Financial Analyst

About the role

The Office of Financial Management (AFM) provides financial oversight and information on the use of agency financial resources.

AFM is responsible for financial and travel policy, financial and acquisition systems, cost accounting, capitalization of the agency¿s $12.3 billion portfolio of national airspace system assets, financial reporting, financial internal controls, and oversight of the agency¿s financial internal controls programs and reimbursable agreements.

What you will do

• Performs basic but progressively more difficult assignments under the close direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.
• Typically acts as a member of a team for projects/programs within a defined area of responsibility.
• Applies basic knowledge applicable to his/her discipline and limited experience to accomplish assignments.
• Typical assignments include: Provides support in the formulation of budget requests by gathering, extracting, reviewing, and consolidating a variety of narrative information and statistical data.
• Assists in the development of materials that communicate and present analyses, results and findings to key stakeholders; including FAA executives.
• For all analyses and reviews, the incumbent prepares formal documentation and presents plans, results, and recommendations to senior management and others.
• Monitors and tracks the execution of financial plans.
• Prepares reports and performs other miscellaneous technical tasks in support of budget and financial management functions.
• Assists in developing financial models for use in conducing financial or statistical analysis and forecasting.
• Conducts research on legislation and applies policies and procedures to identify problems on FAA appropriations.
• Coordinates with a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional to plan time and use assigned resources to accomplish tasks.
• Contacts are primarily internal to the organizational unit with a manager and other employees to share information, provide data and/or written analyses, and discuss the statuses of assignments.
• In some specialties, may have contacts with customers and other external parties on routine matters such as gathering information, explaining regulations, and discussing customers¿ situations.
• Established policies/procedures provide detailed guidance for almost all assignments, with little or no room for discretion.
• Works under detailed instructions provided by a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.
• Regularly refers problems and work issues to a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional for guidance.
• Work is reviewed regularly during assignments and at completion to ensure timeliness and all aspects of quality.
• Work activities typically support the work of other employees and contribute to activities of the organizational level.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• (1) resume with complete work history; and (2) a copy of your most recent SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action).
• For guidance on how to create a Federal resume, visit ***
• Failure to submit all required documents by the closing date will result in a finding of ineligible.
• We are not responsible for incomplete, illegible or missing documents.
• Please DO NOT email your application documents.
• We cannot accept documents received via the email system.
• Documents sent via email will NOT receive consideration.
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
• If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***
• Forms: SF-15 : Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** NOTES: 1. This position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan.

Additional information about Core Compensation is available at: *** 2. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, as an applicant, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA section, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.

Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a human resource specialist as appropriate.

3. This Level 5 (Moderate Risk; Public Trust) position requires favorable adjudication of a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) background investigation prior to appointment, unless a waiver is obtained. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA