Financial Systems Analyst

Job Description

Duties

The Financial Systems Analyst performs the following major duties:

• Financial Systems Management: Manages a portion of an enterprise-wide or large-scale integrated financial management system, including the integration of systems, interfaces, and custom extensions. Provides expert guidance for user support and to determine system enhancements and changes required to meet new regulatory requirements and support business process changes. Initiates, coordinates, and resolves controversial or key user issues and problems related to financial systems design and modification.
• Financial Systems Operations: Develops approach for issues resolution; gathers business requirements and translates issues and testing plans to IT applications developers; plans and executes integrated testing scenarios; executes regression testing for any changes to the system environment. Updates and tests the financial systems to streamline operations, simplify processes, and ensure the data integrity and responsiveness of the system to management.
• Financial Systems, Analysis Design and/or Adaptation: Develops and designs automated solutions to meet the agency-level needs and federal regulatory requirements. Customizes systems to facilitate the efficient use of automated tools, and meet the customer needs. Works closely with other business units or outside third party vendors for the development and maintenance of interfaces and data integrations.
• Financial Systems Operational Instruction Development: Serves as the primary liaison from the Financial Systems division to the stakeholder client offices. Consolidates and develops instructions for assigned application or modules, including instructions to integrate aspects of former or projected systems.

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Requirements Conditions of Employment

Please read this announcement in its entirety prior to submitting your application.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be at least 18 years of age.
• All Federal employees are required to have federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. For additional information, see www.sss.gov.
• You must complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. These documents must be unexpired originalor certified copies.
• You must successfully complete a background security investigation with favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet this requirement will be grounds for employment termination.
• Prior to employment, and in compliance with statutes 5 USC 3322 and 22 USC 2507b, Peace Corps will conduct a check of Peace Corps records for both Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and former Peace Corps employees.
• All new employees are required to certify and submit a state of understanding acknowledging adherence to the Peace Corps condition of employment prior to day 1 of employment with the Peace Corps.
• This position requires a public trust background investigation.
• This is bargaining unit position.
• A one-year probationary period is required.
• The initial appointment to this position cannot exceed five years.
• This position is eligible for additional reappointments, per 22 USC §2506 (a)(8). The initial appointment is a term of five years and subsequent reappointments are in terms of up to five years.

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 01/21/2025 (the closing date of the announcement). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To ensure full credit for your experience, please indicate the start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and the location of employment in your resume. Qualification claims will be subject to verification.

Specialized Experience:

This vacancy is being announced at two grade levels:

Specialized Experience at the FP-02 (GS-14): To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-02 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-03 or GS-13 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Supports and maintains Peace Corps custom financial applications (For example: FOR Post, Living Allowance Survey and Odyweb); manages functional systems design issues, and develops and executes unit testing plans; Experience developing and designing automated solutions to meet agency level needs and federal regulatory requirements; Experience independently analyzing designing and testing complete financial and asset management system for a large-scale organization. Experience providing user support and determining and implementing system enhancements.

Specialized Experience at the FP-03 (GS-13): To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP-03 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-04 or GS-11/12 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience includes: Experience managing Peace Corps custom financial systems (For example: FOR Post, Living Allowance Survey Tool, Odyweb) or a portion of a large scale financial management system including the integration of systems, interfaces, custom extensions and supporting international operations; Experience analyzing designing and testing complete financial and asset management system for a large scale organization. Experience providing user support and determining and implementing system enhancements.

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Time-in-Grade (TIG) Requirements:

Current or Formal Federal employees, including current Peace Corps employees, must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the FP-09 (GS-05) grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position to which you are applying.

All current or former Federal employees (including internal employees) must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), “Notice of Personnel Action” that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

Please note:

• Past experience that satisfies the Specialized Experience MUST be well documented within your resume. Failure to provide this information in your resume with corresponding start and end dates (month, day, and year) of employment, the number of hours worked per week, and location of employment may result in disqualification from further consideration.
• Specialized Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer work done with National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) or other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
• One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.
• Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site.
• Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases. The FP-09 is the lowest entry-level grade and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level grade.

The minimum and maximum salaries listed on this announcement do not include locality pay. Salary will be adjusted in accordance with the locality pay of the duty location after selection.

Peace Corps Information:

• This is a federal civilian job in the Excepted Service. Peace Corps employees are paid on the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale.
• Telework eligible positions do not guarantee telework. See Peace Corps Manual Section 623 for agency policy regarding telework.
• Remote-work eligible positions do not guarantee remote work. See Peace Corps Manual Section 633 for agency policy regarding remote work.
• The Peace Corps uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
• This is a drug-free workplace and we promote a drug-free environment.
• Additional hiring needs may be filled through this vacancy.
  

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Applications will be reviewed once the vacancy announcement closes. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying as errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. We use a multi-step process to review and evaluate applicants:

1. Eligibility

We will review your resume and supporting documents to determine if you meet the eligibility requirements of this job announcement, including any required education, experience, and/or Selective Placement Factors.

You will be rated as ineligible if you are outside of the area of consideration (i.e., who may apply), your application is missing any required documents, or your resume does not demonstrate that you meet any applicable Selective Placement Factors.

2. Minimum Qualifications, Rating and Ranking

If you are found to meet the eligibility requirements, we will assess your experience by comparing your resume against your responses to the occupational questionnaire and the specialized experience at the grade level(s) for which you are applying. The occupational questionnaire is the list of questions in the automated system that you will have an opportunity to answer once you apply for the position. A “final score cutpoint” may be used when reviewing applicants.

You will be disqualified if your resume does not demonstrate that you possess the minimum qualification requirements. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated or falsified your qualifications, education, eligibility claims, and/or experience, this is cause for disqualification.

3. Referral and Selection

If you are found to be amongst the most highly qualified applicants, you will be referred to the selecting official. As part of the assessment and selection process, the selecting official may invite you to participate in a structured interview, check your references, and/or request that you submit a writing sample or complete a written assessment or exercise to further evaluate your qualifications for this position.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Financial Systems
• Systems Life Cycle
• Systems Testing and Evaluation
• Technical Problem Solving
  
  You may preview the questionnaire for this vacancy here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12660964

Required Documents

Your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which establish your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide any of these documents, your application will be marked as incomplete and disqualified from further consideration.

All required documents listed below, that are applicable to you, must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on 01/21/2025 (the closing date of this announcement).

1. Resume: All applicants must submit a detailed resume showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including job title and duties performed. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support your qualifications. The following information must be provided in your resume:

• Full name and address of the employer;
• Official position titles;
• Start and end dates of your prior employment (including month, day, and year);
• Work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent);
• Number of hours worked per week;
• Salary;
• If you are a current Federal employee or former Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series, and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09);
• A detailed list of duties & accomplishments; and
• Any completed education and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion date).TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and disqualified from further consideration.
  
  If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, you will not be considered for this vacancy.
  
  2. Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application must include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy. You must meet the requirements of at least one of the authorities listed in the “Who May Apply” section of this announcement to receive further consideration.
• SF-50(s): If you are a current or former federal employee (including current Peace Corps employees), you are required to submit a legible copy/copies of a recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action.
• Time-in-grade documentation: If you are applying for a higher grade and your SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you meet the one year time-in-grade requirement so you will need to provide an SF-50 which clearly demonstrates you meet the time-in-grade requirements. Award 50’s do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying time-in-grade. Examples of appropriate SF-50s include:
• Within grade increases at the highest grade held; or
• Promotions with an effective date more than one year old; or
• SF-50s at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.
• Peace Corps Eligibility (PCE) documentation of qualifying volunteer service: Applicants claiming PCE are required to submit documentation verifying that you are eligible.
• In most cases, this will be your Description of Service (DOS). Please include this under the “Proof of Volunteer with PC, VISTA, ACTION etc.” document place holder.
• The following statement must be included in the final paragraph of the signed DOS: This is to certify in accordance with Section 6.0 of Peace Corps Manual Section 285 that (NAME) served satisfactorily as a Peace Corps (Response) volunteer for a full term of service under an appointment of (X) months.
• PCRVs should also include their Verification of Service letter, which is important retirement and leave documentation.

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The Peace Corps shares a unique relationship with the people and communities in the countries in which work. For more than 60 years, Peace Corps has worked alongside people and communities of partnering countries in pursuit of world peace and friendship. Peace Corps brings together skilled, committed Volunteers with welcoming host communities for service opportunities in approximately 60 countries across the globe. Volunteers live and work side by side with community members on locally prioritized projects, building relationships, exchanging cultures and knowledge, and helping transform lives.

Come work alongside motivated and engaged employees who are passionate about the Peace Corps' mission of promoting peace and friendship. The Peace Corps provides professional development opportunities, fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace, and supports work-life balance. Be part of a team that supports Volunteers and host communities across the globe.

Top Three Reasons to Work for the Peace Corps:

1. The Peace Corps has a unique global mission, perhaps the best of any federal agency-to promote peace and friendship.
2. Benefits include competitive salaries with annual step increases as opposed to the General Schedule, which has longer waiting periods between step increases.
3. Peace Corps employees earn non-competitive eligibility (NCE) after three years of service. The Cornell Law School's site offers more information about NCE.