FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

Financial Specialist

This FINANCIAL SPECIALIST position is located in the Chief Finance Office/ Resource Execution Division/ Law Enforcement Branch, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serving as the subject matter expert in matters relating to the development of broad program office-wide budgetary plans, policies, procedures, and systems. Providing expert advice and recommendations for budgetary and program actions and advising management on most advantageous courses of action. Monitors the TSA budget through the review of financial documents, examination of accounting records and information provided by managers.
• Conducting research, identifying and analyzing trends in current and future funding positions and recommending adjustments in end of year spending. Assessing and recommending strategies for presentation/justification, and defense of budgets to higher levels of budgetary review.
• Managing and overseeing the fiscal year budget preparations and implementations; preparing annual operating plans; and recurring reports for submission to DHS, OMB, and Congress. Utilizing concepts, principles, laws, and regulations governing the application and allocation of funds to evaluate the integration of all phases of the budgetary process; applying budgetary techniques and analytical methods (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, and life cycle management) to prepare analyses and make recommendations to existing budgetary programs.
• Identifying, researching, evaluating and recommending options on proposals for solutions to difficult financial and budgetary problems and assisting in the preparation of one or more of the Division's budget submissions.