- Position Title
- Financial Specialist
- Agency
- Geological Survey
- Announcement Number
- USGS-DEN-23-11974376-IMP-SS Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, May 30, 2023 to Monday, June 5, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
Please mark "YES" to all eligibility options below for which you wish to be considered. We can only verify eligibility options for which you claim and provide proper documentation. Please see the "Required Documents" section of the announcement for specific requirements.
1.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who meets the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service that makes you eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? If yes, please confirm that you meet all the following eligibility requirements:
- This position is in the same local commuting area as the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position is at a grade level no higher than the grade of the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- This position has no greater promotion potential than the position of record from which you will be separated; and
- You have a current performance rating of record of at least fully successful or the equivalent; and
- You have not yet been separated.
2.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service?
3.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee who holds a career or career conditional appointment in the competitive service and has held a permanent position in the competitive service at the same or higher full performance level as the position being announced?
4.
What is the highest grade you have held on a permanent basis in the federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
5.
What is the highest full performance level of a position you've held on a permanent basis in the Federal service?
(limit 2 characters)
6.
What was the date of the promotion/appointment for the highest grade held above? Your response will assist in verifying the time-in-grade requirement. If not applicable, enter N/A.
7.
Are you a current Department of the Interior employee, regardless of status, who is eligible for consideration under a noncompetitive authority such as those specific to veterans, individuals with disabilities, Pathways Interns, Recent Graduates, and Presidential Management Fellows who are eligible for noncompetitive conversion, etc.; or current or former employees of a land management agency who is serving or previously served on a temporary or term appointment?
8.
If your response to the preceding question is yes, please identify the authority for which you claim eligibility below. If your response is no, enter N/A.
(limit 250 characters)
9.
My performance is at an acceptable level and I am not serving under a Notice of Opportunity to Demonstrate Acceptable Performance (NODAP).
10.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
Assessment 1
Please select the responses to the questions below that best describes your experience as it relates to this position.
1.
GS-07: Choose the one answer that best describes your education and experience.
2.
GS-09: Choose the one answer that best describes your education and experience.
3.
Utilize financial systems to efficiently retrieve, use and analyze information pertinent to daily work.
4.
Use data base and spreadsheet software applications.
5.
Process payment vouchers and supporting documents.
6.
Utilize knowledge of the Federal Charge Card program to make purchases, track orders, and update the Federal Financial System data base.
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Perform journal entries, i.e., payroll/voucher adjustments.
8.
Assist in developing and applying finance and accounting service processes in order to maintain or improve the efficiency of new or continuing processes.
9.
Effectively communicate financial guidance and instruction to financial and non-financial audiences. (GS-09)
10.
Assess needs, provides assistance, resolve problems, and provide quality products and services.
11.
Identify problems, perform analysis, implement solutions and track performance. (GS-09)
12.
Work with customers to identify and resolve financial problems/concerns.
13.
Apply knowledge of Appropriation Law, other laws related to Federal finances, Comptroller General Decisions, and other Federal policies, circulars, and processes to fiscal management and budget execution and oversight for a large organization. (GS-09)
14.
Interpret and apply existing, new, or revised financial management principles and concepts.
15.
Monitor and track obligations & expenditures for organizational functions.
16.
Provide monthly financial reports to reflect current status of funds authorized, obligated, expended and balance remaining.
17.
Verify that transaction documents are coded accurately and reflect on computerized or manual reports.
18.
Researches questionable billings and processes required adjustments to the accounts. (GS-09)
19.
Verify accuracy of personnel, benefits and payroll data and reconcile errors or inconsistencies.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
20.
I certify, to the best of my knowledge that all the information in my application is true, and that I have truthfully and accurately represented my work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education. I understand that providing false or fraudulent information may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I also certify that I have read the entire vacancy announcement; that I have reviewed my answers to the eligibility questions for accuracy; and that I understand what supporting documentation, if any, is required for submission and when it's due.