Summary
This is a Washington Air National Guard Title 32 Excepted Service Bargaining Unit Technician position:
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST
Location: 141st Comptroller Flight
Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011-9413
Air National Guard Units
Appointment Type: Temporary, excepted service
Advertised as: ENLISTED
This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
Clarification from the agency
All Members of the Washington Air National Guard, or U.S. Citizens willing to join the Washington Air National Guard
Duties
A GS-0503-7/9, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST:
- Independently performs and examines financial management functions to ensure internal and external accounting systems and administrative controls are sufficient to confirm that obligations and disbursements comply with applicable laws, and that funds are safeguarded against waste, loss, and misappropriation.
- Reviews accounting and pay documents, travel vouchers, and vendor payments to ensure supporting documentation is proper and valid.
- Aggregates data from multiple financial and accounting systems and sources in order to directly or indirectly provide the Comptroller, Wing Commander, United States Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO), National Guard Bureau (NGB), Unites States Air Force (USAF), DFAS, Department of the Treasury and senior level management with accurate and timely financial reporting.
- 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.
- Interprets policies and collaborates with the financial management enterprise to facilitate best practices and compliance assurance.
- Analyzes and measures the effectiveness and efficiency of financial operations; reliability of financial reporting; compliance with policies, regulations, applicable laws and guidance; and ensures that internal controls are in place.
- Determines the legality of entitlements/collection actions and provides decision support to the Financial Manager.
- Processes data and performs broad-in-depth financial analysis of interrelated accounting, military and civilian pay, accounts payable and receivable, and various travel entitlements to resolve especially difficult and sensitive, out-of-balance conditions associated with processing actions within Financial Management systems.
- 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.
- Coordinates with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) and posts validated accounts to the General Ledger.
- Resolves pay and entitlement problems unique to the customer. Manages and executes internal control procedures to protect against fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Other duties as assigned.
Conditions of Employment
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS:
Military Grades:A1C/E 3- SSgt/E5
Compatible Military Assignments: 6FXXX or Any
- Applicants need not be assigned to the position or possess the AFSC to apply or be considered for selection. Selected applicant must be assigned to a compatible Military position and attain AFSC within 1 year of appointment action.
- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- Must maintain membership in the WA Air National Guard for continued employment.
Qualifications
GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
Progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position to be filled.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
For GS 7, Must have at least 12 months experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.
For the GS 9, Must have at least 24 months experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled, or at least 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level.
Education
Education Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED.
Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience:
Not Applicable.
To receive credit for Education, you must provide transcripts or other documentation of proof to support your Educational claims.
Benefits
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. You may also be excluded from consideration if you indicate that you are unwilling to accept the lower grade and a determination is made that you are not qualified at the higher grade. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.
Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, as well as the general and specialized experience located within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applications received in verbatim will not be considered. In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed above. Please use as much detail as needed, giving dates (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This information is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics). NOTE: You do not have to respond to the KSA's separately but your resume should contain sufficient information to demonstrate possession of the KSA's.
- Knowledge of laws, DOD Directives, finance regulations and financial management and operating procedures relative to the entitlements and allowances related to the payment of military personnel, civilian personnel, vendors, and travelers.
- Extensive knowledge of military pay and allowances, civilian pay and allowances, vendor payments, and travel entitlements.
- Detailed knowledge of related financial regulations and rulings covering diverse types of pay transactions to typically function as a technical authority for the resolution of an extensive range of issues or problems.
- Knowledge of the overall DFAS mission and functions, operation, and relationships to other agencies to respond to special inquiries and task organizations for information and responses.
- Knowledge of automated financial systems to participate in a variety of required operations audits and analytical reviews related to pay entitlement determinations.
- Knowledge of and ability to gather, assemble, analyze and prepare both short and long term strategy for presenting, explaining, and documenting budget requests and justifying to management officials.
To apply for this position, you are required to submit a complete Application Package which includes:
- Resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (format should include Month and Year) of employment and duties performed
- Resumes exceeding 25 pages will not be considered
- Mil Form 174
For access to Required Documents please refer to: http://mil.wa.gov/federal-human-resources
Applicants may also submit the following supporting document type(s),which may not be required for all applicants: Cover Letter, DD-214,SF-50, Driver's License, and Transcript.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.
A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/06/2024 to receive consideration. Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in disqualification.
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/
Next steps
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. You are encouraged to reach out to our office to verify that all required application materials have successfully been uploaded prior to the announcement closing. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.
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