Supervisory Financial Management Specialist

Summary

This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in Winchester, VA. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience leading a team in at least one of the following areas: accounts payable; bank card program administration; accounts receivable; accounting analysis and reporting.

Duties

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position you will serve as a supervisor in the Financial Management Division, Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The position will direct and manage financial services performed by a functional work group in one or more of the following areas: travel payments; vendor payments; bank card management; payment certification; mission assignments; IAA and reimbursables; accounting reconciliation and analysis; accounting interfaces and reporting; debt establishment; debt collection; receipts, or debt management. Typical assignments include: Advising agency managers on the pertinence of accounting data to program operations; on the fiscal management of program operations; and promote efficiency in distribution, reallocation, and use of funds. Ensuring validity of data entered into a variety of basic and specialized accounts which are integrated into a large complex accounting system. Reviewing processes and identifies operational improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of accounting services and reporting. Prepareing written documents such as memoranda, operating instructions and manuals, training materials, briefings, and other related documents. Supervising the staff of a designated functional activity. Responsible for fulfilling EEO requirements by carrying out EEO policies, and assuring quality in determining qualifications, selections, assignments, training, promotions, details, discipline and awards. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Qualifications

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Analyzing, approving, and researching accounting data and transactions; reconciling to source documents to verify accuracy of financial transactions; and reporting on such; AND, Interpreting fiscal laws or regulations and advising agency managers on the fiscal management of program operations and promoting efficiency in distribution, reallocation, and use of funds; AND, Conducting research to identify problem areas and taking steps to resolve financial management issues. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: 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. Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." 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 provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards

Education

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.