PROGRAM ANALYST

Summary

You will serve as a PROGRAM ANALYST in the UNMANNED & THEATER UNDERSEA WARFARE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, BUSINESS & PLANNING OFFICE of NAVUNSEAWARCENDIV KEYPORT WA.

Duties

• You will serve as the primary point of contact for financial matters on assigned projects, providing information and analytical advice to Customer Advocates and management on fund expenditures, tasking, monitoring, and final billing actions.
• You will provide financial leadership for ongoing and emergent projects, gathering and analyzing data on workload execution, production status, fund expenditures, and manpower across multiple execution areas.
• You will analyze program and system applications for improvement, applying analytical methods and techniques to develop or troubleshoot procedures and promote maximum project efficiency and economy.
• You will provide current-year guidance and mentoring to Customer Advocates, department managers, employees, and project managers on stabilized banded labor rates, service cost center rates, and out-year planning.
• You will act as the Comptroller Department liaison for one or more Customer Advocates, divisions, or branches and provide oversight of financial operations to ensure fiscal control and proper execution of funds.
• You will perform long-range planning activities using the approved workload planning process and system for assigned projects, generating reports and conducting complex studies and analyses to solve problems, identify trends, and document conditions.
• You will conduct detailed analyses of project performance, brief managers on findings, and make recommendations for financial improvement and corrective actions.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Experience working with a financial team, including in the Department of the Navy or a similar federal financial environment, involving financial reporting, financial analysis, tracking financial health and metrics, ensuring financial accuracy, and/or applying financial policy. Ability to work collaboratively with others on a team and provide financial analysis and advice to funds holders, technical project managers, and customer advocates. Providing analytical and evaluative advice on direct, overhead, service cost center, and capital investment fund expenditures, including tasking and allocation of funding, monitoring execution of funds at a macro level, and initiating or recommending final billing actions on completed projects. Gathering and analyzing data on workload execution, production status, projections of fund expenditures, manpower, and other aspects of the execution phase for ongoing or emergent projects. Applying knowledge of financial management principles, Defense Working Capital Fund accounting procedures, concepts, methodology, reporting, and cost control, as well as regulations, principles, practices, and methods of budget execution, formulation, and review. Conducting detailed analyses of project or program performance, identifying issues, and making recommendations for financial improvement, efficiency, and economy. Collaborating across technical project managers, customer advocates, and with external sponsor financial personnel to support fund management, workload forecasting, and proper execution of funds. Performing long-range planning activities and generating analytical reports or studies related to workload planning for assigned projects. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

How You Will Be Evaluated

In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies: ACCOUNTABILITY ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES COMPUTER LITERACY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROBLEM SOLVING REPORTING AND RECOMMENDATIONS This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review AND Structured Interview. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. If after reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination is made that you inflated your qualifications and/or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities or you may be found ineligible/not qualified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. All eligibility, qualifications, and time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Other Information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.