Financial Management Analyst in Chicago

GS-7:

• Performs a variety of financial management work to include accounting, budget, and financial reporting.
• Classifies expenses; monitors expenditure rates; and maintains records of obligations and expenditures within budgeted funds for specific accounts.
• Applies reconciliation techniques toward budgets and ensures monies are utilized in a manner consistent with congressional intent and the FBI's mission.
• Extracts financial data from various reports; and/or applies statistical logic necessary for budget formulation of requests.

GS-9: (in addition to the above)

• Performs various budget analysis activities, using efficient and effective methods to reconcile accounts and formulate costing.
• Conducts monthly reconciliations of undercover accounts and program specific funding.
• Establishes and maintains effective internal controls over financial reporting methods which include safeguarding of assets and complying with appropriate laws and regulations.

GS-11: (In addition to the above)

• Formulate strategies regarding the interpretation of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directives and circulars; extracts financial data from various reports.
• Monitors and analyzes expenditure activity; recommends solutions to management regarding account discrepancies; and/or performs various audits of program budget accounts
• Prepares monthly reconciliations of revolving confidential advances and program specific funding.

Conditions of employment

Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience (SE)

GS-7: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-5 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Experience performing basic analytical work in the area of financial management.
• Experience applying financial management practices to resolve issues.
• Experience reviewing financial and budget reports.
• Experience reviewing, interpreting, and explaining policy and/or directives.

GS-9: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-7 grade level. SE, in addition to the above, is defined as follows:

• Experience ensuring efficient and effective operational and administrative requirements are met while adhering to federal government rules and regulations.
• Experience independently identifying and resolving issues while making recommendations to management on various routine financial assignments.
• Experience providing guidance/consultative services relating to financial and budget matters.

GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. SE, in addition to the above, is defined as follows:

• Experience with a wide range of government financial management theories, practices, and techniques sufficient to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a variety of complex assignments.
• Experience independently identifying and resolving issues while making recommendations to management on various complex financial assignments.
• Experience utilizing qualitative and quantitative data in financial reporting methods, techniques, and strategies to produce to reports, results, or resolve issues.
• Experience extracting financial data from various reports; and/or applying statistical logic necessary for budget formulation of request.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application will be evaluated using the FBI's Candidate Rating Procedures. Your resume and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify that you meet the job qualifications listed in this announcement. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

If you are found minimally qualified, your application will move forward to additional phases of the review process.
The five competencies will be used in a Structured Resume Review to objectively evaluate applicant resumes. Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather you must describe in your resume how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the competencies identified below. Your resume should demonstrate that you possess the following competencies.

Competencies:

• Initiative
• Communication
• Flexibility/Adaptability
• Problem Solving/ Judgment
• Financial Management

1. Utilizing the Resume Builder, outline your relevant work experience and associated start and end dates. Uploaded resumes will not be reviewed or used for qualification purposes.
2. Other supporting documents (if applicable):
   • College transcripts, if qualifying based on education or if there is a positive education requirement
   • Former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your MOST RECENT SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). Actions such as promotion, within grade increase, or reassignment actions must be submitted as your most recent SF 50.
   • Most recent Performance Appraisal; not applicable to current FBI employees
     Veterans: DD 214; Disabled Veterans: DD 214, SF-15, and VA letter dated 1991 or later
   • Memorandum for Record (MFR): Work performed outside assigned duties (that would not normally be documented on an SF-50, i. e., back-up duties), has to be documented in detail by an immediate supervisor in order to receive full credit for amount of time worked in that position. If no documentation is furnished no credit will be given for time worked in that position. The following notations must be specified in the documentation:
     • Percent of time worked in the particular position (cannot conflict with main duties.
     • The month/year work began
       Frequency worked (i.e., daily, monthly, etc.)
     • Specific duties performed

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