Summary

NSA is seeking passionate Business Management and Acquisition professionals to work as Business Financial Managers (BFM).

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Duties

Business Financial Managers work as part of a team that handles a wide range of budgetary tasks to effectively manage the total financial affairs of an organization, department, or program by executing financial transactions, performing regular cost analyses, and translating past, present, and proposed resource actions into meaningful and relevant budgetary information for their customers.

Responsibilities of a Business Financial Manager include, but are not limited to:

• Developing, planning, programming, and defending budgets.
• Integrating strategy, capability needs, requirement analysis, and performance requirements into the corporate planning and budgeting processes.
• Preparing budget documents that comply with relevant budget regulations, standards, and legislation.
• Administering, analyzing, and monitoring current budgets and expenditures for business decision making.
• Using financial principles to identify trends in data.
• Validating availability of funds.
• Preparing and monitoring procurement requisitions through to certification and execution.
• Preparing and presenting financial information to management.
• Networking and collaborating with counterparts across several different work roles and organizations, both inside and outside of NSA, to establish a financial profile and spend plan that supports the organization's priorities and requirements.
• Utilizing corporate financial databases and coordinating across organizational boundaries to plan, budget, and execute funding efficiently and accurately in accordance with financial regulations and mission objectives.
• Providing guidance, analysis, and support with regard to budgeting and current year funding execution activities to ensure that resources are appropriately accounted for in spend plans and executed in accordance with applicable resources management policies.
• Advising management on the regulatory aspects of resources management to avoid violations such as anti-deficiency and misappropriation of resources.
• Utilizing basic office technology resources to include a high level of spreadsheet usage.

Note: This is not a supervisory/management position.

Requirements

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

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.

The ideal candidate is someone who has a desire for continuous learning with strong problem-solving, communication (both oral and written), and interpersonal skills who is:

• Accountable
• Detail-oriented
• Able to adapt to changing requirements
• Able to manage multiple tasks and assignments
• Able to work effectively within teams across cross-functional areas in a professional and collaborative environment, with increasing level of independence
• Customer service focused
• Efficient at Microsoft Office suite of tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)

Specialized knowledge and experience in any of the following is desired, but not required:

• Training in federal budgetary transactions
• Training in federal acquisition
• Developing a budget or financial plan for an organization, organizational unit, program, or expenditure/cost center
• Recording and analyzing financial data and transactions for legality, appropriateness, and accuracy in the federal environment

The following certifications are preferred, but not required:

• Certified in Business Financial Management under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA).
• Certified in the Department of Defense Financial Management (DoD-FM)

The training to become certified in Business Financial Management under DAWIA and the DoDFM will be provided if not already held.

Required Documents

**VETERANS AND TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS**
Thank you for your service! The National Security Agency (NSA) is part of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). All positions at NSA are in the Excepted Service under Title 10, United States Codes (U.S.C.), Section 1601 appointment authority.

Veterans' Preference
In accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, "DoD Civilian Personnel Management System: Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System Employment and Placement," NSA applies veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5, U.S.C., to eligible candidates. If you are claiming veterans' preference, you are required to provide acceptable documentation of your preference eligibility upon application.

Acceptable documentation includes:

• DD-214: "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," which shows dates of service and discharge under honorable conditions (Copy 4);

OR

• Certification of Service:

A written document on letterhead from the appropriate branch of the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed. The certification should include the military service dates, including the expected discharge or release date;
AND

• Standard Form 15 (SF-15)

Application for 10-point Veteran Preference (http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf15.pdf).

If you are claiming a service-connected disability of 30 percent or more, the documentation you provide must specifically demonstrate this level of disability;
AND

• VA Letter of Disability (for 10pt and Sole Survivorship rating)

You may obtain a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs reflecting your level of disability for preference eligibility by visiting a VA Regional Office, contacting a VA call center, or online (https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/).

**Failure to provide sufficient documentation of veterans' preference eligibility may preclude NSA from identifying you as a preference eligible candidate during the hiring selection process.

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