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FINANCIAL MANAGER
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Department of Defense
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana
Salary
$149,323 - $197,200
per year
Type
Full Time
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GS-14 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $104,604 - $135,987
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-13. Senior expert or supervisor.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This role involves leading financial planning and decision-making for a defense agency, overseeing budgets, and guiding teams on accounting matters to ensure everything runs smoothly and efficiently.
It's perfect for experienced financial professionals who enjoy strategic leadership and advising executives on resource management.
A good fit would be someone with deep expertise in government finance and a track record of managing complex operations.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent in federal service, focusing on accounting and financial management
- 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-14 or higher within the preceding 52 weeks
- Ability to contribute to senior management planning, policy formulation, and key decision-making
- Expertise in interpreting and implementing DoD and DFAS resource management guidance
- Skills in providing oversight, strategic direction, and leadership to professional and technical staff
- Proficiency in ensuring financial controls, documentation, and advising on economies of operations and billing issues
Full Job Description
This job announcement uses the Subject Matter Expert Panel Assessment to evaluate applicants. The General Schedule (GS) basic pay schedule may vary by geographic locality.
To view pay rates in a specific location visit the Office of Personnel Management pay tables at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-14) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
Specialized experience is defined as: Actively contributes to senior management planning, policy formulation, and key decision-making processes, serving as a subject matter expert on all accounting and financial management matters.
This role exercises crucial oversight over several key organizational units while providing strategic direction and leadership to a team of professional and technical staff.
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-14 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:
- Incumbent interprets, clarifies and implements DoD and DFAS resource management guidance for the senior executive
- Ensures proper financial controls and documentation are maintained.
- Provides expert advice and guidance regarding the overall accounting and financial management of resources.
- Advises central and field sites on the economies of their plans and operations and on customer revenue/billing issues and recommended solutions
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