Financial Specialist

Full Job Description

The Smithsonian Institution (SI) is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo.

This position is in the Office of the Under Secretary for Finance and Administration, within the Administrative Services Group (ASG).

The ASG supports the Institution's strategic goal of building an effective Smithsonian by providing high quality administrative support to senior leadership.

GS-11 Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in Federal Service.

For this position, specialized experience is defined as experience in financial formulation and execution, budget administration, human resources, travel, and reviewing and approving procurements.

OR Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position.

Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience.

Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. Or a Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications.

For a full explanation of this option please see the Qualification Standards.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S.

accreditation for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Major Duties:

The Financial Specialist provides financial management, budget administration, procurement, human resources and other assigned management functions.

Independently plans and carries out assigned work, resolves problems and deviations in assignments, and thoroughly researches and analyzes available options to support the needs of the unit.

In this position, you will: Performs budget and accounting functions related to the formulation, execution and review of federal, trust and grant funds.

Prepares complex internal financial reports including monthly updates to salary models and monthly expenditure reports by department identification.

Reviews Payroll Cost Reports and ensures errors are corrected through the appropriate department and/or payroll.

Gathers documents for procurement packages; Initiates contracts and purchase orders; holds procurement authority up to $25K for unit.

Certifies and approves travel authorizations, travel voucher, and local vouchers in travel system.

Initiates personnel action requests, recruitment actions, separations, promotions, classification requests and disciplinary actions.