Job opening: FINANCIAL ASSISTANT
Salary: $49 025 - 63 733 per year
Published at: Jul 10 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Financial Management Services (FMS) Center, Financial Services Division, Treasury Services Branch, IPAC Processing Section.
The incumbent of this position is responsible for providing advice, assistance & training to resolve complex payment & transaction processing problems and inquiries. Interpret internal & external processing procedures & reports pertaining to administrative payment and financial system processes.
Duties
Provides advice and assistance to agency and vendor representatives in resolving problems and explaining highly complicated payment, non-payment, and/or partial payment actions.
Assists agencies and vendors in the interpretation of external processing procedures for the administrative financial systems and subsystems.
Provides testing and implementation support to ongoing updates to the system/subsystems.
Processes invoices/payments, prepare clients billing documents, enter agreements, etc., into automated accounting or financial systems.
Analyzes and researches a variety of system-generated account, invoice status, and energy usage reports.
Requirements
- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
Qualifications
Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. You must possess the specialized experience to be considered eligible for this position.
Your application or resume must clearly show that you possess the appropriate specialized experience requirements.
The following link provides more information on the Financial Clerical and Assistance Series 0503:
Clerical and Administrative Support Positions
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards
Specialized Experience Requirement for GS-07: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as experience reviewing financial data for accuracy and completeness; recognizing and correcting inaccurate data; presenting and reporting financial data and issues to management.
NOTE: This experience must be demonstrated on your resume/supporting documents.
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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
There are no education requirements at this grade level.
Contacts
- Address Office of the Chief Financial Officer
1400 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20250
US
- Name: Amy Bedford
- Phone: 5042263716
- Email: [email protected]
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