Lead Financial Management Analyst

About the role

This position is located in the Criminal Division's Finance Group (FG) and serves under the direct supervision of the Controller. The Finance Group is responsible for the overall financial management, monitoring, and reporting, for all 17 sections of the Criminal Division.

The Finance Group works to ensure policy compliance, execute budget and financial initiatives, and strategically manage the Division's fiscal resources.

What you will do

• Providing critical guidance to Criminal Division managers on a full range of financial activities and functions, including the validation of expenditures and procedures for processing budget requests.
• Participating in the development of long-range plans based on expenditures, funds reprogramming, and other budgetary information.
• Managing the workload, mentoring, and training of an assigned team of finance professionals, technicians, trainees, and/or contractor employees.
• Analyzing and ensuring the development of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports of obligations and expenditures using relevant applications and data repositories.
• Investigating the utilization of government funds and identifying areas for streamlining and ensuring the placement of adequate controls.
• Overseeing the development of budget execution documents.
• Conducting quarterly and annual year-end-closing activities and performing reconciliation with accounting.
• Resolving complex prediction and forecasting problems resulting from uncertainties and changes in the operating programs.
• Leading financial audit preparation to include account analysis; audit sample preparation; complex data issue resolution; obligations, revenue, payment, and internal controls review; and other related activities.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the job qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are basically qualified for this job, you will be invited to complete a structured interview.

The structured interview will assess the following competencies: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Oral Communication Problem Solving If you would like to preview the application questionnaire, please see: ***

Performance Appraisals and Awards: You will receive an additional point added to your final score for your most recent fully successful or higher performance rating. An additional point will also be added to your final score for any one performance award received within the past three years that relates to the position for which you are applying.

Please provide only one recent award. To receive credit, you must provide a copy of your performance rating and a copy of your performance award SF-50, if applicable.

Documents you must provide

• You are strongly encouraged to convert your resume to an Adobe PDF file prior to submitting your application, especially if you are submitting using a Mac system.
• Resumes not pre-converted to a PDF will undergo system conversion that may cause some formatting changes to your resume, including line and page break errors.
• You must provide a complete application package which includes: Resume (cover letter is optional) - Applicants will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of experience or related education as reflected in their resume.
• Applicants are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show the possession of knowledge of the subject matter pertinent to the position and the technical skills to successfully perform the duties of the position.
• Your resume must be no more than 2 pages.
• If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
• Please ensure all information you believe is qualifying for the position is contained in the first two pages, or you may be marked ineligible.
• Additionally, your resume must include the following information for each job listed: month and year, start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008), and full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week).
• SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (if applying as a status candidate with current or former federal service) which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary.
• If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old).
• Most Recent Performance Appraisal.
• You must submit a signed copy of your most recent performance appraisal showing your final rating.
• If a performance appraisal is not available submit a statement explaining why one is not available.
• Any Relevant Performance Award (must attach SF-50) (if applicable).
• Documentation of Eligibility for Special Hiring Authorities (if applicable) to prove appointment eligibility.
• Examples include: Peace Corps volunteer letter, military spouse hiring authority documentation, etc. Current or Former Political Appointees (if applicable) - Please note on your resume and attach an SF-50.
• 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, or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office.
• Schedule A Documentation (if applicable) - The Criminal Division welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities and is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within DOJ.
• The Criminal Division also encourages eligible Schedule A applicants to submit their resumes directly to the Criminal Division disability POC at ***.
• CTAP Documentation (if applicable) - If you are a displaced Federal employee claiming eligibility under CTAP: A copy of the agency notice (i.e., letter of intent, separation notice, or agency RIF letter); Your most recent performance appraisal; and Your most recent SF-50 showing your current/former position title and series, grade, promotion potential, and duty location.

What to expect next

Once the application package is received you will receive an acknowledgement email that your submission was successful. After a review of your complete application is made you will be notified of your qualification status. Qualified candidates will be invited to complete a structured interview.

After the structured interview, you will be notified if you've been referred to the hiring manager. If further evaluation or interviews are required you will be contacted. If a tentative job offer is made, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation.

Additional information

ELIGIBILITY: You are eligible under merit promotion procedures, if you meet one of the following criteria: Current DOJ employees with career or career-conditional appointments in the competitive service; or Displaced Federal employees requesting special priority selection consideration under the Career transition Assistance Plan (CTAP).

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

EEO Statement: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.

Additional information on DOJ's EEO policy can be found on our website. Career Transition Programs (CTAP): This program applies to DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service.

To receive selection priority for this position, you must: Meet CTAP eligibility criteria; Be rated well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above based on the competencies listed above; and Submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP eligibility.

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, please reach out to *** or *** for alternative application procedures.