SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

About the role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Finance (OF), Financial Operations, Financial Systems Management and Oversight Division. The Division is responsible for planning, developing, integrating, implementing and supporting CBP's financial management systems.

Responsibilities

The Financial Systems Management and Oversight Division is comprised of three Branches: Administrative Systems; Business Information Systems; and Revenue & Robotics. Typical duties include:

• Supervising subordinate employees performing the core work of the unit while managing major, agency-wide systems development efforts in accordance with established implementation schedules, funding, and customer commitments, including the planning, development and timely delivery of user training, new systems operational availability and user support.
• Developing and executing, overseeing, or coordinating primary financial/accounting systems design aspects of enterprise-wide systems development, integration or modernization project plans, strategies and implementation schedules that are central to the agency's mission.
• Planning, developing, implementing, integrating and supporting business information and decision support systems, consistent with agency policy, business processes, goals, user requirements, implementation schedules, and applicable standards.
• Guiding and reviewing the development (or developing and coordinating the contents) of planning documents, business cases, and Cost Benefit Analyses with the goal of producing sound justification for financial systems projects.

Qualifications

You qualify for the GS-15 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

• Leading or supervising the planning, development, integration, implementation, and support of complex financial management systems or business information and decision support systems.
• Providing authoritative technical advice and guidance on financial system planning, development, and operational matters to program officials and executive decision-makers.
• Ensuring financial systems comply with Federal financial management practices, standards, and requirements, and are effectively integrated with existing systems.
• Developing and coordinating planning documents, business cases, and Cost Benefit Analyses for financial systems projects.
• Negotiating and resolving complex systemic policy, procedural issues, and challenges related to the design, modification, configuration, and deployment of multi-level financial systems.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (exceptions may apply for federal civilian/military employment, study abroad, or contractor work supporting the U.S. government).
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• You may be required to pass a background investigation.
• CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• Financial Disclosure is required.
• All new federal employees must serve a one year probationary period; an 18 month supervisory probationary period may also be required.
• Current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service by 08/06/2026.
• If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Pay

This position starts at a salary of $149,323.00 (GS-15, Step 1) to $194,122.00 (GS-15, Step 10) with promotion potential to $194,122 (GS-15 Step 10).

Schedule

This position is located in Indianapolis, IN. This vacancy has a local commuting area requirement, as defined by the area surrounding the duty station by which people reasonably travel back and forth from home to work.