Job opening: LEAD FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST
Salary: $104 356 - 143 051 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jan 13 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service, eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants and current DFAS VRA employees.
The General Schedule (GS) basic pay schedule may vary by geographic locality. To view pay rates in a specific location visit the Office of Personnel Management pay tables at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/
Duties
Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work, checks work in progress and upon completion for quality, adherence to instructions and to ensure objectives are met.
Provides technical analysis, review, and recommendations related to development and execution of project management plans.
Through the analysis of business processes, the incumbent analyzes data requirements for the enhancement of automated financial management systems.
Prepares System Change Requests and develops documentation required for configuration control board/configuration management information system overview.
Oversees the testing of system changes and monitors the implementation of enhancements or new products.
Requirements
- Must be a U.S Citizen or National
- Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959)
- Suitable for Federal employment
- Time after Competitive Appointment: Candidates must have served 3 months after latest competitive appointment in the Federal service.
- This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
- Time in Grade Requirement - see the Qualifications field below for more details.
- 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
One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-12) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
Specialized Experience is defined as: serving as a senior technical advisor while performing in depth financial systems analysis, design, development, testing and support of an automated civilian payroll system; ensuring that system design, revisions and modifications comply with standard finance and accounting practices; developing test plans and evaluation plans for systems; and evaluating test results and takes appropriate corrective action.
Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in Federal Service.
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 - CIVILIAN PAY OPERATIONS - INDIANAPOLIS
8899 E. 56th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46249
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: (317) 212-0454
- Email: dfas.indianapolis-in.zh.mbx.dfasmeritcc@mail.mil