Financial Specialist

Full Job Description

The Postal Regulatory Commission's Office of Budget and Finance has an exciting employment opportunity for a highly motivated person with empirical skills and interest as a Financial Specialist.

This is a career-ladder position. This position has a one-year probationary period with promotion potential to a PRC-4.

To qualify, you must have at least three years of specialized experience equivalent.

Specialized experience is experience performing financial, budget, accounting, travel, financial program management and/or other financial administrative duties and procedures which include assisting in the program planning, analysis and administration of assigned financial activities.

Such experience must have included assisting with the following: Applying, financial management, administration and accounting processes, policies, procedures, and regulations to maintain records.

Preparing a variety of reports for management. OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.

To be eligible for consideration, your application materials must demonstrate that you have experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position described above.

Typically, experience will be related to legal or regulatory work at a level similar to this position and may encompass 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. Major Duties:

The incumbent is responsible for providing financial administrative duties while providing support to the OBF Director with various administrative tasks related to the mission of the OBF.

As a member of OBF, reporting to the OBF Director.

The incumbent will serve as a Commission financial specialist and assistant to the Director and will provide comprehensive financial, accounting, travel, financial administration and program management support to OBF.

The Commission receives its funding directly from the US Postal Service through an annual budget request and is not part of the federal budget process; however, the Commission operates using best financial and accounting practices.

The incumbent will be a member of a small team and therefore must be able to effectively balance multiple tasks simultaneously.

Additional responsibilities, in addition to financial will include serving as a purchase card holder.

Specifically the Financial Specialist: Performs routine and recurring financial administration duties Gathers, extracts, reviews, verifies, and consolidates a variety of data using MS and other automated tools.

Assist with tracking and analyzing Commission financial and accounting data to produce and verify reports.

Assists with managing Commission accounts payable IAAs and contract payments, verifying IPAC payments and ensuring the certification and payment of invoices.

Receives, reviews for completeness and compliance, and ensures the processing, filing, recording and reporting of requisitions, invoices, and other financial documents submitted to OBF.

Process payments above purchase card threshold as appropriate. Validate payments made by Postal, reconciling them to Commission financial records.

Assist with managing Commission GL accounts with the Postal Service ensuring accuracy in posting.

Serve as a purchase card holder and perform all purchase card holder duties and complete all associated accounts payable duties.

Demonstrates and has experience maintaining a positive and patient approach in handling customer requests.

Ability to multi-task, work independently with minimal supervision by setting own priorities of work assignments, handling incoming requests and emails. Perform other duties as assigned.