Job opening: LEAD FINANCIAL SPECIALIST
Salary: $86 962 - 134 435 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Nov 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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The primary purpose of this position is to lead a team in deliver and support agile war-winning capabilities by providing financial management services to all personnel, programs, support missions, associates, and external customers.
Duties
Provides financial management (FM) expertise, leadership, and technical advice and guidance in performing a broad and extensive of financial management program planning and analysis for a complex program.
Formulates, establishes, leads, and implements FM policies, instructions, and procedures on all matters pertaining to programming costs, budget, funding, forecasting, and status of funds.
All aspects of the formulation, development, and execution of budgets, finance plans, and multi-year programs required to proper fund and meet program resource requirements.
Assesses, analyzes, leads and evaluates contractors' progress by reviewing cost performance reports and cost estimates prepared by the agency to support selection of the industry sources/plans to be committed for development/production decisions.
Represent unit in all levels w/in gov't and contractor/industry sites.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Males must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov
- The position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
- Disclosure of Political Appointments
- Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
- This position may require travel
- This position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection
- Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
- Selectee may be required to serve a probationary or trial period.
- Bachelor's degree or advance degree in business administration, economics, finance, or other related field is highly desirable.
- This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d. Incumbent shall comply with the requirements
- PCS expenses if authorized will be paid IAW JTR and Air Force Regulations.
- This is a Centrally Managed position under the Financial Management Career Field
- The incumbent may be required to work overtime or an irregular work shift.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Financial Administration and Program Series 0501 located here.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year or will have one year within 120 days of closing of this announcement, specialized experience at the next lower broadband (NH-02), equivalent to the next to lower grade (GS-11) or equivalent in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is described as: perform administrative work of a fiscal, financial management, accounting, or budgetary nature. Perform the full range of financial management functions including budget analysis, cost analysis, cost estimating, cost performance, earned value management, and cost scheduling; provide financial management expertise for major acquisition decisions, solving difficult financial management problems, directing financial management activities and developing, recommending and implementing policies to achieve program objectives.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
Mastery of knowledge in directing, developing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating agency-wide aerospace and other related weapon systems/subsystems acquisition cost and financial analysis/estimating/scheduling management options. In-depth knowledge of advanced statistical techniques, applied mathematics, and economic analysis in order to conduct analytical studies involving complex technical parameters, logistics requirements, schedule constraints, and similar technical interdependencies.
Mastery of knowledge of the financial environment including other service agencies, research organizations, private industry, and particularly other Air Force and DoD cost analysis organizations is required. This includes the knowledge of both federal government and private industry data sources and data utilization.
General knowledge in accounting, procurement, and business disciplines to enable the analyst to evaluate or utilize contractor and government budget and financial systems, specific procurement requirements, and contractor obligations to the extent they affect cost. Awareness of engineering discipline in sufficient detail to allow effective interchange of information.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
Ideal Candidate Statement (will not be used for qualifications): The ideal candidate would have at least one year of GS-12 equivalent experience in acquisition financial management.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education
IF USING EDUCATION TO QUALIFY: If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you
MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience, transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click
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FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Contacts
- Address AF Life Cycle Management Center
2000 Allbrook Drive
Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433
US
- Name: Total Force Service Center
- Phone: 1-800-525-0102
- Email: [email protected]
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