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Posted: January 21, 2026 (0 days ago)

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Department of Defense

Fresh

Salary

$106,437 - $144,481

per year

Closes

February 4, 2026

GS-12 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $74,441 - $96,770

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-11. Advanced degree + significant experience.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves analyzing financial operations within the Department of Defense to support audits, identify risks, and recommend fixes for financial processes to ensure data accuracy.

It requires working on large-scale projects, reviewing complex systems, and advising on policy changes.

A good fit would be someone with strong analytical skills and experience in federal finance or auditing who enjoys tackling enterprise-level challenges.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including analyzing financial operations, audit readiness, and risk identification
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-12 or higher within the federal service
  • Ability to recommend solutions for financial problems to maintain data integrity
  • Experience in project management, including development and execution of plans
  • Skills in interpreting audit findings, regulations, and their impacts on processes
  • Proficiency in reviewing complex, enterprise-wide financial systems
  • Knowledge of financial management principles and policy analysis

Full Job Description

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One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-12) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as experience such as: Analyzing financial operations using established financial management principles, participating in audit readiness initiatives, and identifying risks and control deficiencies.

Experience recommending solutions to financial problems to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data and processes.

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-12 or higher grade in Federal Service.

** The effective date of your SF-50 must reflect that you will meet the 52-week time in grade requirement within 30 days of the announcement closing.

** You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Major Duties:

  • Supports the Audit Readiness Strategic Initiative by providing financial management services, program management and broad operational remediation work for DFAS mission areas.
  • Performs quick response reviews and examinations, consulting and advisory services, risk management, and acts as a liaison for internal and external audit organizations.
  • Provides analysis and assessment of Enterprise-wide initiatives, projects, or programs with strategic, enterprise or tactical impacts relative to the agency strategy.
  • Provides expert technical analysis, review, and recommendations related to development and execution of project management plans.
  • Interprets audit findings and analyzes the corresponding regulations and the impacts to auditable processes.
  • Performs agency level reviews of financial systems that are extremely complex, Enterprise-wide application, and require an unusually high degree of analytical and evaluative skills, as well as originality and advisory abilities.
  • Analyzes policy changes to regulations directing functional area key processes and the impacts to auditable processes.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/21/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/21/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ML-12860602-26