Duties

Summary

The foundation for success of the Defense Commissary Agency mission is our people. It is DeCA's goal to have a workforce that is comprised of our nation's diverse cultures and backgrounds. DeCA operates a worldwide commissary system that provides quality grocery products to active duty military personnel and retirees, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and their families, as well as current DeCA employees. The agency employs over 15,000 people and its annual sales exceed $4 billion.
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Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with current fiscal and financial management policies and procedures.
• Advise on matters relating to fiscal management including planning, programming, budgeting, review and analysis, work project programming and control.
• Assist with the development and tracking of required project elements.
• Ensure appropriate coordination within the IT Directorate and the Agency on all financial and program plans submitted.
• Coordinate, integrate, present, and defend the Division programs and budget and monitor the status of all audits and inspections.
• Analyze, evaluate and synthesize program financial data using quantitative and qualitative techniques by interpreting program plans, budget proposals and program accomplishments.
• Participate in phases, milestones, and final program reviews.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - May be required to travel by scheduled and nonscheduled government and/or commercial aircraft, as well as other modes of travel, under conditions specified in the Department of Defense Joint Travel Regulations.

Supervisory status
No

Promotion Potential
12

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a United States Citizen
• Application materials must be received by 11:59 EST on the closing date.
• Work Schedule: Full Time
• Tour of Duty: Regular M-F
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Costs: Are NOT Authorized.
• Position Sensitivity: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Security Requirements: Secret
• Overtime: Occasionally
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel: Occasionally
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non exempt
• Bargaining Unit Position: No
• Obligated Position: No
• Selective Service Requirement: All male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the selective service system or exempt from Selective Service. Please visit https://www.sss.gov/ for more information.
• Member of Defense Acquisitions Corps: Required. Incumbent must obtain a DAWIA Business Financial Management, Level II acquisition professional certification within 24 months of hire.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, by the closing date of this announcement, you must possess one of the following:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 grade level that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector.

Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Preparing and presenting accounting and financial reports.
• Using automated financial management systems to capture data.
• Applying accounting and finance practices, procedures, regulations, precedents, policies, and guidelines to determine compliance and deficiencies.
• Composing written documents pertaining to financial and accounting data.

Additional information is available in the Group Coverage Qualifications Standards for Administrative and Management Positions and the individual occupation requirements for the Commissary Management series, https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1100/commissary-management-series-1144/ .

Volunteer Experience: Your experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

In addition to meeting the qualifications outlined above, you must also meet the following by the closing date of this announcement:
(a) Time after competitive appointment requirement: You must have completed three months of civilian service after a competitive appointment.
(b) Time in grade eligibility requirement: You must have held a permanent appointment in the competitive or excepted service for a minimum of 52 weeks at the GS-11 grade level (or equivalent).

Education

Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position at this grade level.

Additional information

• Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement upon its closing.
• If selected, you may be required to serve a two-year probationary period.
• Deliberate attempts to falsify your application information, such as copying portions of this job announcement into your resume, may result in you being removed from consideration.
• Individuals with Financial Difficulty: https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/Mythbuster_on_Federal_Hiring_Policies_0.pdf .
• Regarding Interviews: Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodations may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.
• Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. Annuitant applicants are advised, in accordance with DoD Policy, further consideration for the vacancy is not permitted, irrespective of eligibility or qualifications. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/1400.25-V300.pdf . Reemployed Annuitant: A former federal employee who has retired under either the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) or Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) is an Annuitant.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies:

• Communication
• Concepts, Policies, and Principles of Finance
• Minimum Qualifications GS-12
• Planning and Evaluating
• Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis

NOTE: Applicants must choose ALL APPLICABLE ELIGIBILITIES in order to receive consideration for this announcement. Failure to choose any eligibility or select the wrong eligibility will result in non-consideration for this position. If you are unsure as to your eligibility, please select ALL Eligibilities.

REVIEW OF APPLICATION DOCUMENTS (FOR ALL APPLICANTS):
To determine your qualifications, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the questions. The score you receive is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully as errors or omissions may affect your rating.

Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance
Secret

Drug test required
No

Position sensitivity and risk
Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Moderate Risk

Trust determination process
Suitability/Fitness

Required Documents

Application packages should include the following documents:

• Questionnaire: Required
• Transcripts: If using education to qualify; See education section for more information
• Resume: Required **To ensure full consideration of your experience and education we encourage you to use the USAJOBS resume builder to prepare your resume or to guide you in preparing your resume.

For qualifications determinations your resume must contain the following:

• Applicant's full legal name and contact information.
• Description of your duties
• Number of hours worked per week
• Beginning and ending dates (month/year) for each position

If applying as a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA) eligible, you must submit supporting documents with your application package to verify eligibility. A copy of your DD214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty," Showing your Character of Service (i.e. Honorable Discharge) is required. If unable to verify Character of Service, you will not be considered under this eligibility. If using a service connected disability to qualify, a Veteran's Disability (VA) letter is required. If you need assistance in obtaining a VA Letter please visit; https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage .

Applicants who fail to provide the required information on their resume will not receive consideration for this position. See http://www.usajobs.gov/Content/pdfs/Tutorials-Resume for more information.

Employees Serviced by DLA: Civilian federal employees who receive human resources servicing through the Defense Logistics Agency DO NOT need to submit supporting documentation if applying through merit promotion. Your record in Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF) will be used to verify your eligibility. It is your responsibility to ensure the required documents are in your eOPF for verification purposes. If your documents are not in eOPF, you must submit them to the announcement you are applying for, at the time of your application. Failure to submit all of the documents on time will result in automatic disqualification.

Overseas Employees: DeCA employees working overseas MUST submit a copy/copies of your SF-50, showing you meet the Time in Grade and Time After Competitive Appointment eligibility requirements and are a current appointable DeCA employee with Career or Career-Conditional status.

If you are currently serving on active duty and expected to be released or discharged within the next 120 days, you must submit written documentation from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days from the date the written documentation is signed. If selected, additional documentation may be required prior to appointment.

Additional required supporting documentation: Required documents vary based on the authority under which you are applying (i.e. current permanent Federal employee, military spouse, Schedule A, etc.). See http://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DeCASupDoc2.pdf for more information.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.