FINANCIAL TECHNICIAN

U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Bangor Station (WA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Fleet Forces Command seeks a Financial Technician to support the NCTAMS PAC Det PS fiscal and supply functions. You will process and track commitments, obligations, expenditures, and reimbursements, and maintain audit-ready financial records.

You will assist in compiling data for recurring financial reports, summaries, and briefings on budget execution and fund status, and be a point of contact for routine inquiries while ensuring DoN and DoD compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience processing and tracking financial transactions such as commitments, obligations, expenditures, reimbursements, or disbursements using established financial procedures.
• Experience reviewing financial documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable financial policies, regulations, or established internal procedures.
• Experience entering, updating, maintaining, and reconciling financial information in automated financial management systems or databases.
• Experience providing customer service by responding to routine financial inquiries and explaining standard financial procedures to employees or organizational representatives.
• Experience utilizing common office automation software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams to prepare correspondence, maintain records, and analyze financial data.

Responsibilities

• Process and track financial transactions including commitments, obligations, expenditures, and reimbursements.
• Maintain financial records, logs, and supporting documentation.
• Assist higher-level staff in preparing recurring financial reports, summaries, and briefings.
• Serve as a point of contact for routine financial inquiries from supported departments.
• Ensure actions comply with DoN/DoW and federal financial management regulations.

Skills

Transaction processing

Document review

Data entry

Customer service

Office software

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Duties

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• You will serve as a FINANCIAL TECHNICIAN in the FISCAL AND SUPPLY, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT at NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION DETACHMENT PUGET SOUND (NCTAMS PAC Det PS).
• You will be responsible for processing and tracking financial transactions in support of NCTAMS PAC Det PS mission including commitments, obligations, expenditures, and reimbursements for appropriated funds.
• You will maintain financial records, logs, and supporting documentation in accordance with internal control requirements and audit readiness standards.
• You will provide assistance to higher-level financial personnel in compiling data and preparing recurring financial reports, summaries, and briefings related to budget execution, spending trends, and fund status.
• You will serve as a point of contact for routine financial inquiries from supported NCTAMS PAC Det PS departments.
• You will ensure financial actions comply with applicant Department of Navy (DoN), Department of War (DoW), and federal financial management regulations, policies, and standard operating procedures.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This is a Financial Management Level I certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines. Certification requirements are in DoD Instruction 1300.26.

Qualifications

Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies or knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Qualifying experience would be demonstrated by:

• Experience processing and tracking financial transactions such as commitments, obligations, expenditures, reimbursements, or disbursements using established financial procedures.
• Experience reviewing financial documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable financial policies, regulations, or established internal procedures.
• Experience entering, updating, maintaining, and reconciling financial information in automated financial management systems or databases.
• Experience providing customer service by responding to routine financial inquiries and explaining standard financial procedures to employees or organizational representatives.
• Experience utilizing common office automation software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams to prepare correspondence, maintain records, and analyze financial data.

This position is within the Work Category TECHNICIAN and ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT at Work Level FULL PERFORMANCE, Series and Grade GG-0503-07.

Additional qualifications information can be found from the following Department of Defense website: https://dodcio.defense.gov/Cyber-Workforce/CES.aspx

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Several vacancies may be filled.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

In accordance with DoDI 1400.25, Volume 3005, Section 3.15, all employees newly appointed to a CES position will serve a 3-year probationary period. Permanent and term employees currently serving in a probationary period in the competitive service or a probationary or trial period in the excepted service will complete the period as prescribed in their original conditions of employment in the new CES position if they transfer without a break in service or are promoted, demoted, or reassigned to a CES position.

This position is a DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1599f.

The Cyber Interagency Transfer Authority (CITA) permits movement of CES employees appointed under Section 1599f of Title 10 U.S.C. and excepted service employees appointed under Schedule A, Section 213.3106(b)(11) of Title 5 CFR, into cyber workforce positions in the competitive service and movement of competitive service employees into DoD Cyber Workforce positions within the Military Departments and Defense Agencies.

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.

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