Financial Technician/Financial Coordinator

Food Safety and Inspection Service; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Food Safety and Inspection Service, within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer’s Financial Management Division, seeks candidates to support financial transactions, reporting, and customer inquiries. The role involves handling internal and external inquiries, generating reports from financial systems, and ensuring accuracy across processing of payments, billings, and revenues.

Successful applicants will provide first-line support, review documents for validity, and assist with updates to

Qualifications

• Specialized experience GS-4 level or equivalent as listed for GS-5.
• Ability to respond to internal and external customers, orally or in writing.
• Ability to generate standard reports from financial systems.
• Ability to process and correct data in automated financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal and external customers on financial matters.
• Provide first-line customer support for financial inquiries.
• Generate canned reports from financial systems.
• Process and update financial documents after verification.

Skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Customer service

Data reporting

Tools

Financial systems

Job description

This position exists at the Financial Management Division (FMD), Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). The FMD is responsible for verifying, authorizing, and processing financial documents and data that represents millions of dollars in annual payments to employees, billings to customers, and collections of revenue from those owing funds to FSIS.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements (including specialized experience and/or education) by the closing date of the announcement, as defined below:

Specialized Experience GS-5:

To be considered minimally qualified for this position at the GS-5, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience at the GS-4 grade level or equivalent as listed below:

• Provide oral and/or written responses to internal and external customers regarding financial transactions;
• Provide first line customer support to internal and/or external inquiries related to financial matter;
• Generates canned reports from financial systems utilized to identify errors and submits corrections to be made.

Specialized Experience GS-6:

To be considered minimally qualified for this position at the GS-6, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience at the GS-5 grade level or equivalent as listed below:

• Provide oral and/or written responses to internal and external customers regarding complex financial matters;
• Provide first line customer support to internal and external inquiries related to current and past financial matters;
• Generates canned reports from financial systems utilized to identify errors and processes corrections within the automated financial system.

Specialized Experience GS-7:

To be considered minimally qualified for this position at the GS-7, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience at the GS-6 grade level or equivalent as listed below:

• Provide oral and/or written responses to internal and external customers regarding complex financial matters;
• Provide first line customer support to internal and external inquiries related to current and past financial matters;
• Generates canned reports from financial systems utilized to identify errors and processes corrections within the automated financial system;
• Processes and updates financial systems after reviewing, researching, and verifying the validity of the financial documents submitted.

Specialized Experience GS-8:

To be considered minimally qualified for this position at the GS-8, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience at the GS-7 grade level or equivalent as listed below:

• Provide oral and/or written responses to internal and external customers regarding complex financial matters;
• Provide first line customer support to internal and/or external inquiries related to current and past financial matters;
• Generates canned reports from financial systems utilized to identify errors and processes corrections within the automated financial system;
• Processes and updates financial systems after reviewing, researching, and verifying the validity of the financial documents submitted;
• Provides procedural guidance to internal and external customers as it relates to current financial regulations, policies, procedures, and laws.

For more information on how to qualify for this position please: Click Here Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement Including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.