Financial Specialist.

Smithsonian Institution; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC seeks a finance professional to produce and analyze financial data within Cash Management, Accounting Operations, OF&A. The role emphasizes forecasting, reporting, and ensuring data integrity across payment operations and related cash activities.

Candidates should demonstrate experience in financial reconciliation, data analysis, and knowledge of government accounting processes.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in financial management including review, analysis, reconciliation, monitoring, or resolution of financial transactions or data.
• Experience with cash management, payment operations, accounts payable, or electronic payment processing.
• Ability to identify data issues and resolve accounting discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial forecasts for budgeting and cash management reports.
• Analyze financial data to identify changes in program requirements and advise corrective actions.
• Track and correct incomplete or conflicting data affecting reports or projects.
• Troubleshoot problems and review ledger activity and related accounts to resolve issues.

Skills

Financial data analysis

Cash management

Reconciliation

Data interpretation

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

LL.B./J.D. or related degree

2 years graduate education

Tools

ERP systems

Financial reporting software

Job description

Duties

This position is located in Cash Management, Accounting Operations, Office of Finance and Accounting (OF&A), Under Secretary for Finance and Administration. This position produces and analyzes financial data.

In This Position, You Will

• Prepare financial forecasts for use in unit budgeting and production of cash management report(s) as well as various reports using automated financial systems.
• Analyze and interpret financial data to identify continual and short-term changes in the program requirements and recommend corrective and responsive actions to use as well as analysis of various financial partners' cost/fee structures, contracts and revenue streams.
• Identify, track and correct incomplete, unreliable and conflicting data that impact assigned segments of reports or projects, including open related issues such as FSS/CMM, ERP financial disbursements (IPAC, Debit Cards, BOA, & WU), pay cycles (treasury or bank and AR billing tasks) and associated cash adjustments needed to balance assigned accounts.
• Troubleshoot problems, perform accounts examinations to include review of SI-7002 Ledger Activity PD Version: v.1.0, 11/24/2024 Last Modified: v.1.0, 11/24/2024 Report, non-cash GL account 1199, 1121 Debit Card account, etc. and resolve problematic areas within assigned areas.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Pass Pre-employment Background Investigation
• May need to complete a Probationary Period
• Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.

Conditions of Employment

Qualification requirements, including one year time-in-grade at the next lower grade level for promotion candidates, must be met within 30 days of the job announcement closing date. See the 'Required Documents' section for additional information.

For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on

Qualifications

For the GS-9, you qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service.

For this position, Specialized experience is defined as financial management work involving the review, analysis, reconciliation, monitoring, or resolution of financial transactions, accounts, payments, or financial data, including work in areas such as cash management, payment operations, accounts payable, vendor maintenance, electronic payment processing, or financial systems

OR

• A master`s or equivalent graduate degree; OR
• 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
• LL.B. or J.D., if directly related to the work of the position; OR
• Combination: Education and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualifications. For a full explanation of this option please see the

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.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Education

Education may be substituted for experience as described in "Qualifications."

Additional information

• This position is included in the bargaining unit.

Recruitment Incentive:

Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives are contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

Note:

This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid.

Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your application and other personal information to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment consideration for same/similar positions within the location(s) identified in this announcement.

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.

The Federal Government offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Please see Benefits at

• Flexible Spending Accounts -
• Health Insurance -
• Leave -
• Life Insurance -
• Long Term Care Insurance -
• Retirement Program -