Job Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The incumbent serves as a Financial Management Analyst. This position is assigned to the DCS For Resource Management, G8; Office of the G8, Finance System Analysis Payroll Division (CC), APG MD.

Job Description

• Serve as the Financial Analyst Specialist, and subject matter expert (SME) for audits and inspection relating to Civilian Pay for CECOM G8 and other tenant activities.
• Provided coordination/liaison among civilian employee, manager, timekeepers, supervisors, CECOM, Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) in
• Indianapolis, IN, appropriate budget offices, Civilian Personnel Advisory Center (CPAC), regionalized Civilian Personnel Operation Centers (CPOC), and DISA.
• Provides general and technical advice and assistance relative to defense civilian payroll system support policy, planning and procedures.
• On a continuing basis reviews the execution of the automated processes to ensure compliance with established pay laws, regulations, and procedures, for a segment of the overall DCPS Program.
• Serve as the liaison between the employee and the civilian payroll office to resolve problems.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Experience Required General Experience: Three years progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the NH-01 or equivalent (GS-04) pay grade level, which includes: 1) Provide technical and regulatory assistance to certifiers and timekeepers on recording, correcting and overall processing of civilian time and attendance in Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) and Automated Time and Attendance (ATAAPS) maintaining ATAAPS accounts on over 1100 civilian employees and 560 non-pay certifiers; 2) Investigate and resolve payroll issues associated with various and unrelated types of civilian appointment ,such as career, career conditional, consultants, temporary, part-time, student employment, etc.; 3) Maintain/manage automated and manual systems for receiving and processing Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS) reports and documents received from Defense Payroll Office, Indianapolis; and 4) In-depth understanding of pay policies, procedures and system operations regarding unusual entitlements. For example, overtime, shift differentials, hazardous duty, holiday, and special rates. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (NH-01/GS-04 equivalent). OR Education: Four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. (You must provide a copy of your Bachelor's Transcripts) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages. (You must provide a copy of your Bachelor's Transcripts) This is a Financial Management Analyst, NH-501-02, position. THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 1 Certified position designated as such in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, section 1051, amending 10 United States Code, section 1599d. Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all DOD and Department of the Army requirements of this certification program. This certification requirement is a condition of employment. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action. This is a requirement for the NH-02 position.

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) is the Army’s materiel integrator for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) readiness. As a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), CECOM collaborates with Army Commands, Program Executive Offices, other AMC commands, and industry partners to provide, integrate, and sustain world-class C5ISR hardware, software, and mission command capabilities for the joint warfighter. CECOM maintains a global team of approximately 9,000 Soldiers, civilians, and contractors and is headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD.