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Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as performing ALL of the following duties: 1) Formally and informally managing personnel through leadership, motivation, mentoring, and training; 2) Understanding of the types of funding appropriations executed and their associated fiscal challenges in a Science and Technology organization; 3) Generating, interpreting, and analyzing financial reports and analyzing trends in financial planning and execution; and 4) Translating technical and operational requirements into financial requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (DE-03 or GS-13).
The incumbent serves as the Chief of the Financial Management Branch within the Research and Technology Integration (RTI) Directorate's Business & Operations. Serves as direct supervisor of approximately eighteen government financial management personnel performing critical business operations such as monitoring, analyzing, and controlling data associated with the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) and/or other information systems. Leads government and contractor personnel in a wide range of financial management functions/competencies, grades and skill levels. This position is responsible for the direct oversight of financial management personnel performing critical business operations such as monitoring, analyzing, and controlling data associated with a research and development portfolio, typically for science and technology programs to include Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) and Technology Maturation Initiative (TMI) Programs. Serves as focal point/liaison for all research and development portfolio fiscal year-end issues and appropriation close-out issues. Executes all mission and customer ( i.e. Program Executive Office or Program Managers) funds, within the research and development portfolios, to include funding provided for reimbursable labor. Analyzes and monitors Portfolio execution against approved obligation plans and Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OSD) goals. Leads the development and interpretation of the complete planning, programming, and budgeting function, to include budget formulation, presentation, and execution of an annual budget involving one or more appropriations, and specifically includes knowledge and expertise of RDT&E (Research, Development, Test & Evaluation), OPA (Other Procurement Army), and OMA (Operations & Maintenance) appropriations. Responsible for the management of complex financial policies and requirements with a widely dispersed customer and mission base. Performs analysis and interpretation of financial documents and reports and resolves problems for which no clear precedent exists. Using subject matter expertise, provides senior management briefings and recommendations on resource management. Provides budget advice to the Portfolios on the development of program budget requests and related support documentation for the upcoming fiscal year. Ensures that the Financial Management Branch provides support as required to the Accounting Branch and to the technical divisions on mission and customer programs.