Management Analyst

Summary This position is located in the Office of Advanced Aviation Technologies and is responsible for independently analyzing and evaluating the financial activities necessary to properly execute the organization's budget and achieve management goals and objectives by performing a wide range of budgetary duties and functions in developing, implementing and administering the assigned direct funded and/or reimbursable programs of the organization. Responsibilities As the Management Analyst, he/she performs multiple, varying, and complex assignments under the minimal direction of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional in the analytical and evaluative methods/techniques to improve management processes and efficiencies. He/she interprets agency financial policy and procedures, prepares and reviews reports on financial documents, account balances and the status of funds; monitors and evaluates the execution of the operating budget; performs other work involving managerial or administrative work in connection with accounting systems. Performs analytics, forecasting and interpretive functions associated with the management and control or resources or funds, as well as tracking and control of funds for special programs, including but not limited to, payroll forecasting and analyzing organizational operating budgets across multiple appropriations. Applies experience and comprehensive knowledge the qualitative methods, principles, and concepts to plan and conduct functional activities for projects/programs. Uses knowledge of budget principles, practices, and processes to analyze budget to identify discrepancies in expenditures. Within authority delegated by the staff manager, certifies availability and correctness of funds on various financial documents. Maintains cognizance of funding balances and Appropriations Law Regulations to ensure proper certification is made in accordance with the Anti-Deficiency Act regulations. Ensures that financial requirements, policies, and procedures in documenting fund reservations, obligations, payments, reimbursements and collections are within regulation. Monitors the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuing dialogue with program offices, review of written documents, and examination of accounting records. Prepares and maintains financial plans and records for assigned programs. Serves as the analyst for the review of organizational timekeeping (CASTLE / Labor Distribution Reporting) and travel management policies and procedures. He/she is responsible for the collecting, analyzing and preparing data for reports and/or evaluations to support recommendations for management decisions. Uses software programs applicable to job requirements, i.e., word processing, spreadsheet, and cuff record management software, to collect and analyze data. These analyses, reports, and evaluations generally focus on the identification of resource requirements or other management issues related to the Operations and Facilities and Equipment (F&E) appropriations. When required, serves as a Contracting Officer¿s Representative and participates in the data gathering, solicitation, and technical evaluation for new contract awards. Contacts are internal and external. May act as a point of contact to provide advice and guidance on the applications of policies and procedures. May be called upon to communicate FAA positions on policies and procedures internally and externally. Established policies/procedures provide guidance for most assignments, but allow considerable discretion for employee to select the most appropriate approach(es) or develop new approaches. Resolves most problems and work issues without the assistance of a manager, project/program manager, team leader, or more experienced professional. Develops and recommends approaches to address current and anticipated problems and issues. Works with management and/or more experienced professionals to solve problems. Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure policy compliance and alignment with the requirements of projects and/or other work activities. Requirements Conditions of Employment We are not accepting applications from noncitizens. Qualifications For additional information please view the complete OPM qualification standard for the Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Management and Program Analyst, please visit: Management and Program Analysis Series 0343 (opm.gov) To qualify for this position, you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-H, FG/GS-12. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience is: Experience collecting and analyzing information for the preparation of reports. Experience applying budget principles, practices, and processes to analyze budget and identify discrepancies in expenditures. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If the selecting official decides to interview any employee on the selection list for a vacancy, then all who remain under consideration for the position at that point in the process must be interviewed. If the selection list is shortened to a best qualified list through a comparative process, then the best qualified list shall be considered to be the selection list. Education Additional Information We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required. The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate. Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical order and referred to the selecting official for consideration. Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA