FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

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One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as: Developing, reviewing, and revising instructional training documents; identifying deficiencies in training materials and training programs; conducting reviews and studies to resolve issues and problems and recommending changes in procedures and processes in the financial operations area.

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-11 or higher grade in Federal Service.

** To verify you meet the time-in-grade requirement, please provide a copy of a recent SF-50 that shows you have completed at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.

Examples of qualifying SF-50s include: Within-Grade Increase (WGI) Promotion Any SF-50, if its effective date allows a specialist to calculate 52 weeks of service.

(The effective date is in the upper-right corner of the SF-50)** 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:

• Develops, reviews, and revises instructional training documents and identifies deficiencies in training materials and training programs, applying Instructional Systems Design (ISD) principles, standards, and methodology.
• Keeps abreast of changes in financial management policies, regulations, and directives to determine effect on operations.
• Independently conducts the more complex studies and resolves problems and issues unresolved at lower levels and problems or situations involving new or substantially changed operations.
• Analyzes systems and procedural changes to determine training requirements and implements changes to functional training courses or initiates development of new training interventions.
• Performs as journeyman analyst responsible for on-the-job training, coordinating the technical work, and reviewing the work products of lower graded employees.