Financial Specialist

Summary

This position is located with the Office of the Secretary of Interior, Office of Self Governance in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Vancouver, Washington; Washington, District of Columbia. The incumbent will assist higher graded financial analysts, accountants and other bureau financial management employees in providing accounting and financial management services to the bureau.

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Duties

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As Financial Specialist, GS-0501, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to:

• Works with peers and program offices to complete a variety of financial system related transactions.
• Works in a team environment and provides excellent customer service to internal and external customers to assess their needs and provide information and assistance resulting in problem resolution.
• Assists with the training function of the financial system by reviewing and updating training materials, providing in-person and virtual training classes.
• Contributes to financial system updates and optimizations by soliciting user feedback, recommending changes, testing updates, and providing training and information to users when updates are released.
• Prepares and generates reports for management and program offices.
• Reviewing role requests, assigning established role-based training requirements to users, and certifying completion of training.

This vacancy is also open to the public under DE-13033403-CAWV-RH. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 4 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.
• The full performance level of this position is GS-11. Promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date.
• Indian Preference applies

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards ).

GS-07: To qualify for this position at the GS-07 grade level you must have one year experience at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent performing the following: experience preparing, entering, or reviewing financial system transactions; experience resolving errors in financial transactions or reports; experience providing customer service.

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1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

GS-09: To qualify for this position at the GS-09 grade level you must have one year experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent in all of the following areas: experience preparing, entering, or reviewing financial system transactions; experience resolving errors in financial transactions or reports; experience providing outstanding customer service; experience providing training to financial system users; experience testing updates to an integrated and automated financial system.

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A master's or equivalent graduate degree; two (2) full years of higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; a LL.B. or J.D. degree; or a combination of experience and education.

GS:11 To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent in all of the following areas: experience assisting with financial management, accounting, or budgetary services. This includes planning and conducting financial studies or reviews; evaluating financial systems or internal controls to identify processing weaknesses; analyzing automated financial reports to identify anomalies and prepare corrections; and assisting in the preparation of recurring regulatory financial management reports and justifications.

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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Additional information

All new hires earn the beginning salary of their pay grade (Step 1). See 2026 Salary Tables and select the pay chart for Albuquerque, New Mexico; Vancouver, Washington; Washington, District of Columbia. If no specific chart is listed for this geographic location, see the "rest of U.S." chart.

The full performance level of this position is GS-11. Promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. A career ladder promotion is at the discretion of management, and in no way guaranteed.

The probationary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period -OR- trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) OR Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Programs provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated. Applicants claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF50 noting position, grade level, duty location with their application. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more information visit:

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY: Certain candidates may be eligible to apply under a special hiring authority including those for disabled individuals, Peace Corps employees, Foreign Service employees, veterans, etc. For more information, visit the following OPM websites: USAJOBS Information Center: Vets Info Guide:

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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