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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Department of Defense

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Salary

$62,297 - $80,991

per year

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GS-9 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $51,332 - $66,732

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-8. Master's degree or 2 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This role involves reviewing and analyzing financial operations in areas like military pay, vendor payments, and commercial pay to ensure everything complies with rules and runs efficiently.

You'll monitor systems, spot issues, and suggest fixes to keep financial records accurate and reliable.

It's a good fit for someone with a background in finance or accounting who enjoys detail-oriented work and problem-solving in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-7 (for GS-9) or GS-9 (for GS-11) in federal service, focusing on financial reviews and analysis
  • Knowledge of financial laws, regulations, policies, and procedures related to disbursements and pay programs
  • Ability to organize, collect, analyze, and present data and statistics on financial operations
  • Experience conducting reviews of financial management functions for compliance, effectiveness, and accuracy
  • Skills in evaluating financial systems, identifying deficiencies, and recommending corrections
  • Time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-7 or higher for GS-9, or GS-9 or higher for GS-11
  • Possibly provide transcripts or certifications as proof of education or qualifications

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 within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

To be hired at the GS-9 grade level: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-07 if applying at the GS-09 level) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience at the GS-09 level is defined as: Applying financial laws, regulations, policies and procedures while performing random reviews of disbursements for Vendor and Commercial Pay.

Organizes, collects, analyzes and presents a variety of data, information, and statistics related to Vendor and Commercial Pay programs and projects based on reviews of disbursements.

To be hired at the GS-11 grade level, applicants must minimally have: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-09 if applying at the GS-11 level) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience at the GS-11 level is defined as: Analyzes and evaluates Vendor and Commercial Pay financial management systems, public laws, governing policies, guidelines, rules, regulations, and precedents.

Provides advisory services to management in relationship to performance assessments and keeps them informed of inconsistencies in work processes within the Vendor/Commercial Pay Business Line.

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.

To be considered for the GS-9, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-7 or higher in the Federal service.

To be considered for the GS-11, applicants must have served 52 weeks as a GS-9 or higher in the Federal service.

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:

  • Conducts reviews of a variety of assigned financial management, support and administrative functions throughout the Military Pay, Retired and Annuitant Pay and Commercial Pay operations.
  • Monitors and evaluates operations and systems for effectiveness and compliance with internal controls, validity of input and outputs, and sufficiency and accuracy of records of financial operations for completeness and reliability.
  • Develops recommendations for modifications or correction of deficiencies and makes follow-up examination of those areas previously reported as deficient to ensure corrective action has been taken.
  • Performs the full range of financial management analysis and regulatory research work by applying established financial analysis principles, concepts, and practices to a wide variety of difficult problems associated with gathering and analyzing data.
  • Analyzes and evaluates Military Pay, Retired and Annuitant Pay and Commercial Pay financial management systems, public laws, governing policies, guidelines, rules, regulations, and precedents.
  • The duties, described above, represent the major duties performed at the GS-11 level. The duties performed for developmental positions will be of limited scope and complexity to develop skills, proficiency, and work experience.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/3/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/4/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ML-12912607-26