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Position Title
Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) Team Lead
Agency
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Announcement Number
DCAA-19-HQ-10440529 Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, March 11, 2019 to Monday, March 25, 2019
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans' Preference? (limit characters)
The following section is used to determine your eligibility for appointment in the Federal Government or Status for referral consideration.  Please indicate by your responses all categories of eligibilities for which you would like to be considered. You will only be considered under eligibilities that you select.  If you are not able to select at least one of the eligibilities below, you are not eligible to be considered for this position.

NOTE: You must submit the required documentation to verify EACH eligibility you select. Failure to provide the required documents will render you not eligible for consideration.

See instructions under the "How to Apply" tab for submitting documentation.
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2. Are you a current, permanent Career or Career-Conditional DoD employee in the competitive service AND your highest permanent grade is LOWER than the highest grade of this position? (SF-50 block 24 must be a "1" or "2") (limit characters)
3. Are you a current, permanent Career or Career-Conditional DoD employee in the competitive service AND your highest permanent grade is the SAME or HIGHER than the highest grade of the position being filled OR I have held a permanent developmental position with promotion potential to the same grade of the position being filled? (SF-50 block 24 must be a "1" or "2") (limit characters)
4. Are you a veteran who is currently a Department of Defense (DoD) employee on a permanent Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA)? (SF-50 block 24 must be a "1" or "2" AND block 34 must be a "2") (limit characters)
5. Are you a Military Spouse registered in the Priority Placement Program as a Priority S registrant, and you meet the registration eligibility requirements within Chapter 14 of the Priority Placement Program Handbook?  I am applying to utilize my Priority S preference, or I have been contacted by the hiring agency to complete my application to receive Priority S preference. (limit characters)
Preferences
1. There is a time in grade (TIG) requirement for advancement to this position. Have you completed one year in a position at, above, or equivalent to the GS-13 level? Please indicate the appropriate response below: (limit characters)
2. Are you a retired Federal employee receiving an annuity from the Office of Personnel Management? NOTE: If you answered yes to this question, attach a copy of your retirement Standard Form 50 to your application. (limit characters)
3. This position requires the selectee to be within the local commute area of the duty station. If you are not a current DCAA employee do you reside within the local commute area? (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Please accurately identify your level of training or experience when completing this questionnaire. Your responses will be evaluated and verified based on your submitted resume. Ensure that your resume accurately describes the level of education and/or experience claimed in the assessment questionnaire. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your stated level of experience and demonstrated capability. By continuing in the application process, I acknowledge that my self-assessment questionnaire score may be reduced, and I may lose consideration for this position if the work experience described in my resume does not support my responses to the assessment questionnaire.
 
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1. From the descriptions below, select the letter that corresponds to the highest level of education and/or experience that you fully possess and demonstrates your ability to perform the work of FIAR Team Lead at the GS-14 grade level. Select only one letter for each item. (limit characters)
For each item, select the one response that most accurately describes your current level of experience and capability using the scale below. (limit characters)
2. Build a diverse staff with a variety of skills that function effectively to accomplish the mission of the organization. (limit characters)
3. Manage a large-scale, multi-faceted project with impacts across multiple departments including resources, costs, production of deliverables, and completion of milestones. (limit characters)
4. Organize and lead cross-divisional work group/teams in developing creative solutions to address problems. (limit characters)
5. Resolve conflicts arising at the agency level due to competing objectives, limited resources, or differing perspectives. (limit characters)
6. Conduct a broad range of special studies and analysis of an organization's missions, strategies, programs and processes that have an agency-wide impact. (limit characters)
7. Develop performance indicators to measure workload, timeliness, relevance, and accuracy of financial operations.
 
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8. Establish and monitor internal control systems to identify problem areas. (limit characters)
9. Provide advice during long-range planning of financial and resource management functions to ensure plans support corporate strategic goals.
 
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10. Recommend financial management and operational policy interpretation and guidance to management officials to achieve program results and proper internal controls. (limit characters)
11. Brief senior-level staff on the status of financial systems projects including any changes in requirements, resources and impacts on project timelines, tasks, milestones and objectives.
 
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12. Deliver briefings and presentations at client, senior management and organizational levels.
 
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13. Interact with senior leaders of both internal and external customers to address issues that impact short and long-term audit readiness sustainability.
 
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14. Write interpretations of financial management policies, laws, regulations, precedents or practices and the impact on program objectives and goals.
 
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15. Apply financial management laws, regulations and policies to resolve the most complex issues related to operational finance and reporting work impacting an organization.  (limit characters)
16. Initiate reviews that typically involve complex highly integrated financial management and operational problems.  (limit characters)
17. Plan, formulate, and develop financial policies and procedures to enhance the validity, accuracy and integrity of finance processes. (limit characters)
18. Propose procedures and methods to resolve current problems and enhance the validity, accuracy, and integrity of financial data. (limit characters)
19. Assess processes and practices to recommend financial management and audit readiness improvements. (limit characters)
20. Develop or execute risk management plans to remediate deficiencies in key control objectives, quality of documentation and supporting documentation. (limit characters)
21. Provide expert advice to management, program officials and other financial audit readiness stakeholders on the interpretation of the regulations and guidelines. (limit characters)
22. Develop reports and supporting documentation of audit readiness efforts to sustain effectiveness, efficiency, cost effectiveness and adherence to key parameters. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
23. Do you certify, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all of the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.)? Do you understand that the information provided may be investigated? Do you understand that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in or with your application may be grounds for not hiring you or for firing you after you begin work? Do you also understand that false or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001)? (limit characters)