Financial Operations Manager

Summary

View Common Definitions of terms found in this announcement. Organizational Location: This is position located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Management, in Irving, Texas. This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Financial Operations Manager, at the full performance level, you will perform the following duties: Performs a variety of top-level accounting and financial management functions in the formulating and communicating a variety of major financial management policies, practices, techniques and procedures that guide financial work. Incumbent plan, organize, evaluate, and analyze policies and procedures, investment programs financial management systems. Identifies policies and procedures to revise, develop, recommend proposed changes and analyze the impact of those changes on financial systems, public sector, policies, regulations and overall work assignments. Plans, develops, and coordinates financial management improvement processes necessary to comply with directives and legislation. Develops accounting and financial policies and provides policy interpretations and functional recommendations in the implementation of new legislative and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Experience: One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent performing duties such as: Ensuring compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Conveying financial information in a variety of written forms and reports for the appropriate audience. Planning, directing, organizing and implementing financial control systems over all supervisors and staff within a financial management organization. Communicate with various organizations and professional leaders to acquire, exchange, or obtain facts and data needed for policy implementation, establishing new business lines, problem resolution and remediation. Developing and implementing policies and providing guidance to senior officials and management regarding the accuracy of a wide range of administrative programs, laws, policies, practices, and analytical/diagnostic methods and techniques to address technical issues or problems characterized by difficult or sensitive matters. Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement.

Education

*For GS-15 Specialized Experience: There is no education substitution for this grade level.