NEW
FEDERAL TECHNICIAN VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
08-132
OPENING DATE CLOSING DATE
01 MAY 2008 02 JUNE 2008
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST BE
POSTED ON UNIT BULLETIN BOARDS UNTIL THE DAY FOLLOWING THE CLOSING DATE.
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Application must be
forwarded to: |
POSITION
TITLE,LOCATION,PDCN,GRADE & |
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HQ New |
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Human Resource Office |
Financial Technician
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USPFO, |
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70754000, GS-0503-07 |
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(609) 562-0872 DSN 944-0872 |
$39,086 - $50,807 PA |
AREA OF CONSIDERATION:
If the individual selected is currently on a
title 10 tour no action can be taken until he/she is released from tour.
AREA I
- All
AREA II
- All Members of the NJNG
AREA III
- All personnel eligible for
membership in the NJARNG
If a
Restricted to current on board
technicians of the USPFO
If the individual selected is currently on a
title 10 tour no action can be taken until he/she is released from tour.
APPOINTMENT
STATUS: ( X ) EXCEPTED
( ) COMPETITIVE
( ) OFFICER
( ) WARRANT OFFICER ( X ) ENLISTED
MAXIMUM RANK: SGT/E5
MILITARY POSITION: Any unit in the New Jersey Army National
Guard.
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Employment in this position requires
concurrent military assignment to a compatible military position in the New
Jersey National Guard in one of the following military specialty codes:
MOS: 42A/F/L, 44C
NOTE:
THE INDIVIDUAL SELECTED HAS ONE YEAR TO OBTAIN ADVERTISED AFSC/MOS
LEVEL OF CLEARANCE/INVEST
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTORS: N/A
PRE-PLACEMENT PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: N/A
METHOD OF SELECTION:
SELECTING OFFICIAL: Ms.
Bonnie Cunningham, Supervisory Financial Technician
EVALUATION METHODS: Applications will be
reviewed to determine basic eligibility.
Applicants must meet the basic qualifications for the position,
including any selective placement factors, in order to be considered basically
qualified. Selection for this position
will be made without consideration of race, religion, sex, marital status,
national origin, age, lawful political or other affiliation, membership or non
membership in an employee organization, physical handicap which does not
prevent normal performance of duties, or other non-merit factor. Complete and accurate information must be
provided on your resume or application.
Attach additional sheets if necessary.
Acceptance of this position
requires participation in the direct deposit/electronic funds transfer program.
THIS POSITION IS AUTHORIZED
BY TITLE 32 USC, SECTION 709. POSITION HAS DIFFERENT
NEW
APPLICATION
PROCEDURES:
1. Applicants
may choose to apply by one of the following methods:
a. A resume;
b. OF 612 “Optional Application for
Federal Employment”, which can be found on the NJ HRO WEB Page
(www.state.nj.us/military/hro)
or from the HRO.
2. All government employees must provide a copy
of their last SF 50.
3. Insure information related
to the specific job you are applying for is accurate, complete and describes
job-related qualifications, rather than your entire work history over a period
of years. Please include all related
military experience, i.e., AFSC, MOS, etc. and explain your duties and
responsibilities. HAVING THE AFSC/MOS
DOES NOT IN ITSELF QUALIFY YOU FOR THIS POSITION.
4. To be
considered for this position, you must meet and answer the requirements for
"Specialized Experience", to include KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES,
or you will be found NOT QUALIFIED!
5. Government postage paid envelopes
, interoffice mail or government facsimile machines may not be
used to submit applications for employment.
E-mail applications will not be accepted.
6. Applications must be received
by close of business on the closing date.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized,
based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government's interest.
MAJOR JOB DUTIES (a copy of the complete position
description is available in the Human Resource Office): Performs account audits involving
retroactive payment problems. Makes adjustments to entitlements when updates to information cause
discrepancies on various accounts such as Traveler’s Profile, Vendor Pay
Account, and the Master Military Pay Account (MMPA). Conducts in-depth reviews of debts on
accounts on actions previously processed and interprets results to accurately
determine if corrective actions are necessary.
Issues Unit Preliminary Listing (UPL) and Active Duty Master Listing
(ADML) to unit(s) to initiate positive reporting of Unit Annual Training (AT)
pay. Analyzes Personnel Transactions
Registers using the Standard Installation/Division Personnel System (SIDPERS)
Query Screens and MMPAs to ensure erroneous
transactions do not occur as erroneous transactions may be automatically
created when SIDPERS personnel process actions.
Prioritizes release of transactions with regard to
DJMS Reserve Component/Active Component (RC/AC) Production Schedules(s) while
determining the timing of related actions without negatively affecting the
soldier’s pay accounts. Conducts
unit level Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) during pre-mobilization, reviews
orders to identify entitlements, provides guidance to soldiers to properly
complete documents required for mobilization (MOB) entitlements. Provides customer support
to military and technician personnel, vendors and Federal and state agencies. Coordinates technician pay
procedures between the Human Resources Office (HRO) and timekeepers. Processes student loan
payments to financial institutions on behalf of soldiers in the National Guard. Accesses the 5 Year Tax History to assist soldiers
with tax-related inquires. Processes, verifies, and audits pay actions
utilizing previous fiscal law cases, General Accounting Office (GAO) rulings
and Comptroller General (CG) decisions as guidelines. Possesses the ability to
positively interact with others to explain actions taken with respect to
entitlements, payments, collections and outstanding debts.
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience,
education or training which demonstrates the applicant’s ability to read and
apply a practical knowledge of procedures and established methods; and skill in
dealing with others in person-to-person work relationships.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have 12 months of
experience in the following:
KNOWLEDGE of a multitude of integrated automated financial systems
to perform complicated evaluations of pay actions to troubleshoot problem
disbursements to determine correct methods to input processing and/or systems
procedures and to adapt procedures for complicated, unique situations when
routine approaches will not resolve the problems.
KNOWLEDGE of the interrelationships of various automated systems applications and methods used to resolve unique and unusual problems.
KNOWLEDGE of computer systems, document processing, and the effects of transactions on existing records to modify automated processes in existing accounts while protecting the integrity of the historical data.
KNOWLEDGE of fiscal law, accounting and payment principles/procedures, contingency operations, financial management systems, pay and travel entitlements, National Guard structure, reporting requirements, analysis techniques, controls, budgeting principles, procedures, management principles and controls, visuals, oral and written presentation techniques and National Guard missions.
KNOWLEDGE of accounting and budgeting functional areas and their relationships to other automated systems.
KNOWLEDGE of commercial contract payment processing, receiving and invoicing procedures to compute commercial vendor payments.
SUBSTITUTION FOR SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Education
in schools above the high school level may be substituted for the experience on
the basis of one academic year of study (i.e. 36 weeks of substantially
fulltime or 30 semester hours, or the equivalent).
MUST
SUBMIT CERTIFIED COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS FOR CREDIT TOWARDS EDUCATION. PLEASE REFERENCE
THE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER ON TRANSCRIPTS.
distribution: B,C,S HRO
(3) DAG (1) DOIM (1) ESSO (4) USPFO (4) AASF #1 (2) AASF #2 (2) SAO (1)