Job opening: FINANCIAL SPECIALIST
Salary: $90 825 - 118 069 per year
Published at: Dec 18 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Who may apply: United States Citizens
Duties
Monitors and leads projects within the site and represents the site on Agency level Strategic objective and initiatives.
Serves as a technical expert in reviewing and addressing issues impacting planning, implementation, and evaluation of site initiatives.
Independently conducts directorate-wide financial reviews and participates in highly complex reviews involving other organizations or sites to assess compliance, efficiency, and effectiveness of financial programs.
Evaluates operating procedures and processes, identifies potential problems, and provides recommendations for corrective actions.
Prepares draft reports and conducts informal briefings with management to discuss results of studies and investigations of technical issues.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National
- Background or Security Investigation - see the Additional Information field below for more details.
- Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
- Suitable for Federal employment
- Obtain/Maintain Financial Management Certification
- New employees to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov.
Qualifications
This position is being filled under the Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense via delegated authority by the Office of the Secretary of Defense. We reserve the right to close this announcement early or to extend, as appropriate, based upon the needs of the Agency. Qualified application packages may be referred to management at various points in the selection process depending on the number and timing of applications received. Selections may be made at any point during the announcement open period.
Applicants MUST have related financial experience AND/OR a related financial degree (examples include: Finance, Accounting, Management, Actuarial Science, or related), in addition to meeting Office of Personnel Management (OPM) minimum qualification requirements. Substitution of combination of education and experience must still, in conjunction, minimally satisfy the DHA qualification requirement.
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade within the federal service (GS-11), which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
Specialized experience is defined as: performing extensive data analysis and evaluation of financial systems, policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure the continuity of a financial organization's business operations; compiling financial data from various sources and ensuring their accuracy as it pertains to financial legislation and operational policies and procedures; providing substantial financial management knowledge to leadership in order to assist with the organization's core mission.
Volunteer 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 to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.
Education
Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.
Contacts
- Address DFAS - ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS -CLEVELAND
1240 E. 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44199
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: (317) 212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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