Clarification from the agency

Current FCC Employees Only

• Serves as Team Lead for the Revenue and Disbursement Group, coordinating and managing daily operational activities related to agency disbursements, vendor payments, and inter-agency transactions in close collaboration with the Chief of RDG.
• Acts as the principal authority for all FCC vendor disbursements, ensuring payments are processed accurately, timely, and in compliance with Treasury, OMB, IRS, and agency regulations.
• Leads and oversees interagency payment activity, including Intra-Government Payment and Collection (IPAC) transactions, resolving discrepancies and complex issues requiring in-depth financial analysis and coordination with external agencies.
• Independently investigates, analyzes, and resolves complex, high-dollar, or time-sensitive payment issues, mitigating late payment interest penalties and ensuring proper stewardship of appropriated funds.
• Serves as the primary liaison with the Commission’s Core Financial Management System vendor, providing authoritative guidance on system issues, enhancements, configuration changes, and functionality related to disbursement processing.
• Oversees FCC responsibilities related to Universal Service Fund (USF) and Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) disbursements, ensuring proper coordination with Treasury systems and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Leads implementation of new or revised financial processes mandated by Treasury, OMB, or other oversight entities, including changes related to appropriations, fund symbols, and payment methodologies.
• Leads agency-wide efforts related to official government passports and visas, coordinating financial processing and compliance with applicable federal requirements.
• Oversees and processes Fedwire payments, IPACs, and other Treasury payment mechanisms, ensuring proper authorization, documentation, and reconciliation.
• Manages or oversees the FCC’s Fleet, Travel, and Purchase Card programs, resolving account issues, card declines, misuse concerns, and compliance matters.
• Oversees the FCC’s 1099-MISC reporting process, ensuring accurate tax reporting in compliance with IRS regulations.
• Administers and manages tort claims payments and settlements, ensuring legal and financial compliance.

Conditions of employment

• FCC Employees Only.
• Suitable for employment as determined by a background investigation.
• Current FCC employees must provide SF-50 verifying grade & status.
• Resume must not exceed two pages and must meet resume format criteria.

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must:

-Currently be employed in the Federal Communications Commission in positions serving under career or career conditional appointments.

ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

Qualifications

Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic, committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution, and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government. Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.  

Specialized Experience:  Applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 in the Federal service.  For this position, specialized experience includes the following:   

1. Experience coordinating and managing daily operational activities related to agency disbursements, vendor payments, and inter-agency transactions.
2. Experience serving as the principal authority for all FCC vendor disbursements, ensuring payments are processed accurately, timely, and in compliance with Treasury, OMB, IRS, and agency regulations.
3. Experience resolving discrepancies and complex issues requiring in-depth financial analysis and coordination with external agencies.
4. Experience investigating, analyzing, and resolving complex, high-dollar, or time-sensitive payment issues, mitigating late payment interest penalties and ensuring proper stewardship of appropriated funds.
5. Experience providing authoritative Commission’s Core Financial Management System guidance on matters such as system issues, enhancements, configuration changes, and/or functionality related to disbursement processing.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: 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.

Subject matter experts will review your application to determine if you meet the following required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's):

• Expert knowledge of federal financial management principles, policies, systems, and practices sufficient to serve as the authoritative technical lead for agency-wide disbursement operations.
• Expert knowledge of Treasury regulations governing federal payments, including Fedwire, IPAC, and other Treasury-mandated payment mechanisms.
• Comprehensive knowledge of IRS regulations governing information reporting, including 1099-MISC requirements.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Federal charge card programs (purchase, travel, fleet), including compliance, misuse prevention, and dispute resolution.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial system functionality, controls, and integration within a Core Financial Management System environment.

If you are deemed to be qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration. Alternatively, if your application is not deemed as qualified by the Subject Matter Experts, your application will not be referred to the hiring manager for hiring consideration.

How you will be evaluated

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

Optional Four Essay Questions

At the time of application, applicants have the option of answering the following four short, free-response essay questions.

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples, and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Applicants will be required to certify that they are using their own words, and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]). The responses to each question cannot exceed 200 words per question.

All applicants will be rated on the extent and quality of experience and education relevant to the duties of the position.  An automated score is administered based on the on-line application process used.  Eligible applicants will receive a numerical rating based on their responses to the job specific questions for this position.

There are several parts to the application process that affect the overall evaluation of your application including:

1. the core questions
2. the vacancy questions
3. supplemental documentation (e.g., DD-214, SF-50, SF-15, transcripts), if applicable; and
4. your resume.

Applicants will be rated ineligible, if they do not respond to job specific questions provide supplemental documents and submit resume.  For more information, please click on Rating Process

Merit Hiring Plan Resume Requirements

In compliance with Executive Order 14170, Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service resumes must not be longer than two pages in length. The resume must address minimum qualifications and other requirements listed in the job announcement.

Resumes must include all of the following information outlined below:

Contact Information

Name and how best to contact you, including email address and phone number.

Relevant Work Experience

• Job Title and Employer (including series and grade for any Federal positions)
• Start and end dates with month/year (e.g., 05/2019 –08/2022)
• The number of hours you worked per week

Ensure work experience descriptions are aligned with the job announcement and address all required qualifications. Brief descriptions should demonstrate your ability to perform the tasks at the required level as stated in the job announcement.

Resumes must be formatted as outlined above. If the two page resume criteria and/or the resume formatting requirement is not met candidates will be rated as ineligible and will not be referred for hiring consideration.

The FCC is providing the following applicant resume resources: 

• Applicant Guidance on the Two-Page Resume Limit
• USAjobs-How to Write a Federal Resume

ALL SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.  If applying online poses a hardship, you may contact either the HR Specialist listed on the vacancy announcement or you may contact the Monster Government Solutions help desk (prior to the closing date of the vacancy announcement) via e-mail at mgshelp@monster.com or you may reach them directly at 866-656-6831. The Monster Help Desk is available Monday-Friday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm EST.

Supplement Documents Required: Employees must provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible.

ALL FCC EMPLOYEES MUST provide a legible Personnel Action, SF-50, that verifies your status and highest permanently held grade.  If an SF-50 is not submitted, the application will be rated as ineligible. To request a copy of your SF-50 please send an email to PersonnelRecordsRequest@fcc.gov

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