FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST

Full Job Description

Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service, Eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants and current DFAS VRA employees Applicants on the Cleveland list may be placed at Bratenahl.

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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: Performing data analysis and evaluation of financial systems, policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure the continuity of a financial system's operations; ensuring that financial system design, revisions and modifications comply with financial regulatory requirements; performing systems analysis and developing test plans to test financial systems software; researching and diagnosing issues reported by system users.

This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program as a condition of employment.

If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within two (2) years of your entry on duty in the position unless you are already in a position that requires a Level 2 Certification in which case you must complete the certification within the original 2-year period.

Failure to become certified within the required time-frame may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service.

Information about the DoD FM Certification Program is available at http://www.dfas.mil/dam/dfas/careers/pdf/DoDFMCertificationProgram.pdf.

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.

** 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:

• Analyzes functional and technical requirements of financial information systems to determine avenues of development or modification necessary to meet mission objectives.
• Participates in systems requirement reviews and coordinates with customer/functional representatives and other technical personnel to clarify requirements.
• Prepares requirements documents, system change/programming specifications requests.
• Identifies requirements and monitors the development of methods for the achievement of assigned systems interface or integration with other financial and non-financial systems.
• Prepares functional test plans and test scripts and performs functional testing and regression.