Management Analyst

About the role

This position is located in the Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies and is responsible for independently analyzing and evaluating the financial activities necessary to properly execute the organization's budget and achieve management goals and objectives by performing a wide range of budgetary duties and functions in developing, implementing and administering the assigned direct funded and/or reimbursable programs of the organization.

What you will do

• As the Management Analyst, he/she performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional in the analytical and evaluative methods/techniques to improve management processes and efficiencies.
• He/she interprets agency financial policy and procedures, prepares and reviews reports on financial documents, account balances and the status of funds; monitors and evaluates the execution of the operating budget; performs other work involving managerial or administrative work in connection with accounting systems.
• Performs analytics, forecasting and interpretive functions associated with the management and control or resources or funds, as well as tracking and control of funds for special programs, including but not limited to, payroll forecasting and analyzing organizational operating budgets across multiple appropriations.
• Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge the qualitative methods, principles, and concepts to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/programs.
• Uses knowledge of budget principles, practices, and processes to analyze budget to identify discrepancies in expenditures.
• Within authority delegated by the staff manager, certifies availability and correctness of funds on various financial documents.
• Maintains cognizance of funding balances and Appropriations Law Regulations to ensure proper certification is made in accordance with the Anti-Deficiency Act regulations.
• Ensures that financial requirements, policies, and procedures in documenting fund reservations, obligations, payments, reimbursements and collections are within regulation.
• Monitors the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuing dialogue with program offices, review of written documents, and examination of accounting records.
• Prepares and maintains financial plans and records for assigned programs.
• Serves as the analyst for the review of organizational timekeeping (CASTLE / Labor Distribution Reporting) and travel management policies and procedures.
• He/she is responsible for the collecting, analyzing and preparing data for reports and/or evaluations to support recommendations for management decisions.
• Uses software programs applicable to job requirements, i.e., word processing, spreadsheet, and cuff record management software, to collect and analyze data.
• These analyses, reports, and evaluations generally focus on the identification of resource requirements or other management issues related to the Operations and Facilities and Equipment (F&E) appropriations.
• When required, serves as a Contracting Officer¿s Representative and participates in the data gathering, solicitation, and technical evaluation for new contract awards.
• Contacts are internal and external.
• May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures.
• May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally.
• Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or develop new approaches.
• Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional.
• Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues.
• Works with management and/or more experienced professionals to solve problems.
• Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

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

• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) Only supplemental documentation, e.g. transcripts or veteran's documentation will be accepted in combination with your on-line application.
• These documents must be uploaded or emailed to *** or faxed to *** on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
• 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 ***

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

Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, 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, 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.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) listed in the announcement.

Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA