About this role
Job Summary
This position is part of the WAPA Headquarters. As a Financial Analyst, you will perform a variety of forecasting, analysis, and financial duties supporting the formulation, submission, justification, execution, analysis and reporting of WAPA's budget and actual spend. This is NOT A REMOTE POSITION. The selectee will be required to be physically present at one of the duty location(s) identified.*
Qualifications
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must possess one (1) year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the GS-07: Applicants must have either: One (1) year of graduate-level education or superior academic achievement -OR- One (1) year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent pay band.
This experience MUST include one (1) of the following: Reviewing and analyzing financial data, identifying errors and/or formulating questions Working with financial data in excel or other financial systems To qualify for the GS-09: Applicants must have either: Two (2) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related -OR- One (1) year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent pay band.
This experience MUST include everything from the GS-07 above AND one (1) of the following: Working in a team responsible for budgeting or accounting for an organization Analyzing and reporting financial data using financial software and excel To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must have either: Three (3) years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., if related -OR- One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent pay band.
This experience MUST include everything from the GS-09 above AND the following: Working with large amounts of financial data, cleaning, analyzing, identifying trends, and providing recommendations to management To qualify for the GS-12: For the GS-12 level, education cannot be substituted for experience. Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band. This experience MUST include everything from the GS-11 above AND one (1) of the following following: Reporting expenses of an organization, working with management to formulate forecasts, and presenting results to stakeholders Managing projects and process improvement efforts For the GS-12 level, education cannot be substituted for experience.
"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
Major Duties
- As a Financial Analyst, you will: Budget Execution and Reporting Review congressional actions on appropriation and other bills affecting WAPA's budget and evaluate effects of specific or administrative provisions of bills.
- Collect, analyze, and report data explaining WAPA-related economic issues and future industry trends.
- Apply mathematical and statistical methodologies to evaluate, translate, and assess budget proposals and trends.
- Oversee approved budget execution across assigned programs by managing fund distribution, controlling expenditures, and reporting financial operational results to management.
- Budget Formulation, Submission and Justification Resolve program and budget problems and operating situations that involve interpretation of budget policy.
- Analyze program plans and information on accomplishment of objectives, raise questions of propriety of proposals by operating officials and recommend revisions.
- Forecasting and Analysis Analyzes financial and non-financial data.
- Creates, cleans, validates, and curates data into data sets that are usable to the organization to drive decisions.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation. May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire.
Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration. Upon reporting, and annually thereafter, the selectee may be required to file one or more financial disclosure (OGE-450) statements and/or a procurement integrity certification. These certifications may be subject to public disclosure.