The Congressional Research Service (CRS) seeks a Financial Management Specialist for its Office of Administrative Operations (OPS). This position will provide program support to the Financial Management section of OPS.
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision. Ability to Perform Financial Activities** Ability to Utilize Computer Technology** Ability to Apply Financial Management Processes and Techniques** Ability to Attend to Details. Ability to Solve Problems and Make Decisions. Ability to Plan and Organize. Knowledge of the budgeting process. Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
Will be responsible for tasks related to budget formulation, spending, costs, internal controls, data and financial systems management. Conducts financial studies and analyses and manages financial data with other Financial Management Specialists and Budget Analysts. Researches and tracks expenditures and reconciles budgets vs. actual spending. Will be responsible for gathering information from a variety of sources. Conducts numerous and diverse cost studies for a variety of decision-making processes. Researches, develops and recommends new methods or criteria to resolve changing requirements and/or resolve unusual financial management issues or problems and corrective action. Will have to present data to management in a way that is concise in both written and oral formats. Provides guidance, instruction and training. Financial Management Specialist duties include: Monitors and tracks regularly recurring financial activity. Reviews, monitors and projects financial data for a wide range of complex activities, such as payroll, non-personnel expenses, travel and interagency agreements. Organizes budgetary and financial information involving complex or intricate issues within a large, highly integrated, and comprehensive financial management system. Responsibility for all aspects of financial review and analysis activities related to a major substantive agency program. Participates in and/or oversees a variety of internal review activities to assist and/or ensure CRS compliance with the LOC Internal Control Program, which includes annual Vulnerability Assessments, regular and recurring Detail Control Reviews, and as needed, Corrective Action Plans. Contributes to the preparation of the annual budget justification. Formulates and presents portions of the annual and long-range operating plans and budgets supporting program operations. CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to Committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill. CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective, and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce that ensures the Service is well positioned to anticipate and meet the information and analytical research needs of a 21st-century Congress. The position description number for this position is 168938. The incumbent of this position may elect to work a flexitime or compflex work schedule. The salary range indicated reflects the locality pay adjustments for the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan area. This is a non-supervisory, bargaining unit position. Relocation expenses will not be authorized for the person(s) selected under this vacancy announcement.