The United States Space Force (USSF) at Peterson Space Force Base, CO is searching for a Supervisory Financial Specialist to support SYD85 (NH-0501-04, GS-14/15 Equivalent).

Description:
As the Supervisory Financial Specialist, you will provide the SYD 85 and PEO with strategic financial management advice and decision support across all appropriations as well as ensuring the achievable budget and execution plans are identified and met. You will work with System Delta program and financial leads as well as represent the SYD 85 CFO and SYD 85/CC on acquisition and financial boards/groups/committees as necessary. As the PEO CFO, you will provide essential analytical support to a variety of Space Force Leaders across a portfolio of national interest programs and projects, including classified programs. You will support collaborations System (SSC) and Mission (CFC) Deltas, to provide program managers, the SYD Commander and the PEO with critical analysis, data and products required to assess the health of not only the current programs, but also future financial investments, technologies and programs of the future!

This role demands strong leadership skills, including the ability to lead teams and take calculated risks. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, capable of bringing innovative solutions to a dynamic enterprise. An ability to challenge the status quo and push financial management paradigms is essential, as is effective communication across all levels, from senior leadership within SSC to various Pentagon-based and DoD organizations. A collaborative approach is crucial, with the ability to work effectively with both local and geographically separated teams.

Ideal Candidate:
Expert level knowledge of the DoW PPBE and Acquisition processes. This role demands strong leadership skills, including the ability to lead teams and take calculated risks. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, capable of bringing innovative solutions to a dynamic enterprise. An ability to challenge the status quo and push financial management paradigms is essential, as is effective communication across all levels, from senior leadership within SSC to various Pentagon-based and DoD organizations. A collaborative approach is crucial, with the ability to work effectively with both local and geographically separated teams.
Must have a bachelor's degree. A proven financial management leader with over 8 years of experience is sought to guide our financial strategies. The ideal candidate possesses direct PPBE leadership experience, preferably within the context of building space and ground systems, with financial management experience in all phases of acquisition life cycle, with experience with Middle-Tier Acquisition (MTA) and software intensive programs considered a plus. Cost analysis experience is also desirable. Employee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret clearance.


Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Comprehensive knowledge of OMB, Congressional, and agency financial management and program objectives, budget precedents and controls guidelines and regulations.
2. Knowledge of the commonly used agency budget, automated financial systems, and performance metric procedures, regulations, precedents, policies, and guides.
3. Ability to manage several projects simultaneously, selecting and applying a variety of analytical methods and techniques to budgetary processes.
4. Ability to conduct studies, analyze data, develop alternative options/strategies and make recommendations to resolve budget/manpower issues.
5. Knowledge of safety and security regulations, practices, and procedures.
6. Knowledge of the missions, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of the DOD and organization s that govern, interface with, and/or influence the systems acquisition process.
7. Skill to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff in critical aspects of development and production, support of systems, subsystems, or equipment and to coordinate various aspects of systems acquisition such as engineering, contracting, financial management, configuration, test, and manufacturing.
8. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, clearly, concisely, with technical accuracy and to use computers and a variety of software programs and databases, gather and analyze a variety of program information, make sound judgments concerning program progress, and effectively communicate recommendations orally and in writing to higher organizational management and contractors.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / relocation funding is authorized.
• This is a Financial Management Level (1, 2, or 3) Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 20 days a year.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and by 31 October annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
• This position is designated a NON-CRITICAL APDP position.
• This position has been designated for drug testing. Incumbent is subject to random urinalysis testing as a condition of employment.
• This is a Critical Acquisition Position (CAP).

Qualifications

The 0501 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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