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SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Department of Defense

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Salary

$89,508 - $116,362

per year

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GS-11 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.

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

Job Description

Summary

This role involves leading a team in a financial management office for the Department of Defense, where you'll advise on budgets, staffing, policies, and performance while overseeing daily operations and staff.

It's ideal for someone with experience in federal finance who enjoys supervising diverse teams and solving complex administrative challenges.

A good fit would be a seasoned professional ready to step into a supervisory position at the GS-11 level.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level or equivalent, including planning and implementing financial policies, budgets, and staffing procedures
  • 52 weeks of time-in-grade at GS-11 or higher in federal service within the last 52 weeks
  • Ability to exercise administrative and technical supervision over professional, administrative, and technical staff
  • Broad knowledge of financial management operations, policies, directives, and regulations
  • Skills in project/program management, goal setting, negotiation with senior management, and process analysis
  • Experience providing advice, training on HR issues, and assessing process changes for effectiveness

Full Job Description

This job announcement uses the Subject Matter Expert Panel Assessment to evaluate applicants.

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: planning, formulating and implementing policies, standards and procedures to ensure successful accomplishment of budget, staffing, unit cost and performance contract requirements, and administrative support while exercising administrative and technical supervision over a diverse staff of professional, administrative and technical personnel.

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:

  • Serves as the Supervisor of the Business Management Office. Duties include serving as the principal advisor on matters of policy; project/ program management; budget, staffing, cost and performance contract requirements, and administrative support.
  • Utilizes a broad knowledge of the operations and functions of the supported organizations, as well as detailed knowledge of policies, directives and regulations pertaining to financial management and related functions.
  • Makes revisions to both short and long term goals . Applies an unusual degree of initiative, resourcefulness, sound judgment, and the ability to successfully negotiate with upper senior management.
  • Exercises administrative and technical supervision over a diverse staff of professional, administrative, and technical personnel. Assigns work based on requirements and difficulty of the assignment.
  • Interprets, analyzes, and assesses the effectiveness of current and proposed process changes that directly affect relevant systems. Provides advice and training to the supervisors correct processes and procedures with HR issues.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/25/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/25/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: RO-12884984-26