Financial Analyst (Direct Hire) Department of Transportion Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion Summary This position is in the Division of Financial Responsibility Filings, Office of Registrion, in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion. Incumbent serves as a Financial Analyst who participes in the performance of work and support of the Team's and Division's goals and objectives. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is in the Division of Financial Responsibility Filings, Office of Registrion, in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrion. Incumbent serves as a Financial Analyst who participes in the performance of work and support of the Team's and Division's goals and objectives. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Montgomery, AL Little Rock, AR Phoenix, AZ Sacramento, CA Lakewood, CO Hartford, CT Washington, DC Dover, DE Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Ames, IA Boise, ID Des Plaines, IL Springfield, IL Indianapolis, IN Topeka, KS Frankfort, KY Bon Rouge, LA Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Jefferson City, MO Jackson, MS Raleigh, NC Bismarck, ND Lincoln, NE Concord, NH Princeton, NJ Albuquerque, NM Carson City, NV Albany, NY Columbus, OH New Cumberland, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX El Paso, TX Laredo, TX Los Indios, TX Pharr, TX Progreso, TX Rio Grande City, TX Weslaco, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Montpelier, VT Madison, WI Charleston, WV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678
- $137,128 per year Salaries for all areas are available on the OPM website : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/ Pay scale & grade GS 11
- 12 Promotion potential 12 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- Full Time Travel Required Occasional travel
- Occasional travel may be required.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1160 Financial Analysis Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
FMCSA.R-2026-0002
Control number 883949600 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency Applicions accepted from any U.S. Citizen. Due to the potential of a high volume of applicants, not all applicants may receive considerion. Direct Hire Authority used to fill this position. The 'Rule of Many', Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy. Duties Help As a Financial Analyst, you will : Assist with the investigion of stakeholder complaints on trusts th are not in compliance with regulion, unpaid claims by trust providers, brokers/freight forwarders who fail to pay, and entities issuing trusts (financial institutions) and surety bonds (insurance companies). Develop procedures and processes for providers of surety bonds and trust fund agreements to notify FMCSA of any financial failure or insolvency of a broker or freight forwarder and initie cancellion of the respective financial responsibility. Execute surety suspension/civil penalty procedures to suspend a surety/trust fund provider's authority. Assist with conducting budget analysis and reconciliions for the Licensing & Insurance fee-based account on behalf of the Agency. This includes completing and evaluing the general ledger month and year-end procedures for the Licensing & Insurance fee-based account, including but not limited to journal entries, account reconciliion, adjustments, accounts receivable, credit and collection, and accruals th needs to be documented in a reconciliion spreadsheet. Supports the Self-Insurance Program, to include implementing a comprehensive Self Insurance Program for motor carriers th oversees the financial, operional, and economic soundness of corpore businesses in order to evalue the accuracy and adequacy of stements concerning financial condition and business operions made by such businesses in connection with FMCSA self-insurance eligibility. Analyze applicions to enroll in the Self Insurance program, as well as requests to modify existing self-insurance authorizions. Review, analyze and audit a company's financial stements and claims da to determine their ability to self-insure and ability pay their own claims on a quarterly and annual basis. This includes conducting a comprehensive evaluion of corporion finances and financial management operions and practices of commercial or other corpore organizions. Assist in determining if Colleral Coverages are adeque and if a company's self-insured claims liabilities are secured by its letter of credit or trust fund. Assist with evaluing ATNW (Adjusted Tangible Net Worth)/Claims rio th measures how much the company's or its guarantor's net assets back up the total self-insured claims liabilities of the company. Review applicions from Stes, cities, towns, and other municipalities to self
- insure motor carriers th want to opere under their Risk Pools, including the risk pool's financial condition, claims exposure, and continuous claims handling practices.
Assist with program oversight and management of the Designion of Process Agents (Form BOC-3) process. This includes developing and implementing a Designion of Process Agents (Form BOC-3) program th meets regulory guidelines, th is operionally effective and efficient, and th supports the FMCSA mission. The ideal candide is a mid-career transportion professional capable of providing effective customer service support to motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, cargo tank facilities, intermodal equipment providers, insurance companies, financial institutions, process agents and members of the general public regarding their registrion with FMCSA. Applicants must possess effective oral and written skills, research skills, and be capable of paying tention to details involved in the reviewing, analyzing, and processing of applicions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify. Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de. Required documents must be submitted by the closing de. Direct Hire Authority/SME used to fill this position.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.
SELECTIVE SERVICE
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD
This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card issued and must be retained for official business only.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION
A background security investigion is required for all selected individuals. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigion and favorable adjudicion. Failure to meet these requirements grounds for terminion.
PROBATIONARY PERIOD
Applicants may be required to successfully complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed). Qualificions To meet the minimum qualificions for this position, you must meet the specialized experience qualificions for the grade which you are requesting considerion. To qualify for the Grade 11 on experience , you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-09 it must include: Experience using public (not government) accounting principles and Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) in evaluing the financial health of a commercial company. Experience in 1 or more of the following functions: Analyzing cash flow, insurance claims, adjusted tangible net worth, liabilities, financial stements. Experience with assisting in providing oversight, guidance, and/or analysis of financial institutions th issue trust fund agreements and/or Insurance Companies th issue surety bonds or commercial insurance policies; and/or analyzing financial stements and preparing financial recommendions To qualify for the Grade 11 on Educion alone , you must have 3 years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. degree OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You can also qualify based on a combinion of higher level gradue educion and experience. This must be fully supported by your resume and transcripts, provided with your applicion. To qualify for the Grade 12 , you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11 it must include: Experience using accounting principles and Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) in evaluing the financial health of a commercial company. Experience in 2 or more of the following functions: Analyzing cash flow, insurance claims, adjusted tangible net worth, liabilities, financial stements. Experience in providing oversight, guidance, and/or analysis of financial institutions th issue trust fund agreements and/or Insurance Companies th issue surety bonds or commercial insurance policies; and/or analyzing financial stements and preparing financial recommendions You cannot qualify on educion alone the Grade 12; you must have experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Principles of Accounting
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparion of work sheets, financial stements, ledgers, and journals. Informion Management
- Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gher informion; organizes and maintains informion or informion management systems. Manages and Organizes Informion
- Identifies a need; ghers, organizes, and maintains informion; determines its importance and accuracy and communices it by a variety of methods. Problem Solving
- Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of informion; uses sound judgement to genere and evalue alternives, and to make recommendions. Written Communicion
- Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience.
For all types of considerion, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/classificion-qualificions/general-schedule-qualificion-policies/#url=e4 All applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Additional informion The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. For this announcement, applicions will be reviewed to determine if the applicant meets the basic qualificions for this position. The applicions of individuals who meet the basic qualificions assessed to valide th the applicant possesses the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) the level of proficiency needed to perform the job successfully. Applicants who are found to possess the necessary KSAs to perform the job may be referred to the selecting official for further considerion. To receive full credit during evaluion, your assessment responses must explicitly point back to your resume, as HR cannot make assumptions about your experience. You must write your narrive answers in full paragraph form, beginning each response with the exact position title, organizion, employment des (MM/YYYY-MM/YYYY), full-time/part-time, average hours worked per week, and federal series/grade (if applicable) as listed on your resume. Within the paragraph, clearly describe your specific individual duties, actions taken, tools used, and measurable outcomes to prove your level of expertise. HR will cross-check your narrive against your resume; if your resume does not fully support every detail and timeframe claimed in your written response, the claimed experience disallowed, which may result in an ineligible determinion. You will not be considered for the position if any part of the applicion or supporting documention is incomplete. Falsifying your background, educion, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or adverse action after hiring. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents
Required Documents Help RESUME:
In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES
If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the standards for this vacancy and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Qualified
CTAP/ICTAP
candides receive priority and referred to the hiring manager. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address
DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave
SE / HAHR
- 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.
com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist may evalue your applicion. If evalued, qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request
Required Documents Help RESUME:
In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to
DISPLACED EMPLOYEES
If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the standards for this vacancy and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Qualified
CTAP/ICTAP
candides receive priority and referred to the hiring manager. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address
DOT, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave
SE / HAHR
- 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.
com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist may evalue your applicion. If evalued, qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Additional locions Lakewood, CO Hartford, CT Washington, DC Dover, DE Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Ames, IA Boise, ID Des Plaines, IL Springfield, IL Indianapolis, IN Topeka, KS Frankfort, KY Bon Rouge, LA Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Jefferson City, MO Jackson, MS Raleigh, NC Bismarck, ND Lincoln, NE Concord, NH Princeton, NJ Albuquerque, NM Carson City, NV Albany, NY Columbus, OH New Cumberland, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX El Paso, TX Laredo, TX Los Indios, TX Pharr, TX Progreso, TX Rio Grande City, TX Weslaco, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Montpelier, VT Madison, WI Charleston, WV Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Montgomery, AL Little Rock, AR Phoenix, AZ Sacramento, CA Lakewood, CO Hartford, CT Washington, DC Dover, DE Tallahassee, FL Atlanta, GA Ames, IA Boise, ID Des Plaines, IL Springfield, IL Indianapolis, IN Topeka, KS Frankfort, KY Bon Rouge, LA Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Augusta, ME Lansing, MI Saint Paul, MN Jefferson City, MO Jackson, MS Raleigh, NC Bismarck, ND Lincoln, NE Concord, NH Princeton, NJ Albuquerque, NM Carson City, NV Albany, NY Columbus, OH New Cumberland, PA Nashville, TN Austin, TX El Paso, TX Laredo, TX Los Indios, TX Pharr, TX Progreso, TX Rio Grande City, TX Weslaco, TX Salt Lake City, UT Richmond, VA Montpelier, VT Madison, WI Charleston, WV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678
- $137,128 per year Salaries for all areas are available on the OPM website : https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/ Pay scale & grade GS 11
- 12 Promotion potential 12 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
- Full Time Travel Required Occasional travel
- Occasional travel may be required.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
FMCSA.R-2026-0002
Control number 883949600