The United States Space Force (USSF) Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA is searching for a Cost Analysis Chief to support DCF (NH-1515-04, GS 14/15 equivalent).

Description:
If selected, you will serve as the Cost Chief for System Delta 831. You will join a dynamic leadership team that is responsible for providing Positioning, Navigation & Timing capabilities to our nation and allied partners.

This position exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of assigned organizations including cost, schedule, research, and earned value analyses of major systems and their associated subsystems, ensuring that cost, earned value, and financial management analyses complies with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization and cost, earned value, and financial management analyses objectives. Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies all applicable instructions, regulations, guidance and policies on cost estimating and analysis. Advises the PAE, System Delta Commander, Program Manager and Chief Financial Officer on financial and acquisition strategies. Assess proposed new acquisition activities for reasonableness and feasibility, with emphasis on the financial aspects of the proposed acquisition. Performs technical review and oversight of cost, earned value, and financial analyses. Reviews program plans and strategies on major programs to validate requirement for specific cost, earned value, or financial analyses to support program implementation. Performs technical review and oversight of cost estimating, earned value, cost research, and financial management analyses. Reviews basic program plans and strategies on major programs to validate requirements for specific financial or cost analyses to support program implementation. Assigns responsibility for developing required analyses to subordinate personnel or to financial services support to contractors. Reviews, evaluates, and comments on the technical approach and content of draft analyses; reviews and approves final analyses. Provides Leadership and PMs with results and details of analyses as appropriate. Assures appropriate elements of analyses are included in program plans and documentation. Assures formal planning and budget submissions to higher headquarters are consistent with analyses' results.

Ideal Candidate:
Applicant must possess quality level experience which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position. Quality experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Note: Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower pay band NH-04 (GS-13 equivalent) providing, planning, directing, organizing, supervising and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees; performs financial management functions involving the formulation, justification or execution of budgets, programs or projects; develops cost estimates, plans, programs and budgets to direct teams in accomplishing assigned tasks; and provides guidance to all levels of management.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of all USAF, OSD and federal financial management processes.
2. Knowledge of all aspects of Fiscal Law and of the DoD and Air Force Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Execution (PPBE), its process, products, terminology, and guidance documents.
3. Knowledge of a wide variety of cost estimating/cost analysis/financial analysis techniques, and how to develop and brief recommendations derived from the analysis.
4. Knowledge of weapon system acquisition policies and procedures.
5. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written.
6. Ability to plan, organize, and lead people in a non-supervisory role.
7. Ability to identify critical processes elements is required.
8. Knowledge in the development and implementation of a comprehensive training program.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance with SCI access.
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromis.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Financial Disclosure Statement: Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
• May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / Incentive funding is authorized.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• This is a Financial Management Level 3 Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
• E – Exempt FIC Code “E”: Employees whose salaries are paid from a DoD appropriation or fund that has sufficient funding authority.
• This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• This position is designated a CRITICAL APDP position. Category: P - Cost Estimating: Level: 3 - Adv: LCL Cost Est.

Qualifications

The 1515 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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