Clarification from the agency

This position is open to current federal judiciary employees and current or former federal employees. This position allows for recurring and situational telework but does not qualify for full-time or remote telework.

By fulfilling its mission, the Defender Services program helps to (a) maintain public confidence in the nation's commitment to equal justice under law and (b) ensure the successful operation of the constitutionally based adversary system of justice by which both federal criminal laws and federally guaranteed rights are enforced.

The incumbent of this position will serve as a Financial Analyst on the Administrative Operations Staff financial team. This analyst will be a part of a high functioning team that specializes in the financial management of the defender appropriation's centrally managed funds. This team researches and provides guidance and education to DSO and defender organization staff. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and analytical skills and is able to efficiently process high volumes of financial transactions. Candidates who are willing to learn, diligent, self-motivated, problem-solvers, and intellectually curious, will thrive in this position.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

1. Preparing weekly, quarterly, and year-end financial reports and projections to ensure proper monitoring and oversight of DSO's budget and finance.
2. Reviewing data and reports to ensure all financial transactions have been timely and accurately entered, processed, paid, and de-obligated.
3. Preparing, processing, reviewing and approving requisitions, obligations, purchase and travel card transactions, invoices, payments, receipts, and travel authorizations and vouchers.
4. Performing monthly reconciliation of DSO's travel obligations charged to its centrally billed account.
5. Coordinating and facilitating reimbursable agreements with other agencies, including monitoring quarterly reimbursements.
6. Learning, researching, analyzing, and timely responding to staff and external questions regarding policies and procedures.
7. Innovating, developing, testing, and troubleshooting financial reports and automated processes.
8. Developing and delivering presentations to train DSO and defender organization staff on finance and travel policies and automated financial and travel systems.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience is demonstrated experience using principles, concepts, and practices of financial analysis to interpret data, provide technical programmatic advice to managers on a wide range of financial and budgetary issues, and present program-related financial documents to a wide variety of audiences.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation and compare this information to your responses on the occupational questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for this job. If you meet the minimum qualifications for this job, we will evaluate your application package, to assess the quality, depth, and complexity of your accomplishments, experience, and education as they relate to the requirements listed in this vacancy announcement.

You should be aware that your ratings are subject to evaluation and verification. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your resume and/or narrative responses, you will be assigned a rating commensurate to your described experience. Failure to submit the mandatory narrative responses will result in not receiving full consideration and/or rating credit. Deliberate attempts to falsify information may be grounds for not selecting you, withdrawing an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.