Financial Management Specialist

Summary

As a Financial Management Specialist with the Enterprise Data Analytics Office, you will lead professionals in developing Power Platform solutions and data integration tools for efficient financial analysis. You will translate executive requirements into technical solutions, integrate federal Enterprise Resource Planning data with Microsoft cloud services, and deliver analytical products supporting the Chief Financial Officer and Agency leadership in budget execution and decision-making.

Duties

• Lead digital transformation for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) by modernizing legacy financial reporting with cloud-based Microsoft Power Platform solutions and ensuring federal cybersecurity and data governance compliance using AI.
• Design and deploy enterprise-grade Power BI dashboards, Power Apps, and Power Automate workflows to provide real-time visibility into budget execution, obligations, cost performance, and workforce analytics for executive decision-making.
• Integrate disparate financial datasets from federal accounting systems into Microsoft environments, designing secure data pipelines and optimized semantic models to support self-service analytics across OCFO.
• Conduct advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast budget trends, identify cost overruns, and translate complex financial metrics into actionable insights for Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and senior NASA leadership.
• Collaborate with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCIO), mission directorate analysts, and external vendors to ensure financial tools meet security, operational, and federal compliance requirements.
• Automate manual financial reporting processes using Power Automate and SharePoint workflows to increase operational efficiency, reduce human error, and maintain strict audit trails for federal accountability.
• Establish best practices and create comprehensive documentation for Microsoft data tools, providing training and mentorship to upskill the financial management workforce in modern analytical capabilities.
• Serve as primary change agent for OCFO modernization efforts, ensuring system interoperability and data security while maintaining compliance with federal accounting standards and internal governance policies.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Integrating financial system data into reporting platforms, developing data models combining financial datasets, and creating analytical reports or dashboards that track financial metrics in accordance with federal accounting standards or organizational requirements. Developing automated workflows using Microsoft Power platform tools (or similar tools) to support financial management processes that incorporate access controls and ensure compliance with applicable federal regulations, policies, or security requirements. Leading or contributing to financial management systems modernization by translating strategic objectives into technical requirements and developing technology solutions for executive decision-making. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements outlined in this vacancy announcement. Your resume and supporting documentation will be reviewed in conjunction with your responses to the assessment questionnaire. As part of the assessment, your responses will be scored and used to place you into one of two quality groups. These scores, along with your qualifications and supporting materials, will determine your referral status. Please ensure your application materials and responses accurately reflect your experience and competencies, as misrepresentation may result in removal from consideration. These competencies will be assessed using technical assessments. They may also be evaluated during a structured interview: Budget Administration Budgeting Management Financial Analysis Financial Management Information Management Organizational Awareness Technical Competence Technology Application To preview the application questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13088942 NASA considers 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). 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. Under NASA's quality grouping process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of two groups identified and defined below: Best Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria. Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities. Candidates eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority consideration will be referred before other candidates, as necessary. If no such candidates apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candidates will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration: Best Qualified merit promotion candidates. Highly Qualified merit promotion candidates may also be referred, if additional candidates are needed. Qualified candidates eligible for consideration under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans' preference rules, as applicable. Qualified candidates that are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities. NASA will not ask you to disclose criminal history record information during the application process or before we make a conditional/tentative offer of employment. If you apply for this position and are selected, NASA will conduct a suitability/security background investigation after you accept a tentative job offer. If you feel you are asked to disclose your criminal history before you accept a tentative offer and wish to file a complaint within 30 days, please contact: [email protected]. Other Information

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement. If you are applying for a GS-12 or higher level and are a current federal employee, you must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.) Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year. If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must: - Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility. - Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the 'Best Qualified' category are considered well-qualified. Please see 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for more information. - Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in 'Required Documents' For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, click here - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/#ictap. Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments | NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit.