Supervisory Financial Specialist - SV-0501-K - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Supervisory Financial Specialist position is located in the Financial Management Division, Internal Control Branch, within the Office of Finance and Administration (OFA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the Branch Manager with full scope managerial duties including setting priorities, assigning tasks and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performance, coaching and developing staff, approving leave, and taking or approving corrective/disciplinary actions as appropriate. Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

• Directing and overseeing the TSA Management Control Program, ensuring the continuous evaluation, improvement, and reporting on the TSA management control system meets the requirements of the Federal Managers\' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and DHS regulations. Developing and issuing policy guidance for compliance and reporting requirements associated with the Management Control Program.
• Serving as the TSA Management Control Officer, providing direction, oversight and reporting to ensure TSA management control activities are administered in accordance with the FMFIA. Preparing and maintaining the TSA Management Control Plan and monitoring management control assessments to ensure compliance with the OMB Circular A-123 and GAO Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (September 2014).
• Providing training to TSA Assessable Unit Managers and program managers on management control concepts and Management Control Program goals, policies, and procedures.
• Preparing the annual FMFIA Statement of Assurance to document TSA\'s financial management system\'s conformance to Government-wide requirements.
• Providing oversight and direction for the performance of independent reviews of financial data including trend analyses of key balance sheet line items to identify and explain variances; and conducting independent reviews of financial statement estimates such as accounts payable estimates for general federal and non-federal accounts payable and accounts receivable, with particular focus on allowance for doubtful accounts.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying advanced financial management & internal control principles, concepts, regulations, and analytical methods to internal management control activities; AND experience analyzing and evaluating financial & internal control information and reports to suggest improvements and identify risks; AND either executing internal audits or managing financial statement audits; AND experience leading, developing, overseeing and managing Management Control Programs. Additional experience includes working across an agency at leadership levels and with senior financial management and internal control stakeholders at a Department level to develop and implement goals and objectives.

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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

•Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
•Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and
•Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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