Program Analyst (Travel)

Summary Reemployed annuitant: This vacancy does not meet the criteria for appointment of annuitants. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit Responsibilities Plans, administers, evaluates, and improves the travel compliance program. Interprets, analyzes, and applies Federal travel law, Department of Defense travel regulations, financial guidance, and internal requirements to travel operations. Develops, refines, and maintains procedures, guidance, instructions, and compliance controls on the travel and GTCC programs and travel-related processes. Delivers training, briefings, guidance on travel compliance and improper payment prevention. Plans, initiates, conducts, and evaluates recurring reviews, audits, special studies, and statistical analyses to assess compliance, improper payment risk, internal controls, and overall program effectiveness. Provides advice, guidance, and technical assistance at all organizational levels on travel compliance matters, entitlement issues, voucher processing, internal controls, special travel requirements, and related travel program concerns. Analyzes travel document flow between defense travel and financial systems. Resolves processing failures, reconciles unliquidated obligations, and ensures accurate financial recording to support audit readiness. Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S Citizen as verified through E-Verify Program Drug Testing: If you are given access to classified information, you will be subject to random drug testing. If you are selected for a special sensitive position, you will be placed in a drug testing designated position. You must pass a drug test before your assignment to such a position and you will be subject to random drug testing subsequent to your assignment. Background Investigation: All selectees will be subject to a personnel security investigation which must be favorably adjudicated for occupancy of a sensitive position and/or access to classified information. If you are selected for a critical/special sensitive position, you will be subject to a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI). For a critical sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility at the Top Secret level. For a special sensitive position, you must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance eligibility at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) level AND you will be subject to a random counterintelligence scope polygraph. Qualifications You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement. You must meet the minimum qualification requirements as stated in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Specialized Experience: GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience is defined as: Specialized experience includes: (1) Applying Federal travel laws and regulations to provide technical guidance on travel operations, entitlements, and voucher processing; OR (2) Administering travel compliance and Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) programs to ensure adherence to agency policies and internal controls; OR (3) Analyzing travel system reports to identify discrepancies, reconcile aged obligations, and resolve financial processing errors; OR (4) Developing travel-related training materials, operating procedures, or instructional job aids to improve program consistency and employee understanding. GS-13 You must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 or equivalent level. Specialized experience must be documented in your resume. Specialized experience is defined as: Specialized experience includes: (1) Interpreting and applying complex Federal and DoD travel laws and regulations to resolve technical entitlement issues and provide authoritative policy advice; OR (2) Managing, evaluating, and improving an organizational travel compliance and Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) program; OR (3) Conducting audits, reviews, and statistical analyses of travel data to identify improper payment risks and internal control weaknesses; OR (4) Coordinating between travel systems and financial systems to resolve complex interface rejects, perform fiscal year crossover tasks, and reconcile unliquidated obligations. Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: There is no substitution of education for experience at these grade levels. Additional Information DCAA has a comprehensive benefits package that includes retirement, social security and thrift savings; health, life and long term care insurance; paid vacation, sick leave and holidays. DCAA employees enjoy our business-casual dress code, flexible work schedules, and transit subsidies. Selective Service: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see Initial Probationary Period: Accepting this position, you may be required to serve a I-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. You will be required to serve a supervisory/managerial probationary period of 1 year unless one has previously been completed. Additional Vacancies: This announcement may be used to fill additional positions within 120 days of the certificate issuance date. Performance Appraisal: If you are a current Federal employee, you must be rated fully successful or higher on your current performance rating to be eligible for promotion. You may be asked to provide a copy of your performance appraisal during the evaluation and selection process. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP): You must be well qualified for the position to receive special selection priority under the ICTAP. A qualified ICTAP eligible achieving a score of 90 or above will be considered well qualified. You must submit a Separation-Reduction in Force (RIF) SF-50; a RIF Notice showing separation within the past year (or declining a management directed reassignment outside the commuting area, or a Termination of Disability Notice from OPM) and most recent performance appraisal. For more information, go to: Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): Veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions after substantially completing an initial 3-year term (not less than 2 years and 11 months) may apply regardless of their current geographical location. Veterans must submit their DD-214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, to be considered under this authority. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligible candidates will receive priority consideration at the highest grade level for which they have applied and been determined best qualified up to and including the full performance level. PPP Application Based Preference Eligibles (Military Reserve and National Guard technicians, Military Reserve and National Guard technicians receiving disability retirement, and Retained Grade employees) will receive priority consideration at the full performance level only. All applicants are encouraged to apply electronically. If you are unable to apply on-line, you may contact View phone number on click.appcast.io for assistance. This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.