Financial Operations Manager

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Thrift Savings Plan

Flexible Spending Account

Paid federal holidays

Job summary

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Irving, Texas, seeks a Financial Operations Manager at the full performance level.

This federal role focuses on formulating and communicating major financial policies, directing financial control systems, and coordinating improvements to ensure compliance with evolving laws and regulations. Responsibilities include policy development, interagency collaboration, and presenting financial information to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at the GS-14 level or equivalent performing duties such as ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Conveying financial information in written forms and reports for the appropriate audience.
• Planning, directing, organizing and implementing financial control systems over supervisors and staff.

Responsibilities

• Performs top-level accounting and financial management functions guiding major policies and procedures.
• Plan, organize, evaluate, and analyze policies and procedures, investment programs and financial management systems.
• Identify policies to revise and develop changes, analyze impacts on financial systems and regulations.
• Plan, develop, and coordinate financial management improvements to comply with directives and legislation.
• Develop accounting policies and provide guidance on new legislative/regulatory requirements.

Skills

Accounting

Financial management

Policy analysis

Reporting

Interagency collaboration

Job description

Summary

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Organizational Location

This is position located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Management, in Irving, Texas.

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Financial Operations Manager, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties:

• Performs a variety of top-level accounting and financial management functions in the formulating and communicating a variety of major financial management policies, practices, techniques and procedures that guide financial work.


• Incumbent plan, organize, evaluate, and analyze policies and procedures, investment programs financial management systems.


• Identifies policies and procedures to revise, develop, recommend proposed changes and analyze the impact of those changes on financial systems, public sector, policies, regulations and overall work assignments.


• Plans, develops, and coordinates financial management improvement processes necessary to comply with directives and legislation.


• Develops accounting and financial policies and provides policy interpretations and functional recommendations in the implementation of new legislative and regulatory requirements.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.


• You must successfully pass a background investigation.


• You must successfully pass a drug screen.


• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.


• Requirements by Closing Date: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.


• Probationary Period: This is a full‑time permanent position (Career/Career-Conditional appointment). Upon appointment to this position, you may be required to serve a one‑year probationary period.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as:

• Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations.


• Conveying financial information in a variety of written forms and reports for the appropriate audience.


• Planning, directing, organizing and implementing financial control systems over all supervisors and staff within a financial management organization.


• Communicate with various organizations and professional leaders to acquire, exchange, or obtain facts and data needed for policy implementation, establishing new business lines, problem resolution and remediation.


• Developing and implementing policies and providing guidance to senior officials and management regarding the accuracy of a wide range of administrative programs, laws, policies, practices, and analytical/diagnostic methods and techniques to address technical issues or problems characterized by difficult or sensitive matters.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

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.

Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Education: For GS-15 Specialized Experience: There is no education substitution for this grade level.

Additional Information

This position is at the full performance level.

E-Verify

DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

Suitability

If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.

Background Investigation

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet these standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully obtain and maintain a background investigation as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

Supervisory Probationary Period

This is a supervisory position. Under provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act, first time supervisors and/or managers will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period. You may also be required to complete an appropriate supervisory training course within one year of assignment to this position.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests

If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

A student loan repayment incentive may be available, in which case a service agreement will be required.

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.

Benefits

• 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


• paid federal holidays

• flexible work schedules


• tuition reimbursement


• transportation subsidies


• uniform allowance


• health and wellness programs


• fitness centers

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.

Review our benefits.

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.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):

• Accountability


• Customer Service


• Decisiveness


• Flexibility


• Interpersonal Skills


• Problem Solving


• Resilience

In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.

The USA Hire Assessments include a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements.

Direct Hire Authority

These positions will be filled through the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority. The \"Rule of Three\", Category Rating and Veterans Preference will not apply to this vacancy. For more information on Direct Hire Authority, please see: OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet.

Veterans

Although the Direct Hire Authority permits hiring without regard to Veterans Preference, applicants who are eligible for Veterans Preference are still encouraged to include that information in your application and submit supporting documentation (i.e. DD-214, or other substantiating documents). Staffing Policy View information on veterans' preference.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles

If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP eligible. View information about ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered eligible under ICTAP, you must be placed in the well qualified category for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this job announcement.

Pursuant to Executive Order 12564, and the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan, ICE is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and, therefore, personnel in safety- or security-sensitive positions (testing designated positions) are subject to random drug testing. Moreover, other drug testing of employees (e.g., reasonable suspicion drug test) may be conducted in order to maintain a safe and healthy workplace. All applicants tentatively selected for employment at ICE are subject to pre-employment drug testing and a final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.