Senior Financial Specialist
SENIOR FINANCIAL SPECIALIST
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provides technical assistance in over 50 countries in five functional areas: economic crimes, government debt management and issuance, budget and financial accountability, banking and financial services and revenue policy and revenue administration. OTA is seeking a Financial Specialist for its Washington, D.C.-based headquarters. The person selected will be hired under a personal services contract and shall perform accounting functions and other financial related analyses to assist the Finance Manager in ensuring accuracy and timeliness of official accounting records, reports, and cost information for OTA projects and activities. Please note: These are PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTOR positions; NOT civil service positions.
SCOPE OF POSITION: Includes, but not limited to:
- Using accounting data from electronic financial systems (e.g. ORACLE, DISCOVERER), reconcile personal services contract activity and submit requisitions in PRISM as part of the routine maintenance of these OTA advisor contracts. This includes obligating new funds, de-obligating surplus funds, and administrative modifications submitted to make other contract changes.
- Assist in creating ad hoc financial reports as requested as requested by the Finance Manager and running of existing reports on monthly or quarterly basis.
- Represent the finance staff on committees and working groups evaluating and reforming office procedures. Research and report on the financial and accounting aspects of program activities.
- Train the accounting staff in reconciliation and requisition procedures and PRISM processing.
- Provide back-up in the following areas:
- Audit business vouchers. Resolve discrepancies. Coordinate the approval of vouchers being processed for payment.
- Routinely update and maintain contracts and reimbursable agreements.
- Reconcile accounting reports and request appropriate corrections.
- Perform special research projects concerning financial and accounting aspects of program activities.
- Certify funds requested for obligation on travel authorizations in CONCUR.
- Reconcile NFC 401(k) participant contributions with individual retirement savings plan accounts.
- Prepare and encrypt bi-weekly FTP (file transfer protocol) file used by the plan manager to populate 401(k) contributions.
QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. in accounting or related field is desired. Knowledge of Treasury accounting system, 10 years of accounting or financial-related experience is preferred. Computer experience, spreadsheet, word processing, EXCEL and ACCESS are mandatory.
U.S. citizenship is required.
SALARY AND BENEFITS: In accordance with program regulations and based on demonstrated salary history, salaries range from $44.15 to $57.40 per hour. Candidates will need to be eligible to obtain and maintain an appropriate level of security clearance, potentially up to the level of Secret.
HOW TO APPLY: Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume by e-mail to: recruitment@ota.treas.gov or by mail to:
Office of Technical Assistance
ATTN: Recruitment Coordinator
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
If applying by email, submit documents to recruitment@ota.treas.gov ONLY. For consideration, emailed applications must not be sent, or contain a Cc, to any OTA, IRS, or other government personnel or email address.
Please reference Solicitation A17055 on your cover letter and resume. When e-mailing, the subject line must contain the following: Solicitation A17055 - Senior Financial Specialists - Applicant's Last Name, First Name. Emails received not containing this subject line will be deemed non-responsive, and thus, will not be forwarded to the program office/selection official(s) for consideration.
Please be advised that all contractors, if hired, must obtain a Data Universal Number (D-U-N-S). Only applicants to be interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls please and no hand carries. This announcement is open until March 15, 2017 although selections may be made in advance of that date.
The U.S. Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer
OTA Recruitment Coordinator, Email recruitment@ota.treas.gov
