SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST (Title 32)

Military Grades: E-8 BASIC QUALIFICATION: To qualify an applicant for any GS-0501 position, apply and evaluate the applicant’s competencies (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, and Behaviors), military and civilian experiences, completed military and civilian education, learned skills, obtained knowledge, endorsed abilities, and training program accomplishments. The following six basic qualification factors are applicable to the GS-0501 Career Levels, as cited above: -Skilled in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately; -Ability to clearly enunciate English without impediment of speech that would interfere or prohibit effective communication; -Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats; -Ability to communicate clearly and effectively; -Skilled in presenting formal training presentations and briefings; and, -Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All series personnel’s’ performance levels are validated at the next higher level before being eligible for promotion consideration to the GS-0501 graded-position and must have a fundamental working experiences with validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for hire consideration into the ANG GS-0501-12 supervisory position located in the Wing Comptroller Office, the applicant must be eligible for entry into the position’s financial management certification career program based on the position’s GS-grade and/or the applicant’s military rank before final approval and appointment is processed. The applicant must have at least 24 months of broadening finance, resource management, accounting and/or audit program experiences in leading, planning and scheduling program work in a manner that promotes smooth flow and even distribution of assigning work requirements. Experiences included training and guiding employees on finance programs and assigning tasks. Experiences involved balancing finance program work requirements, finance and budget program policies, and providing advice, mentoring, and direction on a wide variety of tasks; and, addressing employee performance issues. Experienced in structuring assignments that created effective and efficient procedures with measured and improved task processes. Must have demonstrated experiences and/or endorsements on mentorship competencies that were provided to employees. Supervisory experiences improved training applications for career development that resulted in the employees’ increased performance values in quality work, timeliness considerations, and work efficiencies. Must have working knowledge of equal employment and affirmative action programs. Must have completed all academic education requirements. For hire consideration in the Supervisory Financial Specialist, GS-0501-12, an applicant must have technical and administrative skills in pay operations, such as ANG Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounts Payable, and Travel Pay. Knowledge of laws, DOD Directives, finance regulations and financial management and operating procedures relative to the entitlements and allowances related to the payment of military personnel, civilian personnel, vendors, and travelers. Knowledge of Pay Systems supporting Military Services and Defense Agencies sufficient to identify weaknesses, recommend work around solutions to ensure pay transactions are accurately processed and are in compliance with applicable pay regulations. Knowledge of a variety of procedures and techniques which enable the incumbent to work with payroll systems and recognize numerous types of transactions, reporting requirements and documents, database applications, different pay schedules and entitlements and the ability to manage and analyze data to develop a trend. Knowledge of the overall DFAS mission and functions, operation, and relationships to other agencies to respond to special inquiries and task organizations for information and responses. Knowledge of management and organizational techniques, systems and procedures to perform studies related to management improvement, productivity improvement and management controls to analyze and evaluate criteria for the enhancement of all assigned Pay programs (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accounts Payable, and Travel Pay). Ability to apply fact-finding and investigative techniques to perform studies and analysis of data and the ability to research and analyze directive and regulations to assess their impact on current and planned operational initiatives. Skill in preparing reports and in organizing and delivering briefings to managers, and wing leadership to encourage understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST (Title 32), Position Description Number D2392P01 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard.