Remote Program Analyst Jobs in California, MD (NOW HIRING)

Summary
YOU WILL SERVE AS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST IN THE COMPTROLLER GROUP, BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT OF NAVAIRWARCENAC DIV.
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Duties
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• You will serve as a senior specialist and technical expert in Business and Financial Management and as a principal financial management analyst in support of complex programs, projects, and organizational requirements.
• You will plan, analyze, interpret, and resolve difficult financial and programmatic issues affected by changing laws, regulations, policies, organizational priorities, program direction, and resource limitations.
• You will provide timely advice to department heads and their staffs on financial management and policy and on the legalities of the financial system.
• You will analyze, interpret, reconcile, and evaluate financial information from multiple sources to assess execution status, identify trends, discrepancies, shortfalls, excesses, and emerging risks.
• You will provide liaison between operating departments and the NAWC's management on financial policies, procedures, and status of projects.
• You will provide resources support with primary emphasis on financial management and planning and determine the financial and programmatic effects of unresolved issues.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position is covered under the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA). Certification in the Functional Area and Tier assigned to the position, along with Continuous Learning (CL) points, are required within established timeframes.
• This is a Financial Management Level II certified position per the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Section 1599d. You must achieve this level within prescribed timelines.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain any required certification and/or license as a condition of employment.

Qualifications
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the (GS-11/12) grade level or pay band DA-04 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Knowledge and application of Department of the Navy financial management systems, including advanced proficiency in Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (N-ERP) as the system of record including reviewing, validating, reconciling, interpreting, and resolving complex commitments, obligations, accruals, expenditures, revenue recognition, labor distribution, funds distribution, project structures, charge objects, and related financial transactions; 2) Ability to use N-ERP and related financial and analytical tools-including Business Warehouse (BW), Advana/Jupiter Qlik-based dashboards, Shared Data Warehouse (SDW), Electronic Data Access (EDA), and other comparable tools to extract and transform data, identify systemic or transaction-level problems, maintain data integrity, support internal controls and audit readiness, and produce authoritative financial products and performance metrics; 3) Application of federal financial management concepts, appropriations law, internal controls, and the principles of purpose, time, and amount in accordance with federal guidance; 4) Ability to interpret broad or incomplete guidance, assess the financial and programmatic effects of policy changes, identify compliance risks, and develop supportable courses of action; 5) Demonstrate financial stewardship through the planning, justification, defense, allocation, execution, and monitoring of direct appropriations, reimbursable funding, Navy Working Capital Fund resources, or multiple fund types , evaluating labor execution, new order acceptance, carryover, expenditure plans, cost recovery, and impacts to the Net Operating Result; 6) Demonstrate financial management analysis by evaluating complex financial execution issues, execution trends, forecasts, burn rates, cost performance, resource constraints, and financial risk including developing alternative funding strategies, impact statements, variance explanations, budget exhibits, execution reviews, data-call responses, and recommendations that support senior-level decisions; 7) Ability to prepare, review, reconcile, present, and defend complex financial reports and leadership products involving multiple systems, customers, funding sources, or organizational components and financial products must be accurate, traceable, timely, and suitable for use by program managers, competency leaders, and senior management.
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.
Education
EDUCATION IS NOT SUBSTITUTABLE FOR EXPERIENCE AT THIS GRADE LEVEL,
Additional 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 - 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 - 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/
MIL SPOUSE - Military Spouse Preference applicants will receive priority consideration at the Full Performance Level (FPL) and if determined to be Best Qualified at the FPL, and selected, must be placed at the FPL. A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.
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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.
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