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LEAD FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNCIAN

Army National Guard Units

Department of the Army

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$64,406 - $83,733

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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 leading a small team of financial specialists in the Army National Guard to handle tasks like analyzing budgets, processing payments, and fixing money-related issues for military operations.

It requires strong leadership to guide the team, solve complex financial problems, and ensure everything runs smoothly according to rules.

A good fit would be someone with experience in finance or accounting who enjoys mentoring others and working in a structured government environment.

Key Requirements

  • At least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-0503-8 level in financial services
  • Leadership skills to guide and coach a team of financial technicians
  • Ability to perform in-depth financial analysis of accounting, logistics, and pay systems
  • Proficiency in researching and resolving complex financial transactions and discrepancies
  • Knowledge of fiscal laws, regulations, and procedures for decision-making
  • Experience in interpreting data, identifying problems, and recommending systemic improvements
  • Skills in monitoring team progress, preparing reports, and providing training

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a LEAD FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNCIAN, Position Description Number T5130P01 and is part of the OH USPFO, National Guard.

The purpose of this position is to lead a team of financial services technicians that provide analysis, validation, processing and correction of financial transactions and issues/problems involving the full range of financial services.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Have at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Major Duties:

As a LEAD FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNCIAN, GS-0503-9, you will perform the following duties: 1. Serves as Team Leader.

Communicates assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and deadlines and time frames for completion.

Coaches the team in the selection and application of appropriate problem solving methods and techniques; advises on work methods, practices and procedures; and assists in identifying the parameters of a viable solution.

Leads the team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload and tasks to team members in accordance with established workflow, skill level, and/or occupational specialization.

Makes adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities.

Provides or arranges for training in methods and techniques of team building and teamwork to accomplish tasks or projects, and acquisition (formal and on-the-job) training and assistance.

Coaches, facilitates, and/or negotiates in coordinating team initiatives and in consensus building activities.

Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work and conformance with Branch Chief's instructions.

Reports and advises the Branch Chief on team and individual work accomplishments, problems, and progress in mastering tasks and work processes, and individual and team training needs.

Prepares reports and maintains records of work accomplishments and administrative information, as required. Maintains metrics for the team.

Maintains project files; program and administrative materials; and makes available policies, procedures, and written instructions from the Branch Chief. 2.

Performs broad-in-depth financial analysis of inter-related accounting, logistics and computer file systems concerning pay, accounts payable, and various travel entitlements, using multiple procedures, processes and techniques to evaluate alternatives and arrive at decisions, conclusions and recommendations.

Analyzes diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial technical issues or problems.

Analyzes particular facts of financial transaction problems/issues, verifies and evaluates data; obtains additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies; and applies pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution.

Performs research regarding many different and unrelated processes and methods relating to financial transactions for analysis of complex and unusual financial transactions.

Analyzes results, applies personal initiative and judgment to make recommendations, which may result in changing guidelines affecting internal, state, and National Guard Bureau (NGB) level processes and procedures.

3. Interprets data to identify problems, determines nature of the problem or issue, decides approaches to use to resolve issues, and recommends solutions for systemic changes to enhance operations.

Uses independent judgment to reconstruct incomplete files, devise more efficient methods for procedural processing, gather and organize information for inquiries, or resolve problems referred by others.

Interprets user requirements in designing new ad hoc reports or modifications to standard financial and management systems, resulting from regulatory, system, or force structure changes.

Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies regulations, policies, procedures and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex financial issues/problems.

Uses public law; fiscal law; Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Army (DA), Forces Command (FORSCOM), NGB, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) regulations; Standing Operating Procedures; Comptroller General Decisions; and policies and issuances to execute the full range of financial and commercial services.

Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (T5130P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/12/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 3/13/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: OH-12906610-AR-26-020-T5