FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST (TITLE 5)

Summary

This is a National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service Position. This is an Indefinite with Right to Convert to Permanent GS-0501-11 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST (TITLE 5), Position Description Number T5636P01 and is part of the MO 131st Bomb Wing. SEE NOTES UNDER CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT BELOW.

Duties

• Independently performs and examines financial management functions..
• Reviews accounting and pay documents, travel vouchers, and vendor payments to ensure supporting documentation is proper and valid.
• Performs post-audit voucher reviews.
• Ensures the proper documentation, accounting, and auditability of funds, and their traceability to the USPFO in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) regulations and/or applicable laws.
• Analyzes and accurately processes financial services transactions (i.e., payroll, debts, and miscellaneous entitlements) while applying quality assurances techniques.
• Resolves complex functional problems within the pay system for affected customers.
• Develops recommendations for actions under uncertain conditions with short and rapidly changing program deadlines.
• Facilitates the resolution of intricate entitlement discrepancies for serviced customers, and ensures proper interfaces with appropriate DoD agencies and federal financial systems.
• Executes full spectrum pay and entitlement operations (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounting, and Travel Pay).
• Provides expert interpretation on DoD and DFAS regulatory and administrative guidelines in accordance with generally accepted principles.
• Analyzes and measures the effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations; reliability of financial reporting.
• Determines the legality of entitlements/collection actions and provides decision support to the Financial Manager.
• Analyzes and evaluates data to conduct a variety of fiscal reconciliations, reviews, and account adjustments.
• Analyzes diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial issues or problems.
• Reconciles Resource Center Manager (RCM) accounts ensuring data integrity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess possess skill in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately; skill applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material; skill in presenting formal training presentations and briefings; and the ability to prepare reports and presentation formats. GS-11 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must possess one year of specialized experience, education or training equivalent to at least the GS 09 grade level that demonstrates your ability to plan, coordinate, and perform comprehensive financial management analysis, decision support and quality reviews, of base level accounting and financial management programs; prepare, analyze, interpret, present, and advise on accounting and financial data; and concurrently organizes and administers the operation of automated financial systems in support of financial management functions The specialized experience must also demonstrate you possess an excellent understanding of the basic principles and concepts of financial business program requirements; and experiences and training that demonstrates the abilities to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies and procedures. SELECTED APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE AND MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (FM) CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

Education

Must possess an awarded undergraduate or graduate college degree that is based on the completion in one of -or- be a combination of the following disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management. YOU MUST submit copies of college transcripts that identify each course, the college or university, semester or quarter hours earned, grade and grade-point received.

How to apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application/Occupational Questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupational Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13059210 A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.