Financial Management Analyst

Air National Guard Units•Augusta, ME

About The Position

This National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service position is for a Financial Management Analyst with the ME HQ MEANG, National Guard. The role plans, coordinates, and performs financial management analysis, quality reviews, and administrative finance tasks at the squadron and group levels. It supports budgeting, financial analysis, operational finance, and administrative functions to ensure compliance with policies, regulations, and readiness requirements. Use of this position description is contingent upon the 6F0X1 CSS position being earned and authorized on the Unit Manning Document (UMD). The analyst serves as the CSS point of contact for day-to-day budget and financial matters, working with the Comptroller Flight budget office to obtain, monitor, and track organizational funds. The analyst collaborates with commanders and supervisors on spend plans and base-budget integration, advises on funding and budget status, prepares funding justifications, and trains functional contacts and program managers on financial procedures. The position also monitors Government Travel Card accounts, supports cardholder applications and training, performs account maintenance, and interprets financial guidance and entitlements for unit personnel. As Unit Workday Control Officer, the analyst monitors workdays and funds, processes and tracks unit orders in AROWS, and manages participation rosters. The role also includes auditing travel claims, reviewing Inspector General reports, correcting deficiencies, maintaining internal controls, validating commitments and obligations, and using financial management systems to execute funds and document transactions. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

General experience performing, supervising, or managing administrative fiscal, financial management, accounting, or budgetary work.
Analytical reasoning to identify, analyze, and evaluate financial issues and develop alternative solutions.
Competencies in analysis, research, writing, and judgment, typically gained through academic education or progressively responsible experience.
Knowledge and skill in applying laws, regulations, precedents, methods, and techniques related to budgeting.
Competencies in self-management, resilience, teamwork, attention to detail, creative thinking, integrity, honesty, and positive customer service.
Practical knowledge of the operations, procedures, and policies of specific program areas or functional assignments; work follows established methods and procedures.
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
If qualifying through education, provide transcripts or other documentation verifying the required education.

Responsibilities

Serve as the CSS point of contact for day-to-day budget and financial issues and coordinate with the Comptroller Flight budget office to obtain, monitor, and track organizational funds.
Collaborate with commanders and supervisors to develop spend plans and integrate them into the overall base budget.
Advise on available funding, budgetary changes, and the status and use of funds.
Prepare narrative justifications for projected funding needs and submit them to the Comptroller Flight Budget Office.
Train functional contacts and program managers on financial management procedures.
Provide additional operational support as determined by leadership.
Monitor Government Travel Card accounts and ensure regulatory compliance.
Initiate eligible members’ Government Travel Card applications; brief members on statements of understanding; and collect and provide instruction on required computer-based training.
Maintain Government Travel Card accounts, including closing accounts for retiring or separating members and placing accounts in the cloud for transferring members.
Interpret financial guidance for unit commanders, Resource Advisors, and other personnel, including briefing entitlements for deployments, schools, long tours, and newcomer orientations.
Serve as Unit Workday Control Officer and monitor and advise on the use of workdays and funds.
Approve and track annual training, special training, MPA, RSD, deployment, and IDT orders using AROWS.
Monitor and approve participation rosters, calculate IDT days performed, and finalize rosters for leadership and members.
Process approved amendments, validate needs, and provide updated documentation to members.
Establish and track orders in AROWS to ensure proper documentation and compliance.
Conduct random audits of travel claims, review Inspector General reports, and identify and correct deficiencies.
Manage internal control procedures to protect against fraud, waste, and abuse; verify and validate commitments and obligations; and ensure compliance with quality assurance initiatives, internal control review guides, and self-inspection checklists.
Use current financial management systems to perform budgeting and operational finance tasks, execute funds, and document transactions.
Perform other duties as assigned.