Finance Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level, including experience directing and supervising technical and administrative payroll management work.
• Experience in resource planning, programming, budgeting, execution, and monitoring activities related to financial management systems.
• Experience developing and recommending courses of action affecting organizational structure changes, program milestones, resource funding levels, and long-range plans.
• Current Federal employees and certain former Federal employees applying for a GS-12 position must meet the applicable time-in-grade requirement, including 52 weeks at GS-11, and provide supporting SF-50 documentation.
• Complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
• Meet applicable background and security investigation requirements and any required probationary or trial period.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Submit a resume with job titles, employers, hours worked per week, dates, duties and responsibilities, and Federal grade levels where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Supervise personnel performing planning, program control and management, civilian personnel management, and general administrative support for payroll operations.
• Provide the administrative and technical supervision necessary to accomplish the unit's work.
• Perform administrative and personnel management functions for supervised staff.
• Establish staff guidelines and performance expectations and communicate them through the formal employee performance management system.
• Oversee workflows for determining pay, maintaining payroll and accounting records, and completing reports related to civilian employees.
• Apply pay and leave laws, regulations, rules, and agency policy concerning overtime, differentials, hazardous duty, holiday and special rates, premium pay, and allowances.
• Provide program management oversight for centralized payroll planning and operations and ensure payroll is reported and recorded accurately and on time.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits eligibility depending on the position and employment status.
• Annual leave accrual based on Federal service; newly appointed employees may request credit for qualifying job-related non-Federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service, subject to approval.