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Posted: January 14, 2026 (1 day ago)

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FINANCIAL TECHNICIAN

Bureau of Naval Personnel

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Location

Salary

$45,409 - $67,432

per year

Closes

January 13, 2027

GS-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves handling financial tasks like managing pay accounts, processing payroll, and auditing travel expenses for military and civilian personnel in the Navy.

It supports budgeting and reporting to ensure everything follows rules and stays within limits.

A good fit would be someone with basic accounting experience who is detail-oriented and comfortable with numbers and paperwork.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05 level in federal or equivalent service
  • Ability to analyze budgets and maintain ledgers while adhering to laws, rules, and policies
  • Skills in creating and maintaining reports, spreadsheets, and budget summaries for management
  • Experience providing support for travel-related purchases and expenses within budget constraints
  • Knowledge of accounting, budget, and financial management support for various agency situations
  • Proficiency in establishing, maintaining, correcting, and closing pay accounts for military personnel and annuitants
  • Ability to determine pay, maintain payroll records, and complete reports for federal civilian employees

Full Job Description

This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer.

Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer.

Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-05 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Analyzing budgets and maintaining ledgers adhering to required laws, rules, and policies; 2) Creating and maintaining reports, spreadsheets, and budget summaries for management; 3) Providing support for travel-related purchases and expenses for other employees to ensure they are within budget and relevant; and 4) Providing various accounting, budget, and financial management support for different and potentially unrelated situations within an agency.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Major Duties:

  • You will establish, maintain, correct, and close pay accounts for active, reserve, or retired armed forces personnel and their annuitants.
  • You will determine pay, conduct payroll record maintenance, and complete reports pertaining to civilian employees of the Federal Government.
  • You will ensure accurate and appropriate supporting documents are submitted prior to payment for travel pay.
  • You will examine and perform the final audit on travel claims/vouchers to determine that the claim contains a proper authorizing official's signature, certify the accuracy of monetary entitlements, and authorize travel claims/vouchers.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/14/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/14/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: DE-12863921-26-AND