LEAD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST (DATA ANALYTICS)

Summary

**This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.** For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment. Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.

Duties

• The Lead Financial Management Specialist (Data Analytics) is to provide financial management advice and assistance; analyze financial programs through examination of policies and procedures; identify problems to assess financial operations.
• Represents the team in dealing with the supervisor in obtaining supplies, needed information or decisions on work problems or issues that arise.
• Performs financial management reviews and evaluations while identifying areas of need for further review, analyses and/or evaluation and plans.
• Guides team in assessing its strengths and weaknesses and in exploring alternatives and determining what improvements can be made.
• Participates in the work of the team, coaches and facilitates the selection and application of problem solving techniques or work methods, and assists team in identifying solutions, priorities in and organizing to accomplish the work.
• Coordinates with appropriate staff offices to ensure all major areas of concern are covered by planning and programming documents.
• Leads in design, development, and maintenance of automated dashboards, data models and analytic tools(e.g., Power Platform, APEX, Cognos) ensuring tools are delivered timely and stay within scope.
• Assists in the development of data quality standards, validation protocols and standardized data pipelines across the team.

Qualifications

Human Resources will determine your qualifications for each entry grade level based on your interest and the additional following criteria. Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume. Please be sure to clearly describe this in your resume. Combinations of education and experience may also be sufficient. In addition to meeting the basic requirement, qualified applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-12 for the GS-13) in the Federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position. Specialized Experience Is Defined As Experience: (1) Providing financial management advice and assistance; conduct reviews, analyses and evaluations of financial programs through examination of existing regulations, internal controls, functional requirements, policies and procedures, transactions or systems outputs; develop recommendations, solutions and alternatives to effect management decisions. (2) Designing, developing, and deploying automated dashboards, data models, and analytical tools (e.g., Power Platform, APEX, Cognos) to monitor financial execution and operational efficiency. (3) Leading or guiding teams in establishing data validation protocols, standardizing data pipelines and data quality standards. You may qualify for consideration if meeting 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

GS-13 Substitution of Education for Experience: Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at the GS-13 grade level. This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program as a condition of employment. If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within two (2) years of your entry on duty in the position unless you are already in a position that requires a Level 2 Certification in which case you must complete the certification within the original 2-year period. Failure to become certified within the required time-frame may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service. Information about the DoD FM Certification Program is available at https://www.dfas.mil/Portals/98/Documents/Careers/CareerPaths/Finance/DoDFMCertificationProgram.

How to apply

The following link will help you determine if you meet the eligibility to apply for this position: http://www.dfas.mil/careers/howtoapply/vacancyannouncement/appointment-eligibility.html PLEASE NOTE: You will be considered only for those appointment eligibilities for which you select, attach supporting documentation and are found eligible. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required assessments, and required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.