SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST- DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY

The Air Force offers qualified applicants opportunities to be hired for certain occupations covered by Direct Hire Authorities (DHA). The use of DHA is a fast-track method of hiring applicants from the public with no prior federal status using a non-traditional method of recruitment.

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Qualifications:

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Experience requirements are described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions. To qualify for this position, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11/DO-01 broadband. Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

• Problem Solving
• Communication
• Business Management
• Teamwork and Leadership

Desired Qualifications:

• Desired Master's/MBA or equivalent advanced degree in finance, business administration, or other relevant meaningful Master's degree.
• Experience with successfully interfacing/collaborating with business partners across multiple functions outside financial management.
• Strong technical and financial management knowledge, including the ability to use financial models and effectively communicate data and results.
• Knowledge/experience of Department of Defense Acquisition requirements; financial management concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations.
• Experience in building program plans and budget justification products.
• Experience of providing written and oral communications to senior leaders.
• Experience with solving complex issues which span multiple internal and external organizations.

Responsibilities:

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AFRL is responsible for executing Air Force strategic development planning and leading operational experimentation to support the SECAF & CSAF in strategic decisions meeting current and future AF needs. As a key strategic financial specialist, this position will look at integrating and streamlining business practices across AFRL, to provide full life-cycle decision support across Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE).

Position duties include but are not limited to:

• Supports enterprise and mission priorities at all levels.
• Advises employees regarding directives from leaders & provides value-added financial analysis to make informed decisions that better utilize resources & improve mission effectiveness.
• Mentors & promotes career development & training for employees. Collaboratively defines FM objectives & determines how to best accomplish.
• Manages the allocation & monitoring of financial resources in compliance with laws, regulations & policies, with sufficient transparency & appropriate internal controls.
• Ensures fiscal law, policies, regulations, principles, standards & procedures are properly applied.
• Directs team in all aspects of DoD planning, programming, budgeting & execution of programs.
• Directs, coordinates & oversees work through subordinate employees.
• Encourages & facilitates team attendance in training.
• Implements concepts, procedures & processes required to support AFRL projects & programs.
• Creates & implements processes whereby employees extract data, identify & resolve system problems, & maintain data integrity.
• Develops, monitors & communicates standardized processes & operations to ensure transparency & promote efficiency & accountability to leadership.
• Leads research & analysis efforts related to budget formulation & execution, financial analysis, governance, operations, cost analysis, accounting, & program control.
• Demonstrates the knowledge, skills, & abilities to effectively & efficiently provide advisory services on FM issues to internal/external customers.
• Prepares supporting documentation for FIAR audit trail.
• Collaborates, interacts, coordinates & meets with key customers & coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policies & procedures & resolves issues.
• Obtains all required supervisory training within specified time frames.

Salary : $73,484