Financial Management Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency; Lakewood (CO); Remote; USD 69,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Thrift Savings Plan

Flexible Spending Account

Employee Assistance Program

Personal leave days

Paid federal holidays

Flexible work schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Transportation subsidies

Uniform allowance

Health and wellness programs

Fitness centers

Job summary

FEMA seeks a Financial Management Specialist in Region 8 to provide authoritative financial management guidance during routine and emergency operations. You will advise leadership, program managers, and field personnel on funding strategies and ensure compliant financial practices.

The role involves formulating and reviewing regional budgets, monitoring funds, certifying availability, and coordinating financial support for disaster operations to enable effective emergency response funding across

Qualifications

• Experience in budget formulation and execution in federal programs.
• Ability to provide authoritative financial management guidance to leadership and program managers.
• Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Providing authoritative financial management advice to regional leadership and program managers.
• Formulating and reviewing regional budgets and spend plans across multiple programs and funds.
• Monitoring funds execution, obligations, expenditures, payroll, and financial reports for discrepancies and compliance.
• Certifying funds availability and reviewing obligations to ensure expenditures comply with laws and funding levels.
• Coordinating financial support for disaster and emergency operations, including year-end closeout and systems assistance.

Skills

Budget formulation

Financial management

Internal controls

Advising leadership

Education

Education substitution allowed

Tools

Financial systems

Job description

• Department: Department of Homeland Security

This position is located in Region 8 Mission Support Division. The ideal candidate is a financial management professional skilled in budget formulation/execution, funds control, financial systems, internal controls, and advising leadership during routine and emergency operations.

Key Responsibilities

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a Financial Management Specialist. Typical assignments include: Providing authoritative financial management advice, guidance, and recommendations to regional leadership, program managers, field personnel, and Federal, State, and local partners.

Formulating and reviewing regional budgets and spend plans involving multiple appropriations, programs, budget object codes, grants, salaries, travel, procurement, and emergency operations funding. Monitoring funds execution, allocations, obligations, expenditures, payroll, and financial reports to identify discrepancies, shortfalls, overages, compliance issues, and corrective actions.

Certifying funds availability and reviewing obligation documents to ensure proposed expenditures comply with applicable laws, regulations, spend plans, and approved funding levels. Coordinating financial support for disaster and emergency operations, including year-end closeout, field office support, financial systems assistance, deployment-related cost tracking, and internal controls. What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.

All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.

Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

Requirements & Education

Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3). Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section. If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application.

Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S.

college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. Visit the Department of Education's Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.

• health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance
• retirement plan
• Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• personal leave days
• and paid federal holidays
• Other benefits may include flexible work schedules
• tuition reimbursement
• transportation subsidies
• uniform allowance
• health and wellness programs
• and fitness centers

DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $68819 – $129742/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-06.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.