Financial Analyst

Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates (this includes current or former Federal employees with career or career-conditional tenure in the competitive service); CTAP, ICTAP, VEOA, 30% or More Disabled Veterans, Schedule A, Military Spouses, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, Vista, Land Management, and Interchange Agreement Eligibles)

In this position, you will serve as Financial Analyst. Typical work assignments include:

• Conduct programmatic analyses derived from Council accounting, budgetary, and programmatic data for the financial assistance programs of the Council to provide management information regarding achievement of mission goals and objectives.
• Independently perform a range of complex financial analyses and evaluations of the Council financial statements and reports, identifying trends and anomalies and other relevant information, both financial and programmatic.
• Independently develop, recommend, and implement approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. The incumbent works closely with management to solve problems.
• Utilize quantitative fact-finding and analysis techniques, and collects, analyzes and summarizes information from Council accounting, programs, grants, and information systems and other sources to help understand program costs, trends and anomalies to make recommendations for improvements.
• Prepares various trend analyses and identification of unfavorable trends, situations, ratios, and deviations from standards, etc., as a result of financial analyses conducted of the various financial data for the Council.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of employment

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.

Key Requirements:

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• Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National
• A one year probationary period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certification that continued employment will benefit the Federal Service; the certification will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probationary/trial period.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form i-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.

Qualifications

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit Promotion and Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) Status applicants (who were federal employees within the past year) must provide an SF50 Notice of Personnel Action that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF50 must include the position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, type of service (Competitive or Excepted) and career status (career or career-conditional). No award SF50 will be accepted as proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.

• One year at the GS-12 grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 grade level.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:

To qualify for the Financial Analyst at the GS-13 level, you must at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, or comparable work in the private sector, state or local government. Your resume must completely and clearly demonstrate this experience to be found qualified.

The qualifying specialized experience for this position is:

1) Developing, recommending, and implementing solutions to current and anticipated financial management problems, including analyzing issues not previously examined and presenting findings to diverse audiences to gain consensus; AND

2) Analyzing financial statements and reports to identify trends and anomalies, and recommending revisions to accounting concepts applied in daily operations; AND

3) Providing technical assistance and advice to officials within and outside an organization in formulating financial management policies and programs and revising financial procedures.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and incentive awards submitted in your application package will be available to the selecting official for review and consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Candidates who apply under Competitive Merit Promotion procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are best qualified based on the content of their resume and their responses to the questionnaire. Best qualified candidates will be referred if all required supporting documentation has been provided.

Candidates who apply under Noncompetitive and Special Hiring Authorities procedures will undergo a quality review to determine if they are minimally qualified based on the content of their resume, supporting documentation submitted and their responses to the assessment questionnaire.

Career Transition Assistance Program: This program applies to Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed, or employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria for CTAP or ICTAP; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. Well-Qualified includes those applicants whose knowledge, skills, and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. For information on eligibility criteria and required documentation, go to: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Your Resume showing complete information for each job entry: company or agency name, beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year), total hours worked per week, position title, duties performed, and, if the position is/was Federal, pay plan-series-grade level; Cover Letter optional. IMPORTANT NOTE: If more than two (2) pages are submitted, only the first two (2) pages of work experience will be reviewed to determine your qualifications. Please view How do I write a resume for a federal job?
2. Other Supporting Documents, if applicable. Other supporting documents (Applicants should ensure that their personally identifiable information (PII) is protected.):
   • SF50 Notification of Personnel Action, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, type of service (Competitive or Excepted) and career status (career or career-conditional). No award SF50 will be accepted as proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
   • Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, including supervisor's signature and the official final rating of record. In cases where the performance appraisal is incomplete or unavailable, you may provide an explanation of the reasons.
   • Veterans' Documentation, if you are claiming preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility,you must submit official documentation of service and separation from active duty under honorable conditions. The member 4 copy of your DD214 is preferred. If claiming preference and/or eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must also submit official documentation of service-connected disability; and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
     • Active Duty Service Members expecting to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days may be granted tentative preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility by submitting a "certification" document in lieu of a DD214. This "certification" is any written document from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of the submission of the certification. For more information on veterans' preference and special hiring authorities for veterans click here.
   • Any other Supporting Documentation required for verification as described in the announcement.

This position is open to Competitive Merit Promotion, Non-Competitive and Special Hiring Authority eligibles. You must meet the requirements for one of the following eligibilities:

1. Current permanent competitive service employees; former Federal employees who achieved career status in the competitive service; or former Federal employees who served on a career conditional appointment without achieving career status in the competitive service who was separated less than 3 years ago, must submit an SF50 that indicates career or career-conditional (Tenure field 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field 1.)
2. Veterans applying under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) must submit a copy of their latest DD214 indicating service performed under honorable conditions. To be eligible a veteran must be preference eligible OR have substantially completed 3 or more years of continuous active service.
3. Current or former term or temporary employees of a Land Management agency who are within two years of their last term or temporary job and eligible for appointment under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act must submit SF50s and performance appraisals that demonstrate they meet all of the requirements outlined.
4. 30% or more Disabled Veterans must a submit a copy of their DD214 indicating service performed under honorable conditions, official documentation of service-connected disability of 30% or more, and an SF15.
5. Military Spouses are eligible if they are the spouse of: an active duty member of the armed forces; a service member who is 100% disabled due to a service-connected injury; or a service member killed while on active duty, provided they have not remarried. Military Spouses must submit an SF15 and supporting documents prescribed by the form.
6. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA Alumni must submit certification of service documents.
7. Other non-competitive authorities See the "This job is open to" section.

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