Clarification from the agency

This vacancy is open to the public. This position allows for recurring and situational telework but does not qualify for full-time or remote telework. The duty station is in the Thurgood Marshal Federal Judiciary Building at One Columbus Circle NE in Washington, DC, across the street from Union Station with easy access to Metro (red line), VRE, MARC, and Amtrak.

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), Department of Administrative Services, Facilities and Security Office is seeking a dynamic, high energy, and exceptional Real Property Budget and Financial Management Analyst to join its team.

The Real Property Budget and Financial Management Analyst will play a pivotal role on a multidisciplinary team composed of Judiciary staff and contractors who will support the strategic planning efforts for the Judiciary's pursuit of seeking real property and legislative authorities both owned and leased buildings within the Judiciary. This position reports to the Chief, Real Property Asset Planning.

The ideal candidate possesses significant experience in budget preparation, budget authorization, budget execution, financial management, controls, and accountability for federal government operations.

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

1. Analyzing, developing, and presenting budget models for the implementation of real property assets and operations in the Judiciary and proposed authorities affecting assets.
2. Coordinating with subject matter experts to formulate multi-year budgets based on plan options related to the proposed transfer of buildings, contracts, surveys, drawings, projects to the Judiciary.
3. Performing budget projections based on the most efficient operating model that optimizes the delivery of real property services in the Judiciary.
4. Formulating proposed budgets for staff and contracts required to perform the functions of federal real property authority and management and develop controls for the financial management of these functions; and providing models for budget formulation and execution.
5. Developing plans and new solutions related to the Judiciary's pursuit of seeking real property authority and new legislative authorities and policies related to the management of real property assets occupied by the Judiciary.
6. Developing plans and schedules, coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, and assisting with communications.
7. Performing analysis and developing reports used to update leaders and stakeholders throughout the implementation planning and decision-making process.
8. Developing workforce plans by performing cost estimates for potential options.
9. Coordinating with subject matter experts to estimate total workforce costs (salaries, benefits, workspace, equipment, systems, contracts, etc.) for various organizational structure options.
10. Assisting in selecting the most efficient and cost-effective organizational models and assessing which functions should be performed by government employees versus contracts.
11. Developing exhibits, charts, and written analysis to support communications and decision making.
12. Identifying financial management requirements for implementing real property operations.
13. Assessing the workload created by the implementation of real property authority on functions such as budget, accounting, invoice management, and other financial management functions, based on the implementation and transition plans.
14. Coordinating with subject matter experts to perform a gap analysis to determine additional resources (i.e., staffing, contract) to support the additional workload.
15. Preparing and analyzing organizational structure recommendations for financial management functions and assisting in selecting the most efficient and effective models.
16. Identifying new business processes associated with financial management required to implement real property operations within the Judiciary, including modifying existing Judiciary business processes, new business processes, controls, and standard operating procedures.
17. Performing a gap analysis to identify new information technology systems and applications or modifications to existing Judiciary systems and applications required to implement real property business processes.
18. Identifying and evaluating efficiency, effectiveness, cost of implementation best-in-class processes and systems used in the government and private sectors and develop recommendations for adoption by the Judiciary.

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:

• Developing organizational change plans, including workforce analysis, organizational design, change management strategy, communications, risk analysis, and cost/benefit analysis.
• Performing unstructured analysis and evaluations, including the development of written analysis, briefings, reports, communications, and decision-making support for senior executives.
• Knowledge of the federal government acquisition process, including information technology services contracts, real property services, financial management services, and contractor staffing supporting federal acquisition business processes.

• 10+ years of federal financial management experience (i.e., budgeting, accounting, cost estimating, invoice management).
• Direct federal acquisition experience (i.e., managing or developing contract requirements, contracting officer representative, writing contract requirements, serving on a technical review panel, etc.).
• Knowledge and understanding of information technology systems in federal accounting, financial management, and budgeting.
• Knowledge and understanding of federal financial reporting, controls, and auditing.
• 5+ years developing and delivering high-level briefings to stakeholders (i.e., executives, internal stakeholders, government officials).
• Exceptional decorum and team skills to advance complicated topics and projects.

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.