FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN

AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: Area 1: All On Board Permanent Title 5 Federal Employees within the Oregon National Guard Area 2: All On Board Permanent Title 32 Technicians within the Oregon National Guard Area 3: All current non-permanent technicians/employees (T5 and T32) of the Oregon National Guard Area 4: All current and former members of the Oregon National Guard (former members must provide documentation showing membership in the Oregon National Guard such as an NGB 22 or DD214) Area 5: All U.S. Citizens BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: – Skilled in collecting 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; and, – Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Is experience that the applicant gained through work within similar financial program structures that support the Series’ GS-0503 occupational functions, basic principles, and procedural concepts. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Is experience that prepared the applicant to perform the prescribed duties of the GS-0503 position. An applicant must demonstrate the following specialized experience competencies: The USP&FO Financial Services Technician, GS-0503-08, Title 5 Excepted Service position is located in the USP&FO Comptroller Division, Financial Services Branch. To qualify for this GS-0503- 08 position, the applicant must be eligible for entry into the position’s financial management certification career program based on the position’s GS-grade final approval and appointment is processed. The applicant must have at least three months of basic finance program training or competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures. A qualified applicant must understand the basic principles and concepts of the National Guard financial business program requirements. The applicant must have private or public finance program experiences, along with competencies, that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures. An applicant must have experiences and training that demonstrate the abilities to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies and procedures. The applicant must have the specialized experiences in providing analysis, validation, processing and correction of financial transactions. Experienced in the identification of issues/problems involving the full range of financial services. Skilled in working with ARNG inter-related systems and processes across multiple functional areas and their interoperability to ensure the validity and accuracy of all disbursements, collections, and adjustments related to financial records. Skilled in the ability to perform pay analysis of complicated travel issues involving corrective actions. Has the competencies to review pay concerns or complicated pay adjustments to include assessing unusual circumstances or conditions. Skilled in analyzing particular facts of financial transaction problems/issues, verify and evaluate data; and obtain additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies. Has the knowledge of pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution. Skilled in varied duties, such as, financial services payment systems (travel, accounts payable, and pay, such as, Joint Uniform Military Pay System Uniform Standard Terminal Input System (JUMPS); Operational Data Store (ODS); Standard Financial System ReDesign1 (SRD1); Defense Travel System (DTS), or, Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS). Competent in performing finance work that involved appropriate pay, allowances, and entitlements that resulted from multiple military and civilian statuses, to include, but not limited to, Title 10 active duty; Title 32 Inactive Duty for Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), Active Guard and Reserve (AGR), and Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS). KSA’s: Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Concepts, Policies, and Principles of Finance Financial Management Systems Fundamentals and Operations of Finance Problem Solving To Qualify for this position, you must: A. Meet the following five basic qualification factors: 1. Skilled in collecting data effectively, efficiently, and accurately; 2. Ability to clearly enunciate English without impediment of speech that would interfere or prohibit effective communication; 3. Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats; 4. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively; and, 5. Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. AND B. Have at least three months of basic finance program training or competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures which has prepared the applicant to perform the prescribed duties of the position. OR C. Have a completed undergraduate or graduate education in one of – or- be a combination of the following required disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a FINANCIAL SERVICES TECHNICIAN, T5132000 and is part of the OR USPFO, National Guard.