Financial Management Specialist

Summary

As a Financial Management Specialist with the Enterprise Data Analytics Office, you will lead professionals in developing Power Platform solutions and data integration tools for efficient financial analysis. You will translate executive requirements into technical solutions, integrate federal Enterprise Resource Planning data with Microsoft cloud services, and deliver analytical products supporting the Chief Financial Officer and Agency leadership in budget execution and decision-making.

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Duties

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• Lead digital transformation for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) by modernizing legacy financial reporting with cloud-based Microsoft Power Platform solutions and ensuring federal cybersecurity and data governance compliance using AI.
• Design and deploy enterprise-grade Power BI dashboards, Power Apps, and Power Automate workflows to provide real-time visibility into budget execution, obligations, cost performance, and workforce analytics for executive decision-making.
• Integrate disparate financial datasets from federal accounting systems into Microsoft environments, designing secure data pipelines and optimized semantic models to support self-service analytics across OCFO.
• Conduct advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast budget trends, identify cost overruns, and translate complex financial metrics into actionable insights for Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and senior NASA leadership.
• Collaborate with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCIO), mission directorate analysts, and external vendors to ensure financial tools meet security, operational, and federal compliance requirements.
• Automate manual financial reporting processes using Power Automate and SharePoint workflows to increase operational efficiency, reduce human error, and maintain strict audit trails for federal accountability.
• Establish best practices and create comprehensive documentation for Microsoft data tools, providing training and mentorship to upskill the financial management workforce in modern analytical capabilities.
• Serve as primary change agent for OCFO modernization efforts, ensuring system interoperability and data security while maintaining compliance with federal accounting standards and internal governance policies.

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Conditions of employment

• This position may require a one-year probationary period. If selected, the requirement to serve such period will be determined by Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 11. **See Additional Information section**
• Current Federal employees must meet qualifications, time in grade, and 90 days after competitive appointment requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Financial Disclosure, Drug Testing, and/or the Travel Requirements for this position may differ and be required based on the duty location/NASA Center requirements.
• Duty location will be determined upon selection. While this position is not remote, if you are selected and are currently on a time limited or indefinite exception to reporting on-site, it may continue.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level:

• Integrating financial system data into reporting platforms, developing data models combining financial datasets, and creating analytical reports or dashboards that track financial metrics in accordance with federal accounting standards or organizational requirements.
• Developing automated workflows using Microsoft Power platform tools (or similar tools) to support financial management processes that incorporate access controls and ensure compliance with applicable federal regulations, policies, or security requirements.
• Leading or contributing to financial management systems modernization by translating strategic objectives into technical requirements and developing technology solutions for executive decision-making.

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement.

If you are applying for a GS-12 or higher level and are a current federal employee, you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.)

Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year.

If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must:

- Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility.

- Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the 'Best Qualified' category are considered well-qualified. Please see 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for more information.

- Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in 'Required Documents'

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Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments | NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures.

Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit.

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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