Financial Specialist Job in Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job)

Vacancy No. DE-24-12492755-CAWV-JM Department Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Salary $86,962.00 to $134,435.00 Grade 12 to 13
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/1/2024 Close Date 11/8/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job)


Summary

This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement ST-24-12534602-CAWV-JM, which is under Merit Promotion procedures.

This position is with the Office of Budget and Performance Management (OBPM) and provides senior leadership and programs with policy and oversight of all budget and performance functions. The incumbent serves as a statistical program analyst and is responsible for a full range of research, collection, development, and presentation activities.

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

• United States Citizens

Duties

  • Advises program managers on regulatory requirements, financial policies, the interpretation of data and the importance of accounting data to program operations and improvements.
  • Plans, develops, and coordinates financial management improvements necessary to comply with OMB directives and legislation.
  • Analyzes operations, financial systems, periodic and special reports and systems edits to develop information on trends, anomalies, or problems, and develops solutions.
  • Develops policy and guidelines for program users and provides authoritative policy interpretations and functional recommendations in the implementation of new legislative and regulatory requirements.
  • Prepares external financial management reports, statements, schedules, justifications, and related documentation as required by OMB, Treasury, and or the Department.
  • Ensures data consistency and integrity of documentation prepared.
  • Analyzes processing flows, integration of external system interfaces and internal subsystem modules, and recommends improvements in control techniques.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • U.S. Citizenship Required
  • You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
  • You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period.
  • A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
  • If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
  • Salary listed is based on Rest of U.S. (RUS) pay scale; final salary will be determined by selected duty station.
  • ** This vacancy is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at midnight Eastern Time on the day this application limit is reached regardless of the closing date specified in this vacancy announcement. **

Qualifications


GS-12:

To qualify at the GS-12 grade, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level performing three out of four of the following: (1) reviewing and reconciling reports using a financial database, to determine the status of funds reports generated by financial systems; (2) training individuals on financial and accounting systems; (3) advising financial managers and program managers on policy and procedures; and (4) writing concise and grammatically correct reports that are requested formally like a budget data request (BDR), or ad hoc reports requested by upper management and leadership.


GS-13:

To qualify for the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level performing three out of four of the following: (1) making recommendations for regional and program reconciliations utilizing financial management concepts, principles and techniques, through preparation and review of detailed fund status reports and review of related budget reports; (2) planning, implementing, and evaluating financial management operations in order to allocate and/or distribute funding; (3) preparing funds status reports and informing leadership of the execution and management of funds; and (4) training staff on automated financial databases such as the use of advanced or sophisticated pivot tables in Excel and Tableau.

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

All new hires earn the beginning salary of their pay grade (Step 1). See here for 2024 Tables, select the pay chart for Anywhere in the U.S. (remote job). If no specific chart is listed for this geographic location, see the "rest of U.S." chart.

The full performance level of this position is GS-13. Identification of promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. A career ladder promotion is at the discretion of management, and in no way guaranteed.

Career Transition Assistance Programs: These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; (2) be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above; and, (3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more information visit: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp .

Former Federal Employees are required to indicate whether they received a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) buyout in their previous employment with the Federal government, and are required to submit a copy of the applicable Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) regarding the VSIP. The majority of individuals, who accept reemployment with the Federal government within 5 years of receiving the VSIP amount, must repay the gross amount of the separation pay prior to reemployment.

If you are unable to apply online, require reasonable accommodation in the application process if you are an applicant with a disability, or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

Benefits

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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your resume will be evaluated after the closing date to determine whether you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position described above. Qualified candidates will then be further evaluated to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education in relation to the competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position as demonstrated by your responses to the assessment questions. Competencies measured include:

  • Financial Management
  • Organizational Awareness
  • Problem Solving
  • Technical Competence
  • Writing


We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If your responses to the assessment questions cannot be supported by your resume, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your experience. Qualified applicants will be evaluated, rated and referred to the selecting official under category rating procedures, and placed in one of the following categories:

BEST QUALIFIED: Applicants possess all of the job related competencies identified above.

WELL QUALIFIED: Applicants possess a majority of the job related competencies.

QUALIFIED: Applicants meet the basic eligibility and minimum qualification requirements but do not meet the definition of Best Qualified or Well Qualified.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Qualified Indian preference candidates will be referred to the hiring manager in order of veterans' preference.

You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12492755. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued.

Required Documents

The following documents are required for this position:

  1. Resume which details work experience including dates worked (mm/yy-mm/yy), position title, Grade (if federal service), and hours worked per week.
  2. On-line Assessment Questionnaire
  3. Veteran's documentation -
  • For 5-point veterans' preference, please provide your DD-214, Copy 4 that MUST show an Honorable Discharge (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty, or other official documentation (e.g., copy of military orders, campaign documents as or expeditionary award citation, etc.) proving your military service was performed under honorable conditions.
  • For 10-point veterans' preference, you must submit a Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference and the supporting documentation required by that form.
  • If you are a disabled veteran you must submit a Veterans Affairs (VA) letter on VA letterhead that states your overall combined rating and a DD214 (copy 4) reflecting an honorable discharge.
ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59PM Eastern Time ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. If your application package is incomplete in any way, you will not be considered for this position, and requests for extensions will not be granted. Please double check your application package before you submit it. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FROM OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

How to Apply

COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT:

"To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine."

ONLINE APPLICATION SUBMISSION:

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

- 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 resumé 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/.

PLEASE NOTE - NO APPLICATION MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA E-MAIL.

Agency contact information

Human Resources
Address
AS-IA Human Resources
12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047
Reston, VA 20192
US
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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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