Financial Program Specialist (Regional Financial Specialist)

Full Job Description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements: Education: Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B.

or J.D., if related. OR Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.

To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the specific qualifications to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of qualifying experience are: Experience with accounting and budgeting principles, concepts, theories and practices, and financial reporting and standards for federal agencies.

Experience working with accounting and budgeting techniques, procedures and their applications.

Experience that demonstrates knowledge of appropriation laws as they apply to Federal Government obligations and payments.

Experience helping process improvement evaluations, identify root cause issues, and provide recommendations for improvement in policies, procedures, customer services and program management.

Experience interpreting guidelines and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions, for application to specific cases or problems.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: Have a combination of education and experience.

This experience must have equipped you with the qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience.

To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

**Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.** Major Duties:

Serves as a Financial Program Specialist in a regional office within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

Responsible for the accurate and timely processing of financial records, as well as the verification and submission of various financial reports for the regional office.

Through utilization of the Financial Management Information System (FMIS), the incumbent enters obligation changes to cost centers, ensuring the appropriate documentation exists for all entries, as well as, reviews the automated recordings of obligations, making any adjustments necessary to the computer feeds, to ensure the FMIS financial reports are reliable.

Responsible for monitoring, reviewing and processing all obligations for accuracy and timeliness.

Provides expertise on, and makes manual FMIS entries through the use of over five hundred transaction codes.