This vacancy is for a GS-0501-12/13, Financial Management Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, BUDGET EXECUTION DIVISION -CG-833. Washington, DC.
To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience must include the following: Analyzing and evaluating continual changes in program plans and funding and their effect on financial and budget program milestones. Analyzing financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and, or budgetary actions. To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience must include the following: Mastery of the principles, concepts, laws, and regulations of financial and budget administration sufficient to generate new concepts and methodologies and direct financial management and obligation life cycle matters. Ability to plan and conduct financial studies and reviews, determining compliance with generally accepted accounting and financial management principles and standards, Knowledge of resource management theories, practices, methods, and techniques and of organizational practices, policies, functions, and programs. NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
You will serve as a Financial Management Specialist and be responsible to leverage Budgetary Resource Management principles to provide oversight over the Coast Guard Undelivered Order (UDO) population to ensure that the Coast Guard accurately accounts for the status of budgetary resources to help be stewards of public funding. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Providing input to policy and Standard Operating Procedures related to obligation lifecycle management and collaborating with program offices, technical authorities, and field units to provide guidance on quarterly obligation validation as required by the Department of Homeland Security Component Requirement Guide. Providing and implementing solutions to control internal control and reporting weaknesses. Reviewing and analyzing financial reports generated by the financial system and determining compatibility of each with plans, prior month status, other relevant reports, and the general ledger. Analyzing processing flows, integration of external system interfaces and internal subsystem modules, and recommending improvements in control techniques. Responding to requests for documentation from external auditors in provided by client (PBC) requests. Compiling supporting documentation (including contract, requisition, financial reports) at internal SharePoint sites from financial systems to show the obligation, receipt, invoice, or valid expenditure.