About the Position: The U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command, headquartered in North Chicago, IL, is a jointly staffed command, staffed by representatives of all branches of the Armed Forces. The command, through its 65 military processing locations (Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS)/Remote Processing Stations (RPS)), determines whether applicants are qualified for enlistment based on standards set by each of the services. See appointment info below under Qualifications.

Duties

Advise management on command's budget execution functions (i.e., formulation, justification, presentation). Monitor budget execution and prepare deviation analysis. Ensure program requirements are translated into funding requirements, prioritized and available funds are efficiently distributed to support established mission, objectives, and goals. Develop budget/financial policies and procedures for the command/field. Interpret higher level guidance to apply to command guidance. Prepare a variety of financial reports for meetings and briefings. Provide training to all levels of staff on financial matters. Assign work to subordinate staff based on priorities and ability of staff member. Evaluate and rate work of subordinate staff. Hear/resolve complaints from employees and effect minor disciplinary measures. Recommend ways to improve production of the office.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is designated as non-sensitive and requires a personal security background investigation.
• Incumbent must obtain and maintain a Financial Management Certification Level II.

Qualifications

APPOINTMENT INFORMATION: Position may be filled as a temporary promotion or detail NTE (1 year) by a current permanent Army employee. Temporary promotions may be extended up to a maximum of five years. Position may be made permanent without further competition. Employees currently located in OCONUS (foreign or non-foreign) are not eligible for a detail to a CONUS position. Permanent employees who accept time-limited appointments will not have placement rights to the previously held permanent position at the end of the time-limited appointment. 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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees 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 Required: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must clearly describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, such as: Formulating budgets to adequately fund organizational programs; Monitoring expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs; Advising management on financial aspects of projects and accounts to ensure compliancy of budgetary regulations; Preparing budget reports to identify discrepancies and/or funding shortages. The definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11) For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience along--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Budget AdministrationCommunicationsFinancial ManagementLeadership 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-11). If you are a current, Federal employee, you must include your pay plan, series and grade in your work experience(s) on your resume submission and/or upload supporting documentation (within-grade increase SF50) to show that you meet time-in-grade requirement. In addition, if your step reflects, '00' you must include your current salary for each position.

Contacts

• Address BR-W37NAA US ARMY MIL ENTRANCE PROCESSING CMD DO NOT MAIL North Chicago, IL 60064 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk