SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST.

DFAS; Limestone (ME); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DFAS is seeking a GS-12 level professional to oversee and enhance financial management processes across the agency. You will lead analysis, policy development, and control evaluations to ensure compliance with federal regulations and improve efficiency.

Responsibilities include directing audits, advising senior management, and coordinating with DoD financial systems to strengthen reliability and accuracy of financial operations.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11 for the GS-12) within the federal service.
• Experience providing leadership to financial management initiatives and advising senior managers.
• Experience contributing to agency-level financial management standards, policies, and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Implement policies to ensure regulatory compliance with governing federal agencies.
• Apply a wide range of budget and cost policies to analyze and develop recommendations for improvement in operations.
• Provide analytical support to senior management by performing audits, studies, or reviews.
• Identify weaknesses and develop recommendations to revise existing systems for efficiency.
• Evaluate internal controls' effectiveness and correct deficiencies within automated financial systems.

Skills

Leadership

Financial analysis

Policy development

Audits

Tools

DoD financial systems

ERP systems

Job description

Duties

• Implement policies to ensure regulatory compliance with governing federal agencies. Oversee the preparation, analysis, reconciliation, consolidation and submission of financial reports to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Apply a wide range of budget and cost policies, concepts, practices, and principles in order to analyze and develop recommendations for improvement in operations and program objectives.
• Provide analytical support to senior management or executives by performing special audits, studies, or reviews to determine reliability and accuracy of business operations.
• Identify weaknesses and problems and develops recommendations for revisions or modifications to existing systems to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and economy.
• Evaluate/analyze internal control systems' effectiveness, adequacy, and interrelationships within the automated financial system and corrects deficiencies.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• This national security position, which may require access to classified information, requires a favorable suitability review and security clearance as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain security eligibility may result in termination.
• Registered for Selective Service (males born after 12-31-1959.)
• Suitable for Federal employment.
• Time after Competitive Appointment: Candidates must have served 3 months after latest competitive appointment in the Federal service.
• Obtain/Maintain Level 2 Financial Management Certification.
• New employees to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 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.
• A one year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required.
• We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 120 days of the closing date.
• This position is EXEMPT from the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Travel requirement is seldom 1-24%.
• This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.

Qualifications

Human Resources will determine your qualifications for each entry grade level based on your interest and the additional following criteria. Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume. Please be sure to clearly describe the full scope of your work experiences in your resume. Combinations of education and experience may also be sufficient.

Gs-12 Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11 for the GS-12) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.

GS-12: Specialized Experience Is Defined As:

• (1) Providing leadership to a financial management organization that involves expert analysis and assessment of the organization's highest visibility initiatives or projects; AND
• (2) Demonstrate using financial management programs, processes and systems; providing advice and recommendations to senior managers regarding issues impacting financial management processes and functions; AND
• (3) Participating in developing agency-level financial management standards, policies and procedures to ensure efficient delivery of services.
• (Experience must be clearly expressed in your resume)

Education

GS-12 Substitution Of Education For Experience

• Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.

Additional information

• Moving expenses may be paid.
• The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 makes certain reimbursements/payments taxable. For information on these changes and the Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA), for which some appointees are eligible, click
• For positions where relocation is paid (see Location block of vacancy announcement), you can learn more about
• Telework availability is limited and will only be provided on a rare case-by-case basis during situations where Agency Leadership has determined that telework serves a compelling DoD need.
• We may use this announcement to make a temporary promotion. For some positions, the temporary promotion may be made permanent without further competition.
• Selections are subject to restrictions resulting from the DoD Program for Stability of Civilian Employment.
• As a condition of employment, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period during which we'll evaluate whether your continued employment advances the public interest. The evaluation will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment advances agency or governmental goals; and whether your continued employment advances the efficiency of the Federal service. At the end of the probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level.
• PPP Application Based Preference Eligibles (Military Reserve and National Guard technicians, Military Reserve and National Guard technicians receiving disability retirement, and Retained Grade employees) will receive priority consideration at the full performance level only.
• Pay for first time hires to the Federal Government will typically be set at step 1 salary range for their respective grade level.
• Retired Civil Service Employee: Employment of retired Federal employees receiving an annuity is subject to the requirements of the Department of Defense (DoD) policy guidance. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300,
• The Security Designation will vary and dependent upon position and may require a secret clearance or higher. Employment in this position requires a background investigation which may delay starting date. If you are selected and cannot obtain a favorable security determination within a reasonable period of time due to disclosed/undisclosed background issues, the employment offer may be withdrawn. Individuals selected are required to obtain/maintain a favorable security determination to occupy a sensitive position within the agency as a condition of employment. Failure to maintain eligibility to occupy a sensitive position may result in termination. For more information see the security section of Understanding Vacancy Announcements.
• Criminal History Inquiries- For some positions, criminal history inquiries may not take place before you receive a conditional job offer. Please see

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.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.