Financial Management Analyst (Title 32) (Indefinite)

About the role

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a Financial Management Analyst (Title 32) (Indefinite), Position Description Number D2371P01 and is part of the VA USPFO, National Guard.

What you will do

• The incumbent is responsible to have extensive knowledge of all pay operations that are handled by the Pay and Exam branch.
• The incumbent must be able to work independently to conduct comprehensive examinations/reviews of pay accounts for Soldiers, Civilians and Vendors.
• Examines, analyzes, and interprets finance and accounting data, records, and/or reports to determine conformance to federal appropriation law.
• Evaluates facts presented to ensure validity, accuracy, and completeness of claims for customers.
• Request additional information and/or documentation, as required in order to make determinations on a payment's status to ensure timely and accurate payment.
• A thorough knowledge of the DJMS, DCPS, GFEBS, WAWF, DTS, and CAPS systems are required to examine, review, research, and correct payment transactions for pay accounts not covered by standard rules and regulations.
• Verifies that substantiating documents are in proper order for authorized entitlements, support payments, to include command approval.
• Reviews and processes special pay actions or problem cases generated by computer processing problems.
• Uses system generated data to identify information in the system causing problems.
• Reviews substantiating and supporting pay authorization documents for propriety, authentication, and accuracy for compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and precedents.
• Computes and corrects any pay irregularities or if action is to be returned to input source, provides specific guidance for corrective action.
• Maintains suspense on all actions returned and ensures all actions are processed within the specified time frame.
• Resolves the most difficult pay problems including extensive research, review, and application of prior pay and tax laws, regulations, and entitlements.
• Applies GAO decisions, policies, and procedures.
• Determines eligibility of pay entitlements using current and superseded rules and regulations governing each type of pay.
• Computes payments using manual computations when required.
• Reviews pay accounts to settle the most problematic situations affecting entitlements and payments.
• Apply pay and tax laws, regulations, directives, and policies to all cases.
• Based on the analysis of pay accounts prepare necessary documentation to pay or collect entitlements and adjust effected taxes.
• Examines records, original orders, and all substantiating documentation to determine whether pay entitlements and/or tax refunds exist and if credit and/or payment of pay and allowances are in accordance with prescribed administrative regulations and procedures.
• Responsible to assess travel settlements military permanent change of station (PCS) claims, to include possible dependent travel settlements, dislocation allowance entitlements, do-it-yourself moves (DITY) claims, and temporary duty travel (TDY) vouchers for wounded soldiers and their family members.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate with different levels within the State's command and with external agencies, to include Financial Services and National Guard Bureau.
• Ensures work is processed in accordance with established guidelines, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Reviews work within prescribed timeframes.
• Ensures workload is completed timely.
• Prepares and reviews various reports.
• Reviews for accuracy and timeliness on of all supported customers pay entitlements through appropriate DFAS Systems.
• Responsible to assist in the training and development of the Financial Services Technicians assigned to the section.
• Required to have extensive knowledge coding in GFEBS, CAPS-W, MYUNITPAY, JSS, DMO, DTS, and DCPS.
• Entrusted to act as the backup TASO and certifier in systems directed by the Supervisory Financial Technician.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

You must meet the following education requirements to qualify for this position: Completed undergraduate or graduate education, the awarded college degree should be in one of, or a combination of the following disciplines: accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.

To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Your resume showing: Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job.
• Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures.
• Other supporting documents: Most recent SF-50 for current federal technicians.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (Register | Selective Service System : Selective Service System (sss.gov)).