustment SF-50's alone as they cannot be used to prove time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement. Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the Specialized Experience requirement as noted below. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is experience in a multifaceted program of services, management programs, and budget/fiscal and administrative operations for a federal office. The experience should demonstrate the following: Preparing administrative study findings, recommendations, plans and reports Providing advice on programs and procedures pertaining to the budget, and other finance program activities Presenting position papers and technical presentations to top management or the public involving finance program issues. Conducting independent evaluations of finance functions; Preparing and monitoring complex budgets and resolving financial management issues.

Education

There is no education substitution at the GS-12 grade level for this position.

Contacts

• Address Buffalo Regional Benefit Office 130 S. Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, NY 14202 US
• Name: Alex Rhodes
• Phone: 3135967200
• Email: [email protected]