Financial Services Technician (Title 5)

This National Guard position is for a Financial Services Technician (Title 5), the Position Description Number is T5132000 and is part of the USPFO located in Draper UT with the Utah National Guard.
The selecting supervisor for this vacancy is Mr. Christopher Thatcher.
Priority will be given to all current, onboard employees of the UTNG.Qualifications:

*Your resume must reflect in detail how the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer meets the below listed general and specialized experience required for the position.
**Must include beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week in order to determine part time vs. full time credit.
BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Skilled in collecting data effectively, efficiently, and accurately;
• Ability to clearly enunciate English without impediment of speech that would interfere or prohibit effective communication;
• Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats;
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively; and,
• Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:
One (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-0503-07 level or pay band in the federal service?
OR

• Have at least 1 year of basic finance program training or competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures.
• Must understand the basic principles and concepts of the National Guard financial business program requirements.
• Must have private or public finance program experiences, along with competencies, that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures.
• Must have experiences and training that demonstrate the abilities to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Must have the specialized experiences in providing analysis, validation, processing and correction of financial transactions.
• Experienced in the identification of issues/problems involving the full range of Financial Services.
• Skilled in working with ARNG inter-related systems and processes across multiple functional areas and their interoperability to ensure the validity and accuracy of all disbursements, collections, and adjustments related to financial records.
• Skilled in the ability to perform pay analysis of complicated pay, travel, and accounts payable issues involving corrective actions.
• Has the competencies to review pay concerns or complicated pay adjustments to include assessing unusual circumstances or conditions.
• Skilled in analyzing particular facts of financial transaction problems/issues, verify and evaluate data; and obtain additional information to reconcile discrepancies or inconsistencies.
• Has the knowledge of pertinent fiscal laws, regulations, precedent decisions, and procedures to determine appropriate action for resolution.
• Experiences included resolving tax processing problems based on soldier inquiries or internal control audits/review.
• Knowledgeable of how to resolve complex tax issues involving tax documents; Do It Yourself (DITY) moves; and, Relocation Income Tax Allowance (RITA) payments.
• Skilled in varied duties, such as, Financial Services payment systems (travel, accounts payable, and pay, such as, Joint Uniform Military Pay System Uniform Standard Terminal Input System (JUMPS); Operational Data Store (ODS); Standard Financial System ReDesign1 (SRD1); Defense Travel System (DTS), or, Integrated Automated Travel System (IATS). Competent in performing finance work that involved appropriate pay, allowances, and entitlements that resulted from multiple military and civilian statuses, to include, but not limited to, Title 10 active duty; Title 32 Inactive Duty for Training (IDT), Annual Training (AT), Active Duty for Training (ADT), Active Guard and Reserve (AGR), and Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS).
• Competent to process unique and special pay and entitlement actions in order to provide the appropriate entitlements, such as Base Pay; Basic Allowance, Housing (BAH); Basic Allowance, Subsistence (BAS); Incapacitation Pay (INCAP); Family Separation Allowance (FSA); Hazardous Duty Pay; Hostile Fire Pay; Combat Zone Tax Exclusion (CZTE); Special Duty Assignment Pay (SDAP); Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP); incentive (bonus) pay; Invitational Travel Authorization (ITA); Jury Duty; child support; wage garnishments; allotments; survivor benefits; and incentive pays (Jump Pay, Medical Pay, Flight Pay, Foreign Language Proficiency Pay).

OR education see belowEducation: Substitute for specialized experience -
To qualify for the National Guard GS-0503 Title 5 Excepted Service positions, on the basis of completed undergraduate or graduate education, the college degree education must be in one of -or- be a combination of the following required disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.
In order to be considered for this position using education as a basis of qualification, you must submit a copy of your transcripts.
AS A GENERAL RULE, ONE QUARTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR EQUALS .67 SEMESTER COLLEGE CREDIT HOUR.
For example, to compute the number of semester hours an applicant earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses by:1. Use the data point of .67 to compute Quarter Hours into Semester Hours:36 Quarter Hours X .67 Semester Hour = 24 Semester Hours.
OR
2 . May compute the number of semester hours an applicant has earned, after he/she successfully completed 36 quarter credits in accounting discipline courses:36 Quarter Hours /1.5 = 24 Semester Hours.
Hint: Whether you are converting Semester Hours into Quarter Hours; or, Quarter Hours into Semester Hours, the applicable computation data points are correct.
To qualify as a minimal entry level for the GS-0503-08 position, you must be eligible for entry into the position's Financial management Certification Career Program before final approval and appointment is processed.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.htmlEmployment Type: FULL_TIME