Government Financial Specialist

About the role

Full-Time Government Financial Specialist (NH-0501-03) serving the Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate under Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

Responsibilities

• Perform budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analysis and estimates of funding needs for one or more future budget years.
• Prepare and/or assemble information in support of formal presentations of budgets and requests and reviews before committees.
• Provide financial advice on complex financial issues; assessments of implementing decision and develop programs.
• Provide financial management technical assistance and support to the staff in an integrated planning, programming, budgeting, execution and closeout program for financial resources.
• Evaluate and advise on pending and current decisions and recommend courses of action.
• Conducts special studies requested by leadership to provide guidance, direction or action on established policies, procedures, regulations, or directives.
• Conduct financial and cost reviews to determine resource requirements based on actual and forecast workload.

Requirements

• Knowledge of structure, programs and work methods of organization(s) for budgeting work.
• Knowledge of the commonly used agency budget procedures, regulations, precedents, policies, and guides.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OMB, Congressional, and agency financial management and program objectives, budget precedents and controls guidelines, and regulations.
• Knowledge of Congressional, agency, and OMB budget processes, procedures, and requirements to include briefing formats and requirements.
• Knowledge of budgeting regulations and procedures for providing procedural guidance on budget administration.
• Knowledge of computerized budget system(s).

Skills

• Skill in projecting and analyzing the potential effects of budgetary actions on national economic, social, and/or political objectives.
• Skill in the analysis and resolution of complex problems.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to select and apply a variety of analytical methods and techniques to budgetary processes and special studies.
• Ability to develop new methods and techniques of budgeting applicable to the forecasting of long range funding needs.
• Ability to gather, assemble, and analyze data to prepare financial cost estimates, develop alternatives and finding requirements, and make recommendations to resolve financial/funding problems.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship
• Obtain & maintain a Security clearance
• This position has been designated as an acquisition position and is covered by the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP). The employee must meet, or be capable of meeting, Defense Acquisition Work Improvement Act (DAWIA