Job opening: Financial Management Specialist
Salary: $72 553 - 94 317 per year
Published at: Oct 09 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: This position is located with the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, 406th Army Field Support Brigade, Logistics Readiness Center, Plans and Operations Division, in Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.
Duties
Evaluate programmed distribution of available funds submitted by higher headquarters against mission and workload objectives to ensure proper balance of funds distributed to support mission requirements, fixed costs, and other support costs.
Monitor fund distribution and execution, ensuring that resources are used in the most efficient manner.
Analyze fund utilization of annual funding programs, quarterly allotments, and reimbursable programs.
Ensure the distribution of funds received from higher headquarters is in accordance with approved programs and supports required limitations, floors, and special projects and are properly annotated on targets/ceilings.
Serve as the primary user and training coordinator of finance management automated systems for the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC).
Analyze budget data utilizing various financial systems.
Maintain current listing of billing officials, alternates, cardholders, single purchase limits, and monthly limits; and conduct analysis to identify effectiveness and/or efficiency of operations for purchase card transactions.
Interpret financial and budget policies, directives, and regulations received from higher headquarters; and prepare local implementing instructions.
Analyze guidance/change of policy or programs received from higher headquarters to determine impact on operations; and develop and provide guidance on funding distribution and priority of LRC Director’s programs to division chiefs.
Monitor and manage the Defense Travel System (DTS) for LRC employees.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position which requires the incumbent to comply with requirements of this certification program within 24 months of entering the position.
- 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.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.) Providing budgetary and/or financial support to customers; 2.) Interpreting policies and/or procedures applicable to an organization's financial management operations; 3.) Preparing financial documents, reports, or metrics; and 4.) Utilizing financial systems to monitor data. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
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Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Finance, Accounting, or another related field.
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Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Decision SupportFinancial Management AnalysisFinancial ReportingPlanning and Evaluating
Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Education
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:
https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Contacts
- Address GK-W6YHAA US ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND-406TH AFSB
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Eisenhower, GA 30905
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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