Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (TITLE 5), Position Description Number T5132000 and is part of the IL USPFO, National Guard.
Clarification from the agency
This is an open continuous announcement. Initial cutoff will be 16 October 2023. Recruitment will continue through the announcement closing date until the position is filled. Indefinite position/ Temporary promotion/ May become permanent.
Duties
As a FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (TITLE 5), GS-0503-8, you will:
- Provide analysis, validation, processing, and correction of financial transactions and issues involving a full range of financial services.
- Respond to requests for assistance/information from multiples sources.
- Determine appropriate pay, allowances, and entitlements resulting from multiple military and civilian statuses.
- Train customers on pay and travel entitlements and associated systems, processes, and reports.
- Analyze diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial technical issues or problems.
- Perform in-depth analysis on complicated pay, travel, and accounts payable issues involving substantial corrective action and/or complicated adjustments and resolves issues.
- Analyze particular facts of financial transaction problems and issues, verify and evaluate data.
- Analyze results, apply personal initiative and judgment to make recommendations, which may result in changing guidelines.
- Analyze and resolve tax processing problems based on inquiries or internal control audits and reviews.
- Support Soldier Readiness Processing with face to face interviews to conduct personal records review and ensure accurate pay and entitlements.
- Analyze and process transactions directly with U.S. Treasury and local financial institutions to ensure credits and collections are accomplished in a timely manner in accordance with law, regulation, and policy.
- Audit the full range of pay, travel, and accounts payable authorizations and entitlements to determine compliance with multiples laws, regulations, policies, and issuances.
- Interpret data to identify problems, determine nature of the problem or issue, decide approaches to use to resolve issues.
- Use independent judgment to reconstruct incomplete files, devise more efficient methods for procedural processing and gather and organize information for inquires to resolve issues.
- Perform or conduct research, investigate and solve problems involving reconciliations of discrepancies to identify, analyze, and provide solutions regarding entitlements
- Schedule, run, and analyze various financial system reports such as daily activity reports, error/reject reports, status reports, and other relevant financial reports.
- Determine appropriate payments to vendors by applying appropriate laws, regulations, and guidelines.
**This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties.**
Conditions of Employment
- Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
- Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- Must obtain and maintain Secret Security Clearance.
- This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
- Certification Level 1: THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 1 Certified position designated as such in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, section 1051, amending 10 United States Code, section 1599d. Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense and Department of the Army requirements of this certification program. This certification requirement is a condition of employment for this position. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action.
- As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0503-08 position, the employee must complete the position's higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.
- Recruitment and relocation incentives may be available for this position.
- PCS expenses may be authorized.
Qualifications
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must possess experience that was gained through work within similar financial program structures that support the Series' GS-0503 occupational functions, basic principles, and procedural concepts; and meet the specific graded-position's competencies (skill, knowledge, abilities, and behaviors).
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: GS-08 Level - MUST possess specialized experience which includes 3 months of basic finance program training or competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures; an understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the National Guard financial business program requirements; private or public finance program experiences, along with competencies, that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures; ability to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies and procedures; experience providing analysis, validation, processing and correction of financial transactions; experience identifying issues/problems involving the full range of financial services; experience ensuring the validity and accuracy of all disbursements, collections, and adjustments related to financial records; experience performing pay analysis of complicated pay, travel, and accounts payable issues involving corrective actions; experience reviewing complicated pay adjustments; experience analyzing particular facts of financial transaction problems/issues and obtaining additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies; knowledgeable of pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution; experience resolving tax processing problems; experience resolving complex tax issues involving tax documents; and experience performing finance work that involved appropriate pay, allowances, and entitlements
In order to be considered qualified, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in Federal service.
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 directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Verbiage displayed on your resume or application must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. 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 below. 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.
Education
If you are using Education to qualify for this position:
Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience - To qualify for the National Guard GS-0503 Title 5 Excepted Service positions, on the basis of completed undergraduate or graduate education, the college degree education must be in one of -or- be a combination of the following required disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management. Applicants who were service members or who currently serve in a military component and completed training in financial programs, are considered minimally qualified for the GS-09 entry-level position.
AS A GENERAL RULE, ONE QUARTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR EQUALS .67 SEMESTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR. For example, to compute the number of semester hours an applicant earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses by:1. Use the data point of .67 to compute Quarter Hours into Semester Hours:36 Quarter Hours X .67 Semester Hour = 24 Semester Hours.OR2. May compute the number of semester hours an applicant has earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses:36 Quarter Hours /1.5 = 24 Semester Hours. Hint: Whether you are converting Semester Hours into Quarter Hours; or, Quarter Hours into Semester Hours, the applicable computation data points are correct.
PLEASE NOTE: 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 (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
You must provide OFFICIAL transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
Benefits
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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. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
- Customer Service (Clerical/Technical)
- Financial Management Systems
- Financial Stewardship
- Fundamentals and Operations of Finance
To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Your resume (Should not exceed 15 pages in length) that clearly demonstrates experience that meets the requirements of this position as outlined in the "Qualifications" section. Your resume must contain identifiable information such as your name, address, and phone number. It should also show your work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment and duties performed. If you use Resume Builder, you are encouraged to save your resume to a Word document and upload the Word document in lieu of submitting your resume created through Resume Builder. This helps ensure you meet the 15-page resume limit.
2. Other supporting documents: The following documents are accepted and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50 (current and former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or documentation to support a Reinstatement Eligible claim. You will not be contacted for additional information.
- DD-214
- SF-15
- SF-50
- Transcripts
It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted prior to the closing date of the announcement.
Documents NOT accepted: photographs, copies of position descriptions, training certificates, performance ratings, awards and letters of appreciation.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/veterans.aspx
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/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/12130532
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/.
Next steps
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. 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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