Financial Management Business Systems Analyst

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking a Business Systems Financial Analyst in the Northwestern Division, based in Portland, OR.

The role provides analytical support for program analysis, metrics and budget analysis, custom report writing, and system integration within the Regional Hydropower mission. The ideal candidate has a year of specialized experience with financial database systems, ADP policies, and applying system software knowledge to diagnose and resolve automation and database

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience in financial databases and ADP policies.
• Experience applying system software to diagnose failures and propose fixes.
• Analyzing financial systems to plan design changes.

Skills

Financial analysis

ADP policies

System software

Job description

About the Position

Serves as the Business Systems Financial Analyst for the Northwestern Division (NWD). The work provides operational duties in a wide range of analytical and evaluative work such as program analysis, metrics and budget analysis, custom report writing, management process and information system integration. Primarily focused and an integral part of the Regional Hydropower mission at the intermediate command level.

Who May Apply

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Applying knowledge of financial database systems, software and Automated Data Processing (ADP) policies and procedures in order to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency of operations;
2. Applying knowledge of system software to determine the source of failures and define alternate system approaches to solve automation and database problems;
3. Analyzing financial systems to determine design changes required to implement the systems.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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.

Time in Grade Requirement

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).