Summary
This position will reside within the Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies (AAT), Mission Support Division (AAT-100), Workforce and Financial Management Branch (AAT-110). AAT-110 is the organizational focal point for all matters related to budget, workforce management, and contracts oversight.
This job is open to
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.
Clarification from the agency
FAA-WIDE
Duties
The incumbent of this position is a recognized subject matter expert in financial/budget management and provides leadership for highly complex and challenging activities under the minimal direction of a manager. Serves as the team leader for budget in the Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies (AAT). Acts as a team leader to define and direct challenging projects/programs/activities. Shares responsibility for the performance of programs/projects that frequently affect more than one LOB/SO or the FAA as a whole. Responsible for formulating, justifying, and executing the AATs budget.
The incumbent applies experience and expert knowledge to perform a variety of complex research and analytical duties relating to all areas of budget management and contracting to ensure compliance with budget management regulations and policy, appropriations law, and acquisition policy, including, but not limited to: reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting legislation, appropriations language, Office of Management and Budget directives, and Treasury Department guidelines. Supports integration of budget and performance reporting to demonstrate current resource utilization and to enable forecasting of resource needs. Provides assistance to management, technical staff and administrative/support personnel regarding the development, execution, and status of budgets, contracting, and other related programs. Develops and recommends improvements to procedures and processes used for formulation, execution, tracking, reconciling and reporting of financial resource needs/utilization, procurement and contracting, and other related areas. Inputs, tracks, and reconciles financial records in automated systems. Analyzes financial data, identifies trends to enable management to determine appropriate resource utilization and needs.
Typical duties include:
- Certifies availability and correctness of funds on various financial documents. Maintains cognizance of funding balances and Appropriations Law Regulations to ensure proper certification is made in accordance with the Anti-Deficiency Act regulations. Ensures that financial requirements, policies, and procedures in documenting fund reservations, obligations, payments, reimbursements and collections are within regulation.
- Oversees a wide range of budgetary duties and functions in developing, implementing and administering the assigned direct funded programs of the organization.
- Monitors the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuing dialogue with program offices, review of written documents, and examination of accounting records. Prepares and maintains financial plans and records for assigned program.
- Develops and tracks organizational payroll projections and hiring projections.
- Conducts cost-benefit and similar studies of current and planned programs, as well as appraisal or evaluations of those programs. This includes: conducting surveys (both oral and written) to measure the effectiveness, and efficiency of established procedures; coordinating with the manager to identify solutions or options; and preparing final reports for the staff manager.
- Maintain proficiency in the various types of appropriated funds including Operations, Facilities and Equipment (F&E), and Research, Engineering, and Development (RE&D).
- Assign, track and monitor team assignments and provide feedback on team member performance.
- Prepares documentation, reports, and/or present briefings in his/her area of responsibility; as required presents this information at appropriate briefings at internal or external meetings.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
- US Citizenship is required.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- Must submit an SF50 (See Required Documents).
Qualifications
To view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Administrative Series, 0301, please refer to:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/miscellaneous-administration-and-program-series-0301/
To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Specialized experience includes: Experience working with procurement and contracting, and budget performance principles, policies, and procedures to formulate, justify, present, and execute performance-based multi-year organizational budget proposals.
Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Applicants should provide examples of the specialized experience in their work history.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
Additional information
We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions.
Position may be subject to a background investigation.
A one-year probationary period may be required.
The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. www.faa.gov/jobs/workinghere/financial-disclosure-requirements
Leave Enhancement: FAA organizations may offer enhanced annual leave accrual to newly appointed or reappointed employees. In order to receive consideration for such a benefit, applicants' prior non-Federal service or active duty uniformed service must directly relate to the duties of the position to which appointed. Granting enhanced annual leave is at the sole discretion of the hiring organization, and granting such benefit is not an entitlement nor guaranteed to any newly hired employee.
As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA.
In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA), in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Current and former federal employees must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action.
All, some, or none will be selected for an interview.
This is not a bargaining unit position.
Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal 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.
IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.
Required Documents
Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50). Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application. These documents must be uploaded or emailed to monique.heriegel@faa.gov on or before the closing date of this announcement. All emailed documents should reference the announcement number.
If you are an FAA employee, you
MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement. You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application. If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system
https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
Applicants may be required to complete one or multiple assessments as part of the evaluation process. This assessment aims to evaluate the competencies and qualifications essential for the position.
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must be submitted by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must be submitted at the time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with a register.
RESUMES ARE LIMITED TO TWO PAGES. IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC AND INCLUDE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE QUALIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION.
Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following information:
Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job)
- Relevant work experience: should align to the Job Announcement and address all required qualifications and include job title, employer name, start/end dates, number of hours worked per week.
- Education, certification or licensure: If required, education should include school/institution name, completion date, degree type and GPA.
Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information and failure to provide ALL of this information may result in a finding of ineligible.You may upload completed documents to your USAJOBS Account. This will provide you the opportunity to utilize the uploaded information again when applying for future vacancies.
Next steps
Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.
For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide.
Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.
All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request. Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.