SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This job announcement uses the Subject Matter Expert Panel Assessment to evaluate applicants. The General Schedule (GS) basic pay schedule may vary by geographic locality.

To view pay rates in a specific location visit the Office of Personnel Management pay tables at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/ 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: Conducting rigorous financial analyses and actively overseeing the fiscal performance of the assigned client portfolio.

Completing critical evaluation of the financial management support provided and serving as the central point of coordination for the dissemination of work-related information to senior financial managers within the client organization.

Responsible for formulating and instituting robust policies designed to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory frameworks.

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:

• Plans, formulates and develops financial policies and procedures to enhance the validity, accuracy and integrity of finance processes.
• Manages, plans, implements, monitors, and evaluates DFAS financial management programs by providing knowledge and expertise in appropriation law, finance concepts, principles, practices, techniques and financial management systems.
• Incumbent manages major programs/projects on a broad scale as well as guide, counsel and direct functional and technical aspects of these programs/ projects at a detailed level when required.
• Conducts independent studies of complex and diversified information, and financial systems or system components.
• Demonstrates extensive experience in both written and oral communication presenting and speaking on behalf of the Agency.
• Examples include, presents briefings, writes talking papers, frequently (more than once per month) communicates with members of OUSD, SES personnel, audit partners and Customer Executives.