Financial Management Specialist

Joining the Secret Service, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Financial Management Division will allow you to process financial source documents for payment and records transactions in the financial system. For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.

The selectee will serve as a Financial Management Specialist in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Financial Management Division. Typical work assignments include: Exercises responsibility for examining, certifying, and documenting payment actions, including the administration and oversight of pre-audit and post-audit processes. Manages the agency's imprest/confidential fund program, purchase card program, and third-party draft program, ensuring proper internal controls, fiscal accountability, and adherence to all governing requirements. Performs complex financial analysis involving travel obligations, relocation expenditures, vendor payments, IPAC transactions, travel card activity, abnormal balances, advances, receivables, and reconciliation of financial transactions within agency financial systems. Represents the Branch Chief in meetings, briefings, and internal engagements, and collaborates fully with Branch leadership and CFO management in developing, formulating, and implementing policies, plans, systems, and procedures to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of the travel management framework. Reviews financial documentation for completeness, validity, proper authorization, supporting documentation, accounting classification accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Apply for this exciting opportunity to impact the agency's mission by performing a variety of duties related to controlling and maintaining fiscal records involving general ledger accounts reflecting the financial transactions and status of appropriations for the U.S. Secret Service. This Financial Management Specialist position starts at a salary of $102,415, GS-12 step 1 with promotion potential to $158,322, GS-13 step 10.

U.S. Citizenship is required. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service If selected for this position, you will be required to: Obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Tier 5 clearance. For more information visit OPM Mythbuster Page. Submit a credit check after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. Submit a financial disclosure report. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.