Supervisory Financial Management Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Office of Budget and Financial Management (OBFM), Executive Office for Immigration Review, U. S. Department of Justice.

Incumbent directs a staff that performs a wide variety of analytical, reporting and administrative functions connected with financial management, audit, policies, accounting transactions and presentations.

This is a Competitive Service position; additional positions may be filled from this announcement within 90 days of certificate issuance.

To qualify for the position of Supervisory Financial Management Specialist, at GS-0501-14, you must meet the qualification requirements listed below.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible.

One year at the GS - 13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level.

(Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade.

If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible. Please see Required Documents for additional information).

Time-in-grade requirements also apply to VEOA applicants having held a GS position in the past year.

FOR THE GS-14 LEVEL: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one or more full-time years (12-months) of specialized work experience, equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service, performing the following duties: Providing direction, leadership, and supervision in developing, implementing, and updating policies, standards, and guidance pertaining to budget and financial management programs and services for an organization; Planning workflow and work assignments for staff by setting and adjusting short term work priorities; Developing performance standards and evaluating staffs work performance; and Managing the planning, evaluation, and reviewing of an organizations financial management systems.

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by 04/27/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.

See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume. Major Duties:

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Develops financial policy directives, including any agency guidance, necessary to effect improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency of resource management operations.

Serves as a member of the finance advisory team and issues instructions needed.

Interprets financial guidelines and establishes master schedule for logical sequencing and timely accomplishment of the financial reporting cycles.

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates a variety of incoming accounting reports to interpret results of operations, to track financial trends and events, and to resolve complex and diverse fiduciary and/or financial management problems.

Plans operations, systems changes, and systems services for the Unified Financial Management System (UFMS).

Manages the work of the staff engaged in financial management functions that support EOIR programs and operations.