Financial Management Specialist

U.S. Marine Corps•Quantico, VA

About The Position

You will serve as a Financial Management Specialist for MARCORSYSCOM. The position performs financial management, accounting, and audit duties, including reviewing budgets, examining financial records, verifying transactions, and ensuring funds are documented, justified, controlled, and used in accordance with laws and policies. You will work with program staff to prepare budget estimates, manage annual funding allocations, create spending plans, and schedule acquisitions. You will study financial data and management processes, recommend improvements to reporting methods and internal controls, and interpret financial policies and guidance to resolve complex issues and establish consistent procedures. The role monitors approved budgets and financial reports to track allocations, commitments, and expenditures; identifies shortfalls or inconsistencies; and prepares reports, briefings, schedules, and recommendations to support program evaluation and resource-allocation decisions. You will also advise managers on procurement, acquisition planning, and appropriated-fund use in support of research, development, testing, evaluation, and maintenance programs. The position requires at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or NH-02 pay band. The employee must obtain and maintain the required Business Financial Management Practitioner acquisition certification within 60 months, as well as an interim and/or final security clearance before entering duty. Travel may be required to CONUS and OCONUS locations, including remote or isolated sites.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen and determined suitable for federal employment.
Must participate in the direct deposit pay program; new Department of the Navy employees must pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
Current federal employees applying for GS jobs generally must meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Business Financial Management Practitioner acquisition certification within 60 months, in accordance with DoD Instruction 5000.66.
Must obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance before entrance on duty.
Must complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit an OGE-450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment.
Must be able to travel from the normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS locations, potentially including remote or isolated sites, and travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods.
Must complete training and obtain and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
Resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to GS-11 or NH-02, including expert knowledge of budgeting and/or financing concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations and their relationship to subordinate and senior levels.
Knowledge and skill in executing the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) phase.
Knowledge and skill in applying appropriation usage for Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E), Procurement, and Operations and Maintenance appropriations.
Expert knowledge and skill applying fiscal law, financial principles and procedures, processes, and financial systems.
Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with senior leadership and peers within the command.
Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.

Responsibilities

Review budgets, examine financial records, verify transactions, and ensure funds are documented, justified, controlled, and used according to laws and policies.
Work with program staff to prepare budget estimates, manage annual funding allocations, create spending plans, and schedule acquisitions.
Study financial data and assess management processes; recommend improvements to reporting methods, financial guidance, and internal controls.
Interpret financial policies, executive orders, memoranda, and budget guidance to recommend solutions, resolve complex issues, explain requirements, and establish consistent procedures.
Monitor approved budgets and financial reports to track allocations, commitments, and expenditures; determine when funds should be released and identify shortfalls or inconsistencies.
Prepare financial reports, briefings, schedules, and recommendations using official and unofficial system data to evaluate program progress, identify risks, and support funding and resource-allocation decisions.
Advise managers on procurement activities, acquisition planning, and appropriated-fund use while supporting research, development, testing, evaluation, and maintenance programs.