Summary You are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of your application package. We encourage you to read the entire announcement before starting the application process. Qualifications and requirements must be met by the announcement closing date. This recruitment is subject to restrictions of the DoD referral system for displaced employees. Additional positions may be filled from this announcement up to 90 days after it closes. Responsibilities Serves as the Financial Analyst in a Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) HQ location. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a journeyman financial analyst supporting DeCA's performance with the DOD Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Program. Position responsibilities include: Work is performed from the DeCA's Headquarters Resource Management Accounting Directorate at Ft. Lee. Developmental position to learn and eventually provide guidance to functional areas on controls and testing procedures and to ensure actions are executed on time. Provides analytical and administrative input for the FIAR and FMIA. Will provide input in the development of narratives, flows, and risk analysis for all identified processes. As a FIAR Financial Analyst the incumbents' responsibilities include ensuring compliance with all policies and procedures relevant to the execution of DeCA's internal control program for compliance to the OUSD requirements. The incumbent is responsible for program compliance, providing guidance to functional areas on controls and testing procedures and to ensure actions are executed on time. Incumbent is also a participant in the development and delivery of the Agency's Statement of Assurance briefings and reports. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications See the OPM Qualification Standards for more information. This position is covered under Administrative and Management Positions. To qualify for the GS-7 level of this position your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess (A) 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 level or equivalent to at least GS-05 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military, OR one full year of graduate level education OR superior academic achievement OR a combination of education and experience by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for the GS-09 level of this position position your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess (A) 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level or equivalent to at least GS-07 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military, OR two full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or masters or equivalent graduate level or LL.B. or J.D OR a combination of education and experience by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for the GS-11 level of this position your resume and supporting documents must show that you possess (A) 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent to at least GS-09 under other Federal service pay systems, private sector, or military, OR three full academic years of progressively higher level graduate education or PH.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR a combination of education and experience by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service program (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. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: At the GS-7 Grade Level: Obtaining, compiling, and summarizing narrative information and quantitative data for use by others within the office. Verifying data for correctness. Analyze business process data from documents. Examples of specialized experience include: At the GS-09 grade level: Performing quarterly or more frequent internal control reviews of business processes and automated financial and accounting data reports to determine if controls are working as intended. Analyzing business and financial systems and modifying and adapting conventional analytical techniques to solve a variety of financial management process and control deficiencies. Providing assistance in the development of internal controls related to financial processes, conducting annual testing, and analyzing results from year to year. Examples of specialized experience include: At the GS-11 grade level: Implementing the requirements for the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) Compliance and the FIAR ensuring communication between FPOs and the Senior Assessment Team (SAT). Assisting in the development of control analysis reports based on the annual assessments that identify actual and potential ineffective controls, the nature and extent of possible corrective actions, and the status of previously assigned prior year corrective actions, too include Notice of Findings Recommendations (NFR) identified during the Annual Financial Audit. Providing analytical and executive administrative input for the Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) and Financial Management Improvement Act (FMIA). You must also meet the following requirements by the announcement closing date: Current and former federal employees in either the competitive or excepted service and current federal employees applying under VEOA eligibility are subject to time-in-grade. You must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible for promotion. You must submit SF50s with your application package to verify you held the next lower grade level for at least 52 weeks. You may need to submit two (2) or more SF50s. Examples of appropriate SF 50s include Promotion, Reg WRI, and SF 50s effective more than 52 weeks ago. The next lower grade level for the GS-07 position is GS-05, for the GS-09 position is GS-07 and for the GS-11 position it is GS-09. Current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens." Education Education used to qualify for this position must be from an accredited school or educational institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and a copy of your transcript is required as part of your application package. For the application process, unofficial transcripts are acceptable if they contain the applicant's name, the name of the school, the date and degree that was awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned. Failure to provide transcripts will result in you being rated ineligible for this position. If selected, you must provide an official transcript before we set your entrance on duty date. Foreign Education. If using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or show that a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses. Additional Information We encourage you to review the Safer Federal Workplace information regarding COVID-19. To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Applicants with a Permanent Resident Card (aka Green Card) are authorized to live and work in the U.S. but are not eligible for employment in positions requiring U.S. citizenship. This position requires U.S. citizenship. The minimum age requirement is generally 18 years of age. Employing those under 18 may be possible under certain circumstances. If under 18 years of age, ensure you provide documentation showing how you are eligible. Subject to occasional overtime. Position is exempt from Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Position is covered by a bargaining unit. Position is not obligated. Financial Difficulty does not automatically remove you from consideration for a position. Position does not meet the DoD criteria for re-employing former Federal employees who retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration for this position. Travel by military or civilian aircraft or other land transportation may be required up to 15% in performance of duties. Position requires access to ADP IT/Level II systems; therefore, incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility based on appropriate background investigation. DoD Financial Management Certification Program Level 2 (DFMCP2) is a requirement of this position and the incumbent must either possess or achieve this certification within two years of entrance into this position in accordance with the NDAA FY 2012, Public Law 112-81 (not a DAWIA certification). The incumbent must adhere to the guidelines and requirements of this certification program. Additional details can be found in DoDI 1300.26, "Operation of the DoD Financial Management Certification Program", dated November 20, 2013.
