FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (INDEF) (TITLE 5)

Army National Guard Units; Draper (UT); On-site; USD 56,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Army National Guard Units in Draper, Utah is seeking a Financial Services Technician (INDEF) to analyze, validate, process, and correct financial transactions across pay, travel, and related entitlements. You will apply DoD and DFAS guidelines to ensure accuracy of disbursements and adjustments, supporting soldiers and agencies.

The role requires comprehensive knowledge of financial systems, strong analytic skills, and the ability to resolve complex problems and provide timely fiscal solutions

Qualifications

• Substitute for specialized experience; education must be in required disciplines.
• Foreign education must be evaluated for equivalence to US programs.
• Transcript submission required as part of qualification.
• Data interpretation and application of fiscal regulations may be necessary.

Responsibilities

• Perform broad financial analysis of pay, travel, and accounts payable using multiple procedures.
• Validate transactions and resolve inconsistencies across financial systems.
• Analyze and resolve tax processing issues for soldiers and audits.
• Apply DoD regulations and fiscal laws to determine appropriate action.
• Train customers on pay entitlements and related systems.

Education

Accounting

Business

Finance

Economics

Industrial Management

Marketing

Quantitative Methods

Organizational Management

Tools

Job description

FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (INDEF) (TITLE 5)

• Hiring Agency: Army National Guard Units

This National Guard position is for a FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN (INDEF) (TITLE 5), the Position Description Number is T5132000 and is part of the USPFO G8 located in Draper UT with the Utah National Guard. The selecting supervisor for this vacancy is Linda Hohosh. This vacancy is opened to the public.

Key Responsibilities

The purpose of this position is to provide analysis, validation, processing and correction of financial transactions and issues/problems involving the full range of financial services. Incumbent uses complete understanding of inter-related systems and processes across multiple functional areas and their interoperability to ensure the validity and accuracy of all disbursements, collections, and adjustments related to financial records.

MAJOR DUTIES: This is not an all-inclusive list: Performs broad-in-depth financial analysis of inter-related accounting, logistics and computer file systems concerning pay, accounts payable, and various travel entitlements, using multiple procedures, processes and techniques to evaluate alternatives and arrive at decisions, conclusions and recommendations.

Analyzes diverse financial management technical methods, techniques, precedent cases, and procedures to resolve an extensive range of difficult financial technical issues or problems. Performs in-depth analysis, complicated pay, travel, and accounts payable issues involving substantial corrective action and/or complicated adjustments and resolves issues, including assessing unusual circumstances or conditions.

Develops variations in approaches to fit specific problems or deals with incomplete, unreliable or conflicting data in the process of work performance in order to validate transactions and resolve inconsistencies.

Analyzes particular facts of financial transaction problems/issues, verifies and evaluates data; obtains additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies; and applies pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution.

Analyzes results, applies personal initiative and judgment to make recommendations, which may result in changing guidelines affecting internal, state, and National Guard Bureau (NGB) level processes and procedures. Analyzes and resolves tax processing problems based on soldier inquiries or internal control audits/reviews, ranging from Permanent Change of Station (PCS) issues and combat tax exclusion pay to refunds of erroneous tax collections.

Ensures complex tax issues involving tax documents, Do It Yourself (DITY) moves, and Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) payments are accomplished accurately and timely. Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies regulations, policies, procedures and legal decisions to work and/or resolve complex financial issues/problems.

Uses public law; fiscal law; Department of Defense (DoD), Department of the Army (DA), Forces Command (FORSCOM), NGB, and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) regulations; Standing Operating Procedures; Comptroller General Decisions; and policies and issuances to execute the full range of financial and commercial services. Performs varied duties, involving financial services payment systems (travel, accounts payable, and pay; i.e.

Joint Uniform Military Pay System Uniform Standard Terminal Input System (JUMPS), Operational Data Store (ODS), Standard Financial System ReDesign1 (SRD1), Defense Travel System (DTS), Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS), etc., by applying a series of different and unrelated methods, processes and techniques involving established financial management systems.

Determines appropriate pay, allowances, and entitlements resulting from multiple military and civilian statuses, to include: Title 10 active duty; Title 32 Inactive Duty for Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), Active Guard and Reserve (AGR), and Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS (includes Defense Support to Civilian Authorities (DSCA) operations).

Ensures accuracy of modifications relating to payments, contract modifications, accessions, separations, collections, disbursements, garnishments, electronic fund transfer changes, and out of service debts or other actions involving complicated adjustments. Determines appropriate payments to vendors by applying Prompt Payment Act, tax law, contract law, account code structure, invoice processes, and Grants and Cooperative Agreement regulations and guidelines.

Schedules, runs, and analyzes various financial system reports, such as daily activity reports, error/reject reports, status reports, discrepancy and mismatch reports, transaction reports, and ad hoc reports. Responds to requests for assistance/information from multiple sources, to include soldiers, civilian employees, family members, unit supervisory personnel, Inspectors General (IG), Investigating Officers (IO), state and federal political members, and vendors.

Trains customers on pay and travel entitlements and associated systems, processes and reports. Applies principles and practices involving data protected under the Privacy Act. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Education

Substitute for specialized experience - To qualify for the National Guard GS-0503 Title 5 Excepted Service positions, on the basis of completed undergraduate or graduate education, the college degree education must be in one of -or- be a combination of the following required disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

In order to be considered for this position using education as a basis of qualification, you must submit a copy of your transcripts. AS A GENERAL RULE, ONE QUARTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR EQUALS .67 SEMESTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR. For example, to compute the number of semester hours an applicant earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses by:1.

Use the data point of .67 to compute Quarter Hours into Semester Hours:36 Quarter Hours X .67 Semester Hour = 24 Semester Hours. OR 2 . May compute the number of semester hours an applicant has earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses:36 Quarter Hours /1.5 = 24 Semester Hours.

Hint: Whether you are converting Semester Hours into Quarter Hours; or, Quarter Hours into Semester Hours, the applicable computation data points are correct. To qualify as a minimal entry level for the GS-0503-08 position, you must be eligible for entry into the position's Financial management Certification Career Program before final approval and appointment is processed.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.

For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Army National Guard Units, Department of the Army.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $55882 – $72644/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-24.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.