Western District of Virginia, Roanoke, VA. The selectee of this position serves as a Financial Specialist. You will be responsible for overseeing the District financial management program.

Duties

As a Financial Specialist at the GS-0501-9 level, some of your typical work assignments may include: Preparing, justifying, and/or administering the budget for program areas. Planning and monitoring expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies. Assessing the financial condition of the organization. Identifying obvious information errors and inconsistencies in financial data and resolve by conducting searches for required information. Recording financial documents consistent with the policies and procedures that govern the federal accounting cycle. Analyzing and managing budget matters to ensure expenditures are in accordance with applicable guidelines. Analyzing and managing financial reconciliation to ensure expenditures are in accordance with applicable guidelines. Apply problem solving techniques to complex problems. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce As the federal agency whose mission is to ensure the fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans, the Department of Justice is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. To build and retain a workforce that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of the American people, we welcome applicants from the many communities, identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, religions, and cultures of the United States who share our commitment to public service. https://www.justice.gov/jmd/page/file/1394116/dl?inline

Requirements

Qualifications

You may qualify at the GS-0501-9 level, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. Have at least one full-time year (12-months) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your ability to: 1) Review financial reports in order to identify problem areas and recommend solutions; 2) Analyze financial obligations and expenditures to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures; 3) Advise management on procurements and/or purchase requests; and 4) Recognize and apply problem solving to complex problems. OR B. Have a master's or equivalent graduate degree in an accredited or pre-accredited college or university; or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or possession of a LL.B. or J.D degree, if related. Graduate level education must demonstrate the competencies necessary to do the work of the position, examples of qualifying fields include Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Project Management. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts). OR C. Have a combination of education and experience as listed above. (You MUST submit supporting academic transcripts). Possession of the following competencies: Financial Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization. Principles of Finance: Knowledge of the basic principles, practices, and methods of financial management to include requisitions, apportionments, allotments, fiscal management, activity reporting, and fiscal year guidelines. Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations. Note: Subject matter experts will evaluate the first three (3) pages of work experience in your resume based on these competencies. If you are qualifying with education and/ or experience, your education and/ or experience needs to demonstrate proficiency with the competencies identified above. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE CANNOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. 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. Physical Demands The work is sedentary. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Education

ARE YOU USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY?
Education must be from an accredited school or institution. Please refer to the following website to locate your school and/ or institution https://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx
You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirements for one year of full-time graduate study.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address US Marshals Service 210 Franklin Road SW Roanoke, VA 24011 US
• Name: HQ STAFFING
• Phone: 703-740-8105
• Email: [email protected]