Financial Management Specialist

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. 

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience developing and implementing appropriate systems of internal financial controls pertaining to the management and analysis of contract funds.
• Experience participating in planning and implementing an organization’s program budget. 
• Experience analyzing and evaluating changes in program plans and funding on budgets.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-12 position.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience developing and implementing financial management improvements for tracking and monitoring organizational funds for program offices overseas.
• Experience conducting research and analysis and making recommendations on organizational financial matters.  
• Experience providing the full range of budget oversight, planning and other services for multiple complex foreign assistance funds.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 position.