FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Summary

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Duties

• Conducts comprehensive financial reviews and evaluations of work processes, controls, and records to ensure absolute compliance with statutory regulations, efficiency standards, and agency strategic goals.
• Analyzes complex financial transactions, automated system reports, and trends to validate problem areas, correct transaction errors, and propose data-driven operational improvements.
• Plans and executes specialized financial analysis, cost studies, and budgetary forecasts to propose strategic courses of action and advise key leadership on critical resource implications .
• Prepares and delivers high-impact briefings, staff summary packages, and position papers to influence key stakeholders, resolve controversial issues, and drive collaborative business decisions.
• Manages the risk management program. Conducts risk reviews, analyzes operational impacts, and develops contingency plans to mitigate risk. Identifies risk opportunities, maintains the risk matrix, and briefs executive management on priority issues.

Qualifications

GS-12 QUALIFICATIONS: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: evaluating, standardizing, and optimizing complex financial management systems, policies, and procedures across organizational program areas. This includes performing operational reviews and compliance evaluations of work processes; analyzing complex financial transactions and automated system outputs to resolve errors and systemic anomalies; planning specialized cost studies and budgetary forecasts with current or future funding implications; developing guidelines, risk mitigation plans, and authoring formal staff packages, position papers, or technical recommendations for senior leadership and process partners to resolve controversial operational issues. You may qualify for consideration if meeting 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. The Security Designation will vary and dependent upon position and may require a secret clearance or higher. Employment in this position requires a background investigation which may delay starting date. If you are selected and cannot obtain a favorable security determination within a reasonable period of time due to disclosed/undisclosed background issues, the employment offer may be withdrawn. Individuals selected are required to obtain/maintain a favorable security determination to occupy a sensitive position within the agency as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain eligibility to occupy a sensitive position may result in termination. For more information see the security section of Understanding Vacancy Announcements. This position requires you to obtain and maintain a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program as a condition of employment. If you are selected, you will have to obtain this certification within two (2) years of your entry on duty in the position unless you are already in a position that requires a Level 2 Certification in which case you must complete the certification within the original 2-year period. Failure to become certified within the required time-frame may be grounds for removal from the position and/or from Federal service.

Education

GS-12 Substitution of Education for Experience: Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.