Financial Analyst @ Joint Activities

Job Summary

About the Position

This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Qualifications

• CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT.
• YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".
• This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.
• Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.
• You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
• See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.
• Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
• You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
• Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
• Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
• To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.
• Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.
• Specialized experience would be demonstrated by formulating agency-level financial budget submissions to justify major program requirements and resolve resource trade-offs for senior leadership; analyzing complex legislative and regulatory directives to determine their direct impact on organizational resource requirements and financial operations; developing comprehensive, compliance-driven budget justification documentation (e.g., narratives, exhibits, reprogramming requests) to secure and defend agency funding; and executing advanced financial and operational data analytics, such as, trend analysis, data mining, and root-cause analysis to forecast requirements long-range program resource requirements.

Major Duties

• Formulate integrated, multi-appropriation budget submissions (e.g., BES, PB) to align command resources with DoW and national strategic guidance.
• Produce comprehensive budget justification documentation (e.g., reclamas, exhibits) to secure funding and address Congressional and Joint Staff inquiries.
• Analyze emerging legislative and policy directives to forecast resource impacts and provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Consolidate complex, command-wide budget inputs to evaluate operational trade-offs and produce balanced, multi-year funding plans.
• Execute advanced financial data analytics (e.g., data mining, trend analysis) to defend estimates and resolve systemic program vulnerabilities.
• Defend strategic, command-level budget positions during high-stakes reviews with OSW, Joint Staff, and Service Components.