SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

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-13) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

Specialized experience is defined as: leading complex financial programs and serving as a subject matter expert on finance and reporting issues; or developing and implementing financial policies and procedures to ensure the integrity of financial processes; or providing authoritative technical advice to resolve complex and controversial financial problems and supervising a team of employees by planning work, setting priorities, and evaluating performance.

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-13 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:

• Establishes and monitors internal control systems to identify problem areas, determine actions required to improve operating program effectiveness, and ensure and maintain the integrity of financial and accounting information.
• Reviews, analyzes and evaluates the status of performance measurement and financial management indicators for assessing the efficiency and effectiveness of financial operations.
• Plans, formulates and develops financial policies and procedures to enhance the validity, accuracy and integrity of finance processes.
• Trains, equips and resources an organization executing a specialized finance mission; provides advice, and assistance to supported customers in the application of disbursing concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations.
• Provides authoritative technical advice to lower level specialists, other management professionals and major command/bureaus of the Services in the resolution of the most complex and controversial finance problems.
• Plans, manages and supervises the assigned organization which consists of professional and/or administrative personnel.