Financial Manager Job in The Middle East - 95327572 - ZARY2F9D6JOG2

Job Title:
Financial Manager

Department:
Department Of The Army

Agency:
Army Corps of Engineers

Job Announcement Number:
NCFV10035348R1

SALARY RANGE:
$71,674.00 - $93,175.00 /year

OPEN PERIOD:
Friday, January 28, 2011 to Wednesday, July 27, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:GS-0505-13/13

POSITION INFORMATION:
Multiple Schedules  - Temporary

DUTY LOCATIONS:
1 vacancy - OA - The Middle East

WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Agency Employees Only

JOB SUMMARY:Challenge Yourself - Be an Army Civilian - Go Army!

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

Changes to the Job Announcement: This announcement is for CURRENT CIVILIAN ARMY EMPLOYEES ONLY. Relocation incentives up to 25% may be offered depending on length of tour. Incremental rating cut-offs will be utilized.

First Cut off Date:02/11/2011

Organization(s):
Various Locations with Afghanistan (Duty Location may be subject to change to any Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) location).

Position Status: This announcement may be used to fill temporary full-time, part-time or intermittent positions. Indicate on your resume your availability for any of these appointments.


About the Position: The position is under the supervision of a District commander within GRD.

The job provides the opportunity to learn how USACE operates in a reconstruction effort. You will deal with competing priorities and corporate approach to improving programs and methods of operation. To be successful in this position, you will need to (a) know your job; (b) be situationally aware; (c) be healthy; and (d) treat every individual with dignity and respect.

**Medical requirements: http://www.tam.usace.army.mil/UDC/index.asp.

For more information on deployment, please visit: http://www.usace.army.mil/CEHR/WorkForUSACE/OverseasContingency/Pages/DeploymentPayandEntitlements.aspx.
Who May Apply: Click here for more information.

At the employee¿s discretion, assignment duration may be 6 months to 1 year. Assignments may be Temporary Change of Station (TCS) or Temporary Duty (TDY), whichever is more cost effective to the organization. For TCS assignments of 6 month to 1 year duration TCS entitlements will be authorized.

Current Army employees with competitive status (includes Army employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment).

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• U.S. Citizen

Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - OA - The Middle East


Serve as Primary Advisor for financial matters, overall resource management, and principal staff officer for general management studies. Provide technical advice; participate in significant management planning, policy, and decision-making. Provide continual evaluation of the multipurpose, multi-functional Resource Management Program. Supervise budgeting, accounting, reporting, manpower and management analysis and statistical services. Administer the Corps of Engineers Management Information System. Determine, manage, and recommend financial and manpower resources. Supervise Finance and Cost Accounting (FCA) and other fiscal activities. Maintain FCA records; prepare, review, analyze, or approve fiscal reports. Certify availability of funds for obligation; determine limitations placed on obligations and expenditures. Examine payment vouchers and certify the amounts and entitlement of the payee, receive collections, and prepare, process, and record cost and finance instruments.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Click on link below to view qualification standard.
General Schedule

This vacancy will be filled by candidates who qualify for temp promotions, reassignment, or change to lower grade.

NOTE: Generally, indoor work location has power, water, heat, and A/C, although outages can be expected. Lack of sleep may occur due to long work hours and uncomfortable living conditions. Employee will report symptoms of stress and fatigue to the on-site supervisor. Living conditions range from having all basic amenities-power, water, refrigeration-to not having one or more of these. Employees needing to refrigerate medication shall prior to departing the primary duty station inform the local Emergency Ops Center so refrigeration at the work site can be made available. Environmental conditions range from excessive heat and humidity to extreme cold and rain. Some locations require the employee to maintain stable mobility in sandy and unstable terrain. Although some work is sedentary, work conditions such as ergonomic issues related to lifting and carrying, seating, or VDTs, repetitive motion injury from computer use, etc may be expected.

NOTE: Foreign post differential of 15-35% is authorized while TCS/TDY to a downrange location. Compensation of 15-35% over basic compensation will be granted to employees for service at designated danger pay costs.

NOTE: Locality pay does not apply in overseas area. Locality rates of pay in CONUS will not be used for pay setting when transferring to overseas area.

NOTE: A. Degree: accounting or related field, e.g. business admin, finance, or public admin that included 24 sem hrs in accounting. The 24 hrs may include up to 6 hrs of business law. "Accounting" means accounting and/or auditing; "Accountant" means accountant and/or auditor. OR B. Combination of education and experience-at least 4 years exp in accounting or an equivalent combination of accounting exp, college education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. Background must also include one of the following: 1. 24 sem hrs in accounting or auditing courses, 6 hrs of which can be business law; 2. CPA certificate or Certified Internal Auditor obtained through written examination; or 3. degree that included 15 sem hrs coursework in accounting or auditing but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of para. A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g. valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least 2 higher level professional accountants or auditors determining the applicant has demonstrated accounting knowledge and related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that is normally associated with completion of a 4-year degree described in para. A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to 24 sem hr requirement in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in this vacancy announcement.

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must meet the Time in Grade Restriction.

One year of experience in the same or similar work equivalent to at least the next lower grade or level requiring application of the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the position being filled.

GS-12 and above: Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to the next lower grade level.

Other Requirements:
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Secret security clearance may be required.

May be required to file annual financial statement.

Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.

A medical examination may be required.

Immunization screening may be required.

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.

Position requires employee to wear a uniform and/or protective clothing.

This announcement may be used to fill Lead or Supervisory positions. A one year supervisory probationary/trial period may be required.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Resumes will be evaluated for basic qualifications requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the position, as described in this vacancy announcement and identified by the Selecting Official for the position.


BENEFITS:The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits programs some of which may include:

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Competitive salaries

Generous retirement programs

Paid holidays, sick leave, and vacation time

Flexible work environment and alternate work schedules

Paid employment related training and education

Possible student loan repayment

Payment of licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable

Bonuses, incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.

OTHER INFORMATION:Click here for more information.

Multiple positions will be filled from this announcement.

May require overtime work.

Current Federal Civilian Employees: If you are selected for this assignment, your selection will be subject to your current supervisor's approval before a final job offer will be made. You are encouraged to coordinate your interest in this assignment with your supervisor prior to responding to this announcement.

The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available on http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/E8AB932EA1E44617BAC7222922E42A62/DoDI140025-V300.pdf

This is a Career Program Position (CP). # 11

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.)

Temporary promotion may be made or extended up to a maximum of five years.

Overseas unaccompanied tour.

Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.

Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.

Other Advantages: This position provides an opportunity to join an organization of both military and civilian personnel who are working side-by-side as dedicated professionals committed to the reconstruction mission within Afghanistan.

HOW TO APPLY:Click here for more information.

Resumes must be received by the closing date of this announcement.

Resumes may be submitted at any time. Referral lists will be issued as job opportunities occur.

Self-nomination must be submitted by the closing date. Applicants wishing to withdraw from consideration may contact the Central Resume Processing Center at (410) 306- 0137 or applicanthelp@conus.army.mil.

Resume must be on file in our centralized database.

Announcements close at 12:00am (midnight) Eastern Time.

You must have an ACTIVE resume with the Army Centralized Resumix database before you submit your Self-nomination. If you do not have an ACTIVE resume on file, please click here to use the Army Resume Builder to create or update your resume.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: 410-306-0137
Email: applicanthelp@cpsrxtp.belvoir.army.mil Agency Information:
Central Resume Processing Center
314 Johnson Street
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5283

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:Once this announcement closes, candidates will be evaluated using an automated system, (Resumix) which compares your skills and experience as described in your resume with the requirements of the position. If you are found to be a highly qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. (In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.) Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official. You can view the status of announcements that you applied for through our automated response system, ANSWER, accessed through our Civilian Personnel On-Line web page.