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

This Financial Specialist is located in the Finance and Budget Branch, in the Business Management Office (BMO), within the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will be responsible for performing a wide variety of analytical duties associated with the formulation, review, justification, presentation, and execution of the budget. You will be reviewing, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting financial, budget, and program data, existing and proposed changes to laws, regulations, and financial management standards. You will be providing expert advice and recommendations for financial actions related to classification of funds, contract obligations, and spending plans. Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Performing analyses of purchase requests and other commitments to determine available funds. Generating the necessary re-classification of funds on purchase requests to ensure funds are correctly obligated.
• Serving as liaison between OIT and the Chief Financial Officer’s Budget Office and ensuring that all budget taskings are completed in a timely manner; and performing required analyses of projected and historical use of funds.
• Serving as the Fund Certifier for purchase requests to ensure proper line of accounting and object class accuracy in reporting.

To qualify for the SV-I Pay Band (equivalent to GS-13), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-H Pay Band or GS-12 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. Such experience includes utilizing financial principles, regulations, practices, and analytical methods and techniques to resolve Federal budget and financial issues related to such areas as purchase requests, multi-year funding, Obligation Analysis/Accounting Reclassifications, Undelivered Orders Management, and Spend Plans Execution and Analysis.

Desirable Factor: Experience as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and knowledge of Federal financial systems is desirable.


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 work week. 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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