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Position Title
Financial Analyst
Agency
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Announcement Number
25-HUD-143-P Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, November 25, 2024 to Tuesday, December 10, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)?  Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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3. Are you a displaced Federal employee eligible under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)?  Click ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
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Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government? (limit characters)
3. If you were born a male after December 31, 1959, and are at least 18 years of age, have you registered with the Selective Service System (select "Not applicable" if this question does not apply to you)? (limit characters)
4. Are you a current Federal employee? (limit characters)
5. If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held. (limit 250 characters)
6. I am interested in having my application shared with other HUD hiring managers. I understand that electing this option will not impact my chances of selection from this vacancy announcement and does not guarantee that a similar vacancy announcement will be opened by another hiring manager for which I can be considered or selected. Please select one or more of the following HUD Program Offices that you authorize to receive your application information. If you do not wish for your application to be shared, please select "Please do not share my application information with other HUD hiring managers. (limit characters)
7. How did you find out about this position? (limit characters)
8. Please provide any specifics on your response(s) above. (limit characters)
Performance Appraisal
1. As outlined in the vacancy announcement, you must submit a copy of all pages of your most recent completed annual performance appraisal, dated within the last 12 months, that includes the final rating. If you have not submitted an appraisal meeting these specific requirements, you must explain why you are unable to do so in the next question. If you do not provide a copy of the performance appraisal, or a statement advising why it is unavailable, you will be removed from further consideration. If you are unable to provide a performance appraisal with your application, you will need to provide a reason in the text box below.

(Note: If you answer "NO" to this question, you must provide a reason as to why you were not able to provide a performance appraisal in the text box of the following question)

Have you submitted a copy of all pages of your most recent completed annual performance appraisal, dated within the last 12 months, that includes the final rating?
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2. If you answered "NO" to the previous question, please provide a reason as to why you were not able to provide a performance appraisal in the text box below. (limit characters)
Selective Factor
1. This position requires the incumbent to be proficient in reading, writing, and speaking in the Spanish and English language. Do you meet this requirement? (limit characters)
Assessment 1
Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
  • Managing and analyzing large volumes of financial data; AND
  • Applying analytical and problem solving techniques to identify financial trends and issues, and develop solutions; AND
  • Conducting financial analysis and developing financial analytical reports and presenting that data to management; AND
  • Providing direction or technical assistance and applying authorities such as financial laws and regulations, OMB circulars, or the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
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1. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the specialized experience statement. (limit characters)
Specialized Experience: For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
  • Managing and analyzing large volumes of financial data; AND
  • Conducting financial analysis and developing financial analytical reports and presenting that data to management; AND
  • Applying controlling authorities such as financial laws and regulations, OMB circulars, or the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
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2. Select the answer that best describes your experience as it directly relates to the specialized experience statement. (limit characters)
Specialized Experience: For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
  • Applying controlling authorities such as financial laws and regulations, OMB circulars, or the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); AND
  • Analyzing budget reports and identifying deficits; AND
  • Analyzing financial data from numerous sources to identify issues/problems and make recommendations to management.

OR Education: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M, if related. Degree program must have a major study in one of the following: finance, business administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.

OR Combination: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the specialized experience requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the education requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours), may be used to combine education and experience.
 
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3. Select the answer that best describes your experience and/or education as it directly relates to the experience statement above. (limit characters)
4. In your work, what types of financial internal controls have you reviewed or evaluated? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
5. Please choose the duties with which you have experience. Select all that apply. (limit characters)
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s). (limit characters)
6. I have resolved audit findings related to the financial management of programs. (limit characters)
7. Please specify where the above experience is documented in your resume. Please list the date(s), time(s) and place(s) this experience was gained. If you answered no to the previous question, please type N/A. (limit 250 characters)
8. Select the actions you have taken to assess the financial condition of an organization. Select all that apply. (limit characters)
9. Describe your experience monitoring the financial transactions of organizations. Select all that apply. (limit characters)
10. Which types of financial records have you evaluated? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
11. Which types of documents have you analyzed for compliance? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
12. What experience do you have regarding managing and analyzing large volumes of financial data? Select all that apply (limit characters)
13. Select the sentence that best matches the type of experience you have conducting financial analysis and developing financial analytical reports? (limit characters)
14. Which types of problems have you identified in your work? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
15. Which activities have you performed to identify relationships or trends in the information you review at work? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
16. What tasks have you performed while solving problems? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
17. Choose the statement below that best represents your experience generating alternatives to solve problems when precedents did not exist? (limit characters)
18. For which purposes or goals have you prepared written materials? Select all that apply (limit characters)
19. Select the responses that best describes your oral communication experience. Select all that apply. (limit characters)
20. Select the documents you have independently written in a professional setting? Select all that apply (limit characters)
21. For which audiences have you authored written material? Select all that apply. (limit characters)
22. Select from the below where you have acted as the primary contact. Select all that apply. (limit characters)