Financial Management Specialist

Air Education and Training Command•Maxwell AFB, AL

About The Position

This is a developmental position with a GS-9 target GS-12. The primary purpose is to perform financial management functions involving budget formulation, justification, and/or execution; budget and cost analysis; accounting and financial management oversight; and financial analysis in support of Command programs. The specialist oversees expenditures, accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls to ensure compliance with financial, fiscal, and auditing directives. The role formulates and implements financial management policies and procedures for programming, budgeting, funding, forecasting, status of funds, internal-control analysis, and related financial planning and accounting-system administration. The position is responsible for formulating, developing, and executing budgets, financial plans, and multi-year programs to meet program resource requirements, or for reviewing and recommending FSS NAF and APF budget development and execution to fund and sustain supported Services activities and programs. The specialist represents the organization at government levels and contractor or industry sites.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Males must be registered for Selective Service.
Maintain current certifications and comply with Financial Management Level 2 certification requirements.
Safeguard classified or sensitive budget-related information and files.
File an OGE Form 450 upon appointment and annually.
For GS-09 qualification: one year of specialized experience at GS-07 or equivalent; or a related master's/equivalent graduate degree, two years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or related LL.B./J.D.; or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
For GS-11 qualification: one year of specialized experience at GS-09 or equivalent; or a related Ph.D./equivalent doctoral degree, three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or related LL.M.; or a qualifying combination of education and experience.
For GS-12 qualification: one year of specialized experience at GS-11 or equivalent, including knowledge of DoD planning, programming, and budget systems; USAF financial management processes; budgeting policies and systems; accounting, contracting, and business processes; and basic information technology.
Merit-promotion applicants must meet the applicable one-year time-in-grade requirement for the grade sought.
Knowledge of financial-data analysis policies, principles, concepts, guidance, procedures, techniques, and methodologies.
Knowledge of DoD acquisition requirements, development and approval processes, and internal controls.
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and governmental or commercial accounting practices and procedures.
Skill in formulating, justifying, and analyzing program financial requirements and resolving complex or controversial financial issues.
Ability to establish effective working relationships, gain cooperation, communicate, plan and organize work, and meet deadlines.
Ability to use financial systems to analyze data, develop budget estimates and alternatives, make funding recommendations, and present results in writing and briefings.
May be required to work overtime, rotating shifts, uncommon tours of duty, or weekends.
May occasionally travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
Recall to duty may be required.
A background investigation may be required.
Transcripts must be submitted when using education to qualify; foreign education must be shown equivalent to U.S. education.
Credit is given for qualifying part-time, unpaid, and volunteer experience when duties and hours are documented.

Responsibilities

Oversee expenditures, accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls to ensure propriety and compliance with financial, fiscal, and auditing directives.
Formulate, establish, and implement financial management policies, instructions, and procedures related to programming, budgeting, funding, forecasting, status of funds, and internal-control analysis.
Perform financial planning and administration tasks related to accounting systems.
Formulate, develop, and execute budgets, financial plans, and multi-year programs to meet program resource requirements, or review and recommend FSS NAF and APF budget development and execution.
Represent the organization at all levels within government and at contractor or industry sites.
Analyze financial activities and develop functional logic for new and revised automated financial management systems.
Present financial management needs and analysis results to commanders, directors, program managers, engineers, and information technology specialists.
Serve as a financial advisor within a budget office responsible for Command programs, program support, and/or fund oversight.
Analyze financial and budgetary relationships and recommend financial or budgetary actions under changing conditions and time pressures.
Gather, assemble, and analyze data using financial systems to prepare or review budget estimates, develop alternatives, recommend solutions to budget or funding problems, and present findings in reports, statements, and briefings.