FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The incumbent will serve as a Financial Management Analyst at USOUTHCOM - Resources and Analysis Directorate - Financial Management and Comptroller Division in Miami, FL.

Duties

• Serve as the central point for planning, programming, and funds control for various types of funding to ensure obligations are kept within allotments.
• Prepare and/or review requests for funding increases and determine justifications.
• Provide guidance to personnel regarding the planning and programming of funding processes and status and availability of funds in correspondence with regulatory aspects and organizational financial management processes.
• Ensure funding is accepted and properly used in accordance with governing statutes
• Evaluate cost statements to determine progress in comparison to obligations and expenditures with budget estimates.
• Measure the effect of financial deviations in regard to the achievement of target goals.
• Prepare and/or approve requests for additional funds.
• Determine extent of reprogramming necessary to stay within the organization's range of goals.
• Prepare a variety of reports regarding the status of funds and advise program managers regarding the availability of funds.
• Revise and implement policy and operating procedures related to financial management regarding direct and reimbursable funding.
• Develop budgetary schedules pertaining to various budget submissions, obligations, and expenditure plans.
• Propose alternative methods of financing unfunded requirements.

Qualifications

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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1). Monitor program budget functions to ensure proper execution of funds; 2). Provide recommendations to management regarding the reallocation of resources to improve internal productivity; 3). Process funding transactions using financial government computerized, web-based applications to accurately disperse monetary allocations and coordinate with accounting services such as DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service); and 4). Provide guidance to personnel regarding technical advisory functions of financial systems' designs such as data interfacing requirements pertaining to testing and implementation. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11 or above). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.