FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST.

U.S. Pacific Fleet; Everett (WA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Pacific Fleet in Everett, WA seeks a Financial Management specialist to formulate budgets for plans and programs, defend estimates before authorities, and review funding requests. The role requires navigating regulatory controls and advising on efficient fund use to support military activities.

Responsibilities include analyzing budget information, ensuring compliance, and implementing controls across obligations and expenditures, with opportunities for travel and security clearance.

Qualifications

• Applying basic financial principles to perform routine budgetary tasks and gather financial data.
• Analyzing financial and budgetary information to advise on budget execution and improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Formulate budgets and estimates to support plans, programs, and activities.
• Present and defend budget estimates before authorities.
• Review and evaluate budget requests, control, and reporting of obligations and expenditures.
• Analyze and recommend costs and benefits of alternative financial management methods for programs and operations.
• Implement legal and regulatory controls over approved budgets using applicable policies and guidelines.
• Provide advice on effective and efficient methods for acquisition and use of funds to support programs and activities.

Skills

Financial principles

Budget analysis

Regulatory compliance

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate

3 years graduate education

LL.M., if related

Job description

Duties

• You will formulate budgets and estimates to support plans, programs, and activities.
• You will present and defend budget estimates before authorities.
• You will review and evaluate budget requests, control, and reporting of obligations and expenditures.
• You will analyze and recommend costs and benefits of alternative methods of financial management of programs and administrative operations.
• You will implement legal and regulatory controls over approved budgets using knowledge of policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of a functional area.
• You will provide advice on effective and efficient methods for the acquisition and use of funds to support programs and activities.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• GS-12 is a Financial Management Level 2 certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26
• GS-11 is a Financial Management Level 1 certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26

Qualifications

• For GS-11: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Applying basic financial principles to perform routine budgetary tasks, such as gathering financial data for others to use in budget formulation, tracking obligations against an established budget, and compiling information for standard financial reports.
• For GS-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Analyzing financial and budgetary information to advise on budget execution (e.g., performing account reconciliation, processing financial transactions, managing project funding, and generating reports), ensure compliance with regulations, and recommend improvements to financial processes.

Education

For GS-11 position only:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
• 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
• LL.M., if related.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

ICTAP Applicants:

To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link:

Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.

This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.

PCS is not authorized.

Vacancies filled from this announcement may be filled at any grade level listed.

If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.