This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: As a Financial Systems Specialist, serves as the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) manager for financial systems, access to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs.

Duties

Serve as the Lead Defense Travel Administrator (LDTA) “Super User”, provide advice, assistance, and guidance covering a wide variety of travel-related financial program requirements. Manage the integrity of travel program requirements for all military and civilian temporary duty travelers. Provide guidance and customer service for the Travel Program to aid travelers. Work with DFAS to ensure prompt collection or intercedes on the traveler’s behalf to ensure that appropriate action is taken, or to obtain clarification of traveler questions related to repayment. Advise on card misuse or abuse to the appropriate supervisor or manager. Train subordinates on the use of Travel Charge Cards and DTS payment mechanisms (electronic funds transfers, scheduled partial payments, advances and split disbursements). Brief staff on new or updated Defense Travel System (DTS) and Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) policies and regulations.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While on probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time.
• Financial Management Level 2 Certification obtained within 24 months.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Lead Defense Travel Administrator (LDTA) "Super User", provide guidance covering a wide variety of travel-related financial program requirements for a Military Headquarters, G-Staff offices, Special Staff, and subordinate units; 2) Provide advice and guidance to Command elements on resource management issues related to travel and government travel card; 3) Monitors the work of both military and civilian personnel responsible for performing travel actions related to the DTS and the Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) program in accordance with the Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) & ASA (FM&C)'s strategic goals and mission; 4) Identify and investigates GTCC misuse or delinquencies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-02/GS-11). This is a DoD Demonstration Project position. Under the Defense Authorization Act, personnel management demonstration programs are operating in numerous Army activities and various other organizations supported by Army civilian personnel centers. Under the streamlined personnel operations for the demonstration projects, the familiar 15 General Schedule grade structure is replaced with broad pay bands that typically encompass a range of grades. For example, NH-III of positions encompass the traditional GS-12 through GS-13 grades. Other initiatives under the demonstration projects include simplified job classification, streamlined hiring processes, and expanded developmental opportunities. This position has a control point of a GS-13 step 5 $126,949.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address GN-W4GVAA HQ COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS CMD DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk