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Financial Management Specialist

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Drug Enforcement Administration

Washington, DC (In Person)

$111,163 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 3 days ago (Updated 11 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/26/2026

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Financial Management Specialist Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administrion Washington Division and New York Division Summary This position is loced in the DEA, New York and Washington Division. This position(s) primary purpose is to support the Domestic Division Financial Procurement Unit (FPU) with processing various types of accounting transactions, analyzing financial informion, and providing customer support within the assigned Division offices. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced in the DEA, New York and Washington Division. This position(s) primary purpose is to support the Domestic Division Financial Procurement Unit (FPU) with processing various types of accounting transactions, analyzing financial informion, and providing customer support within the assigned Division offices. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 07/03/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 3, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy New York, NY 5 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623 - $114,413 per year Pay scale & grade
GS 9 - 11
Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0501 Financial Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere 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
H-DEA-12931035-IMP-CK
Control number 874018900 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. 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 Current Drug Enforcement Administrion (DEA) employees in the competitive service on a career or career conditional appointment. Eligible displaced and surplus Department of Justice (DOJ) employees in the local commuting area. Duties Help As a Financial Management Specialistyour typical work assignments may include: Analyzing and developing cost da for a broad opering program utilizing a variety of sources. Providing customer service to assigned Division office(s)/group(s), vendors, and financial analysts. Assisting in the preparion of financial reports and making recommendions to the Senior Financial Management Specialist as needed. Collecting, analyzing, and validing budget da to help monitor and track resources for assigned program areas. Conducting research, identifying, and analyzing trends in the use of funds, and recommends adjustments in programs th require the rescheduling of program workloads. Reviewing and processing accounting transactions for broad and varied range of functions including obligions, accrued expenditures, disbursements, appropriion refunds, reimbursable orders, expenditure vouchers, and rejected transactions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is required. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigion. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance. Incumbent is subject to random drug testing. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, : http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
Selective Service:
Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/). You must maintain required certificions and access to necessary systems to complete the work. Qualificions For more informion on eligibility requirements see: DEA Employment Eligibility Applicants must meet the required qualificion requirements described below by the closing de of the announcement. If you are qualifying based on educion or if there are mandory educion requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcripts with your applicion. Applicants applying for the GS- 09 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have least one full year of specialized experience th is least equivalent to work performed the GS -07 grade level. Specialized 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. Qualifying experience must demonstre the following: 1) Assisting in performing a variety of financial and budget reled functions and administrive work in connection with financial and accounting systems within an office; 2) Reviewing documents for valid budget expenditure limitions, completeness and correctness of all financial da; 3) Responding to basic financial and accounting issues and inquiries; 4) Monitoring and maintaining financial transactions; and, 5) Ensuring funds are adequely safeguarded against fraud, waste, and abuse. OR B.
Educion:
Have a Master's or equivalent gradue degree -or- two (2) full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if reled. OR C.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total gradue semester hours minus 18 ) by 18. Add the two percentages. Applicants applying for the GS-11 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have least one full year of specialized experience th is least equivalent to work performed the GS- 09 grade level. Specialized 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. Qualifying experience must demonstre the following: 1) Assisting in managing an organizion's financial operions and reled administrive support; 2) Processing various types of accounting transactions into automed financial management systems (e.g., Unified Financial Management System (UFMS); 3) Performing analysis of financial informion using queries and reports; 4) Interpreting and explaining financial legislions and procedures to customers; 5) Identifying and resolving recurring issues reled to financial and accounting transactions; 6) Monitoring and maintaining financial transactions; and, 7) Ensuring funds are adequely safeguarded against fraud, waste, and abuse. OR B.
Educion:
Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree -or- three (3) full academic years of gradue level educion leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if reled. OR C.
Combinion of Educion and Experience:
A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed gradue semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total gradue semester hours minus 36 ) by 18. Add the two percentages. Additional informion on the position qualificion requirements are loced in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualificions Standards Handbook .
Time-In-Grade Requirement :
Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion See the qualificion section of this vacancy announcement for educion requirements. Educion completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the educion requirements if you can show th the foreign educion is comparable to th received in an accredited educional institution in the United Stes. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizions recognized as specializing in interpretion of foreign educion credentials, : www.naces.org/members.php . If you are claiming educion as any part of your qualificions for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion des, and quarter and semester hours earned. Additional informion For reasonable accommodion the Drug Enforcement Administrion, please contact the Human Resources office listed in this announcement.
Current or Former Political Appointees:
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If an applicant is currently, or has been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, applicants must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office listed in this announcement. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement . If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to similar positions in any Division/Office listed in this announcement. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions. Relocion Incentives may be considered and approved if the DEA has determined th the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of an incentive and funding for such an incentive is available. If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. 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. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and assessment questionnaire. Your resume reviewed to determine your qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume should demonstre how you meet all aspects of the specialized experience stement. This agency will not review additional informion beyond your resume. If you meet the eligibility and minimum qualificion requirements for this position a panel of subject-mter-experts (SMEs) will perform a structured review of your resume to evalue your knowledge, skills, abilities, and competences as they directly rele to the duties of this position. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Accounting Principles Financial Analysis Financial Management Problem Solving The assessment questionnaire includes four short, free-response essay questions which provides an opportunity for you to highlight your dedicion to public service for the hiring manager and agency leadership (or designee(s)). While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question in 200-words or less.? You asked to certify th you are using your own words and have not used a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChGPT or Copilot. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) candides must be well qualified for the position to receive considerion for selection priority. Candides are considered well qualified if their knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) exceed the minimum qualificions described in the announcement.
ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
You may preview the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12931035 . 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 All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Resume - must be no more than two pages in length; resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Resume should include applicants' name, email address, phone number, relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year), work schedule (e.g. part or full-time), the number of hours per week worked/volunteered, job title and description of duties performed. Educion/Certificion/Licensure when relevant or required for position. See Guidance for Applicants on 2-Page Resume and the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action): SF-50(s) must show the effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, competitive stus, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion. Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. To verify the time in grade requirement, applicants must submit a SF-50 verifying the highest grade held for least 52 weeks. Examples include, promotions with an effective de greer than one year, within grade increases demonstring the highest grade held for least 52 weeks or appointments/conversion of appointments with an effective de greer than one year. Career Transition Assistance Program documention , if applicable. (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.), most recent Performance Ring and more recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty locion. Other Qualificion documents (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable . See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 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 Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into
USAJOBS. STEP 2
Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section.
Alterne Applicion Procedures:
If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Agency contact informion Carolyn Kohr Phone 00000000 Carolyn.

A.Kohr@dea.gov Address Drug Enforcement Administrion Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. 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 All required documents listed below, th are applicable to you, must be submitted to our automed system by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement. Resume - must be no more than two pages in length; resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. Resume should include applicants' name, email address, phone number, relevant work/volunteer experience, educion and training. Include the start and end des (from month/year to month/year), work schedule (e.g. part or full-time), the number of hours per week worked/volunteered, job title and description of duties performed. Educion/Certificion/Licensure when relevant or required for position. See Guidance for Applicants on 2-Page Resume and the USAJOBS Help Center for more informion. Transcripts, if applicable and you are qualifying based on educion . See the Qualificion and Educion sections of this announcement for more informion. If selected, an official/sealed college transcript(s) required to verify educion prior to employment. SF-50 (Notificion of Personnel Action): SF-50(s) must show the effective de, position title, series, grade, salary, tenure, competitive stus, position occupied, full promotion potential, and name of agency. Multiple SF-50s may be needed to show all required informion. Award SF-50s often do not show the required informion. To verify the time in grade requirement, applicants must submit a SF-50 verifying the highest grade held for least 52 weeks. Examples include, promotions with an effective de greer than one year, within grade increases demonstring the highest grade held for least 52 weeks or appointments/conversion of appointments with an effective de greer than one year. Career Transition Assistance Program documention , if applicable. (e.g., reduction-in-force (RIF) separion notice, RIF separion SF-50 personnel action, certificion of expected separion, etc.), most recent Performance Ring and more recent Notificion of Personnel Action (SF-50) noting current position, grade level, and duty locion. Other Qualificion documents (e.g. certifices, certificions, etc.), if applicable . See the Qualificion section of this announcement for more informion. 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 Prepare your applicion in USAJOBS During the applicion process you can review, edit, delete, and upde your informion. We'll automically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing de of this announcement to complete the applicion process. STEP 1: Select the "Apply" button and follow the instructions to register or sign into
USAJOBS. STEP 2
Submit your resume. Resume must not exceed two pages. Please see the Required Documents section for specific informion th should be outlined in your resume. STEP 3: Complete the online assessment questions. STEP 4: Submit all required documention applicable to you, as listed in the Required Documents section.
Alterne Applicion Procedures:
If applying online poses an extreme hardship, you may request alterne applicion procedures to submit your applicion package. Contact the Human Resources office listed on the announcement between the business hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET least 2 working days prior to the closing de of this announcement. The applicion package for alterne applicion procedures must be submitted and received in the Human Resources office no ler than 11:59 p.m. ET on the closing de of this announcement. Paper applicions and informion sent by mail will not be accepted. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Carolyn Kohr Phone 00000000 Carolyn.

A.Kohr@dea.gov Address Drug Enforcement Administrion Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US Next steps Once the online applicion package is received, you notified through USAJOBS of your qualificion stus and referral or non-referral to the hiring official for further considerion. If further evaluion or interviews are required, you contacted. We will notify you by email the outcome after each of these steps has been completed. Your applicion stus upded up to four times during the following hiring phases: After applicions are received. After applicions are assessed to determine qualificions. After candides are referred to the hiring manager. If selected, candides may receive additional notificions regarding the next steps in the hiring process. Your stus will also be upded on your USAJOBS account throughout the process. 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 Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 07/03/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 3, 2026 Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy New York, NY 5 vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $70,623 - $114,413 per year Pay scale & grade
GS 9 - 11
Promotion potential 11 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 Yes 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
H-DEA-12931035-IMP-CK
Control number 874018900