This position is located within the Forest Service, Chief Financial Officer, and is responsible for implementing, operating, and maintaining an integrated financial information system that is responsive to user and customer needs. The purpose of this position is to supervise, direct, and manage operations, activities and personnel resources. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Linda M.Smith at 505-221-0001 and [email protected]

Duties

Provides advice and assistance to supported organizations and lower graded financial analysts, accountants, accounting technicians, and others. Develops, adapts, modifies, or integrates accounting and financial procedures. Develops and performs on-going analyses and interpretation of financial data in the general ledger to determine if the information is accurate, complete, and informative to management. Identifies and resolves problems occurring on various accounting reports and financial statements. Plans the work to be accomplished by the unit, assigns work to employees, and establishes production or quality standards for the unit’s work.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or 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.
• 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.gov
• Subject to one-year supervisory/managerial probationary period (unless prior service is creditable).
• New Forest Service supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required new supervisory training program before the end of their probationary period.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. 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. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-12: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as two or more of the following: performing analytical work involved in identifying, researching, and monitoring financial management activities; and/or interpreting and applying policies and guidelines applicable to financial management; and/or participating in the review and evaluation effectiveness of internal controls. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no education requirements.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]