Job summary

Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service, eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants and current DFAS VRA employees.

Major duties

Serves as Division Chief of MOCAS Analytical Division responsible for the identification and elimination of material gaps, challenges, risks, and problems in the MOCAS iControls, FISCAM and SOP Library. Manages and directs analytical support provided to the Accounts Payable MOCAS organization, including crossover with Contract Input, Entitlements and Funds Requirements. Performs division-level accounting oversight of preparing and analyzing account information, establishing and monitoring internal controls, and recommends financial actions by analyzing accounting operations and systems. Monitor and evaluate financial systems support to ensure compliance, internal controls, and optimal operating procedures to develop standard work processes, Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), and Letters of Instruction (LOI). Plans, manages and supervises the assigned branch or division staff which consists of administrative personnel at the GS-11 level. Promotes agency-wide efforts to include audit readiness and strategic planning utilizing the Operations Business Model and budget, output and productivity management information.

Qualification

One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. GS 12: Specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level is defined as: analyzing financial and accounting operations to recommend process improvements; monitoring and evaluating financial systems to identify weaknesses and ensure compliance with internal controls; conducting reviews of financial policies, guidelines, data and documents in order to analyze the impact of financial legislation on finance/accounting operations; analyzing and evaluating operation reports from financial systems; and providing recommendations to management on improving finance/accounting operations. GS-12 Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in Federal Service. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

Education

GS-12: Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.

Evaluations

IMPORTANT NOTE - YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. ERRORS OR OMISSIONS MAY AFFECT YOUR RATING. All information included in the resume and Occupational Questionnaire is subject to review and verification. HR will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements will be further evaluated based upon information you provided in the Occupational Questionnaire. If a determination is made that the work experience described in your submitted resume does not support your responses to the self-assessment questionnaire, your score may be reduced, and you may lose consideration for this position. If you are already a DFAS employee, you may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including removal from Federal service, if you are found to have exaggerated, embellished, inflated, mischaracterized, or falsified your resume or qualifications. The Assessment Questionnaire takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and collects information on your education, training and experience related to the following critical competencies: Communication Customer Service Financial Management Analysis Financial Management Systems Leadership You can preview the Assessment Questionnaire here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12613598 DFAS recognizes the value of competencies gained through formal education and professional certifications. To ensure that consistent credit is given for these credentials in the selection process, DFAS has developed standard selection criteria to be used when filling positions in professional and administrative series. Selections for professional and administrative positions will be based on four categories of selection criteria: Experience, Other, Education, and Certifications.