Financial Specialist (Business Manager), School of Engineering and Cyber Systems

U.S. Coast Guard; New London (CT); On-site; USD 84,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Coast Guard in New London, CT seeks a Financial Specialist (Business Manager) for the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems to manage financial, budgetary, and administrative matters supporting faculty, staff, and cadets.

The role includes coordinating with Mission Support and Business Operations, overseeing procurement, travel, budgeting, and financial analysis while ensuring policy compliance and effective academic administration of the School.

Qualifications

• No specific formal education requirement; transcripts may be requested.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and procurement is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the academic curriculum and manage all academic activities for faculty, staff, and cadets.
• Serve as a liaison to CGA Mission Support and Business Operations for financial, budgetary, and logistics management.
• Strategically manage day-to-day financial, mission-support, and executive-level administrative activities of the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems.
• Provide mission-support functions including short/long range executive planning, scheduling, procurement, travel support, budgeting, financial analysis, and academic administration.
• Monitor and implement internal policies for budget/financial operations, procurement, travel, and personnel management; coordinate travel support for academic activities.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Procurement

Travel support

Academic administration

Executive planning

Job description

Financial Specialist (Business Manager), School of Engineering and Cyber Systems

• Department: Department of Homeland Security

This vacancy is for a GS - 0501 - 11, Financial Specialist (Business Manager), School of Engineering and Cyber Systems located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, CG ACADEMY CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARMENT in NEW LONDON, Connecticut.

Key Responsibilities

You will serve as a Financial Specialist (Business Manager) in the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems and be responsible for delivering the academic curriculum and managing all academic activities and affairs in support of faculty, staff, and cadets. The School Business Manager serves a critical liaison to CGA Mission Support and Business Operations offices for a variety of financial, budgetary, and logistics management.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Strategically managing and orchestrating the day-to-day financial, mission-support, and executive level administrative activities of the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems.

Providing a variety of mission-support functions including, but not limited to, short/long range executive planning, scheduling, procurement, travel support, budgeting, financial analysis, and academic administration of the School.

Monitoring, interpreting, and implementing internal policies for the cognizant School, regarding budget/financial operations, procurement, travel, and personnel management via consultation with the CGA Superintendent, Provost's Office, Business Operations Division, Mission-Support Division, and other experts as needed. Managing and coordinating the School's capability to support travel for a variety of academic activities.

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. Reasonable Accommodation Information

Requirements & Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution.

Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. 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 U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below).

College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration.

Transcripts should be legible and detailed, showing course number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: 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. To receive this credit, you must submit evidence of equivalency as provided by a credentialling evaluation service. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application.

See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including 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 U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $84260 – $109545/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-02.

Who is eligible to apply?

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

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