Senior Planning and Financial Management Analyst, CG-0501-14

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Division of Finance, Corporate Planning and Performance Management, of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides support in the areas related to the development of corporate plans, budgets, and staffing allocations, and administration of a corporate cost management program.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector.

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. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 13 level or above in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience in all of the following areas: (1) Performing financial studies/analyses of cost management programs; (2) Developing or analyzing staffing and budget requirements; (3) Monitoring execution of an annual operating budget; and (4) Performing staffing and operational analysis used for reporting results and recommendations to senior management.

Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement.

For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed: Organization/Agency's Name Title Salary (series and grade, if applicable) Start and end dates (including the month and year) Number of hours you worked per week Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.

NOTE: Please indicate how you meet the specialized experience under each applicable position.

Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications. Major Duties:

Review and analyze proposed staffing and budget levels for divisions and offices throughout the Corporation, and prepare briefings, including appropriate recommendations, for senior management officials.

Develop policy guidance and procedural instructions and provide direction and guidance to FDIC divisions/offices on the development of required plans and budget and staffing requests, the preparation and submission of reports on budget utilization and operational performance, and requirements for accounting for their operational costs.

Analyze differences between budgets and actual expenditures and prepare reports of results for senior management, which explain the causes of the variances and project the impacts on, and sufficiency of, annual budgets.

Lead or participate in complex workload analysis and work measurement studies, and present results and recommendations to senior management officials.