Acquisition Program Financial Management Specialist, SBST.

Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) in Chantilly, VA is searching for an Acquisition Program Financial Management Specialist to support SBST at JB Anacostia-Bolling (NH-0501-03, GS-12/13 Equivalent).

Description

Step into a pivotal role where your financial expertise will directly fuel the U.S. Space Force's ability to develop and sustain critical, cutting-edge space capabilities. As a key member of our team, you will serve as the functional expert for all aspects of financial management, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and compliance of our accounting systems and processes. Your daily mission will involve providing authoritative financial analysis, supporting audit readiness, managing program budgets from planning to closeout, and developing innovative solutions to complex financial challenges. If you are ready to apply your advanced accounting and financial management skills to a mission of national importance, this is the job for you!

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an innovative self-starter and a U.S. citizen eligible for a Top Secret/SCI clearance, is able to obtain a Financial Management Level 2 Certification and meet DAWIA requirements for a Level 2 Practitioner in Business/Financial Management. They are a functional/technical expert in accounting and financial management, with deep knowledge of accounting principles, theories, and practices within a DoD framework. Their background includes extensive experience in program financial management, strategic planning, Financial Improvement and Audit Remediation (FIAR), and the full lifecycle of planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE). They excel at analyzing complex financial data, developing solutions, and possess the leadership and communication skills necessary to provide authoritative financial advice and collaborate seamlessly across diverse teams and with senior leadership.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of processes and procedures related to program management and strategic planning activities needed to execute projects and/or studies within established financial and time constraints.
• Ability to encourage new ideas and innovations; manage human, financial and information resources strategically and build coalitions to achieve common goals.
• Skill in working with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, and satisfy expectations
• Ability to persuade others to accept recommendations, negotiate mutually acceptable solutions and execute projects and/or studies within established financial and/or time constraints.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to organize work, set priorities, and determine resource requirements; determine goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinate with other organizations; monitor progress, and evaluate outcomes.
• Knowledge of quantitative techniques and methods used to develop, adapt, modify and apply models to resolve problems or define and clarify alternative solutions.
  
  

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret /SCI security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive and/or classified information and/or files.
• This position is designated as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Testing Program.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• May be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• PCS / relocation funding is authorized.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): 15 days a year.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• This position is part of the Acquisition Professional Development Program (APDP).
• The employee must meet the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requirements applicable to the duties of the position.
• This is a Financial Management Level (1, 2, or 3) Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
• Employee must within 30-days of assuming this position and annually thereafter, file an OGE-450, “Confidential Financial Disclosure Report.
  
  

Qualifications

The 0501 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements

Additional information

Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click

is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.