About this role
Job Summary
WHO MAY APPLY
This announcement is open to current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service and current DFAS VRA employees in the local commuting area and eligible DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment.
Qualifications
Human Resources will determine your qualifications for each entry grade level based on your interest and the additional following criteria. Resumes for federal government positions need more detailed work descriptions and accomplishments than a typical private sector resume. Please be sure to clearly describe this in your resume. Combinations of education and experience may also be sufficient. One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-09 for the GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required.
Specialized Experience Is Defined As
- (1) Applying analytical and evaluative techniques to determine legal, regulatory, policy, efficiency, effectiveness, and operational deficiencies and action required to correct deficiencies. AND
- (2) Monitoring and evaluates Center finance and accounting operations and systems for effectiveness and compliance with internal controls. AND
- (3) Using automated financial systems to participate in a variety of operational reviews and analytical studies related to establishing and implementing methods or procedures used in resolving a variety of accounting and finance problems.
You may qualify for consideration if meeting 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.
Major Duties
- Analyzes, plans, and evaluates directorate functions to determine validity, propriety, accuracy, and adequacy of work processes.
- Confers with personnel at all levels; observes operating practices; and accomplishes any other tasks deemed essential to performance of related duties.
- Examines a wide variety of documents, records, and related reports, and processes, to determine whether performance has been in accordance with GAO procedures and appropriate regulations.
- Performs quality control examinations of operations, policies, procedures, and internal controls including the analysis of data and information with the objective to prevent and detect deficiencies in the operation of functional area systems.
- Performs analysis and makes recommendations for corrective or enhancement actions to ensure the adequacy of the internal control operations.
- Reviews and analyzes a variety of reports received from internal and external sources, including reports produced by automated systems.