Clarification from the agency

This vacancy announcement is open to current employees of the federal judiciary (AO or U.S. Courts) nationwide. This position is eligible for full-time remote telework. The selectee of this position may be assigned to an official duty station within or outside the Washington, DC commuting area. Accordingly, pay will be set based on the locality area/official duty station assigned.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO) is seeking a self-motivated, experienced Supervisory Financial Specialist professional to serve as the Financial Applications Section Chief in the Financial Innovations Division (FID). FID supports the Judiciary's strategic transformation efforts by assessing, recommending, and implementing financial management business practices and applications. FID analyzes and implements the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) guidance, Department of Treasury regulations, and government-wide accounting modernization initiatives. This position will report directly to the Chief of the Financial Innovations Division in the Financial Management Office.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Managing, supervising, and evaluating the performance of staff, ensuring operations are performed accurately and in a timely manner.
2. Providing technical and administrative supervision to the staff responsible for bankruptcy and restitution financial applications, processes, and systems.
3. Reviewing work papers and reports to evaluate quality, effectiveness, and adherence to policies and standards.
4. Researching, identifying, planning, implementing, and supporting financial system, business process improvement, and modernization efforts.
5. Creating, submitting, and reviewing reports from complex financial systems required by senior management, financial managers, program offices, or customers.
6. Preparing reports, correspondence, recommendations, manuals, and regulatory or procedural guidance.
7. Reviewing and interpreting legislation, reports, and recommendations, including Department of Treasury and Government Accountability Office (GAO) guidance, to address system deficiencies and ensure compliance with requirements.
8. Reviewing and prioritizing system change requests, documenting requirements, conducting testing, and supporting system deployments.
9. Performing studies, reviews, and assessments of financial management programs and systems throughout the Judiciary.
10. Providing consultations, analysis, advice, and recommendations to the courts on financial and programmatic management.
11. Identifying emerging problems, providing system assurance, and ensuring data integrity.
12. Researching and applying management principles of system analysis, design, and development.
13. Coordinating with other AO offices to ensure effective integrated and support.
14. Building relationship with management components, working groups, and other appropriate organizations.
15. Developing and implementing customer service assessment procedures.

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 must demonstrated experience in ALL areas defined below:

• Knowledge of accounting theories, practices, procedures, and policy supporting financial program operations and systems.
• Experience applying innovative approaches, identifying emerging problems, and using advanced techniques or methodologies on complex technical and systemic problem areas.
• Experience reviewing, analyzing, and interpreting applicable legislation and guidance, including Treasury and GAO guidelines for system compliance or development.

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.