Financial Specialist

Financial Specialist Smithsonian Institution Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, educion, and research complex, with 21 museums and the Nional Zoo. The Nional Museum of Nural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the Smithsonian Institution th is responsible for the acquisition, curion, and preservion of collections of objects and specimens of nural history, which tells the history of the planet and a record of human interaction with the environment and one another. Learn more about this agency Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, educion, and research complex, with 21 museums and the Nional Zoo. The Nional Museum of Nural History (NMNH) is a major bureau of the Smithsonian Institution th is responsible for the acquisition, curion, and preservion of collections of objects and specimens of nural history, which tells the history of the planet and a record of human interaction with the environment and one another. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/25/2026 This job will close when we have received 200 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Salary $70,623

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Locion 6 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Federal Work schedule Full-time
• Full-Time, Permanent Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) 0501 Financial Administrion And Program Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number 26R-JW-313899A-DEU-NMNH Control number 868444600 This job is open to Help The public U.

S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to all U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nionals. More than one selection may be made from this announcement. Duties Help

APPLICATION LIMIT STATEMENT

ATTENTION:

Due to the large number of qualified applicants for positions of this type, this job announcement will close 11:59 pm Eastern Time on either: (A) The closing de listed above or (B) The de th 200 applicions are received; whichever occurs first. If the announcement closes on the de th 200 applicions are received, all applicions submitted by 11:59pm th day given considerion, including those in excess of 200. We encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible to ensure their applicions are submitted before the announcement closes. We will not consider applicions which are le due to the announcement closing once the above number of applicions is reached. The Financial Management Specialist will provide a variety of financial and procurement management services in support of unit functions, with assisted supervision. This work encompasses financial management, budget administrion, procurement, property, and other assigned management functions. In this position, you will: Establish and maintain accountability records for funds control. Review expenditures through the fiscal year detecting common variions and trends; run reports comparing initial estimes to budget actuals. Collabore with senior staff and Contract Officer's Representives (CORs) to gher procurement package documents; contacts vendors for bids; verify fund availability. Review basic contracts, purchase orders, and Stements of Work (SOWs) to ensure scope, deliverables, and payment terms are accure; process invoices confirming goods or services were received; determine proper amounts due and submit for payment; respond to vendor payment inquiries. Assist staff in understanding government travel regulions and the SI travel system; review and certify travel authorizions, travel vouchers, and local vouchers. Assist the Accountable Property Officer (APO) with preparing documents for equipment accession and transfer; and participe in annual and periodic physical inventories. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Pass Pre-employment Background Investigion May need to complete a Probionary Period Maintain a Bank Account for Direct Deposit/Electronic Transfer Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service. Conditions of Employment Qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. For informion on qualificion requirements, see Qualificion Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions on OPM website .

Qualificions Experience:

You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to least the GS-07 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined preparing financial reports and budget analyses; supporting federal procurement activities; applying federal financial management regulions such as: (FAR-Federal Acquisition Regulions, FTR-Federal Travel Regulions, or OMB Circulars

• Office of Management and Budget Circulars); and using Microsoft Excel to analyze and report financial da.

Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstre how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you deemed ineligible for considerion. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive informion about your actual experience. 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. Part-time and/or unpaid experience reled to this position considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Or Educion:

Two full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a master's or equivalent degree reled to the position may be substituted to meet the experience requirements. Or a

Combinion :

Educion and experience may be combined to meet the basic qualificions. For a full explanion of this option please see the Qualificion Standards . Special Instructions for

Foreign Educion:

If you are qualifying by educion and/or you have educion completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study. For instructions on where to fax these documents, see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Educion None Additional informion This position is included in the bargaining unit.

Recruitment Incentive:

Recruitment incentive(s) may be authorized for this position. However, approval for incentives is contingent upon various availability. If authorized, certain incentives will require the incumbent to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a certain time period.

Note:

This stement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive offered and paid. Selections may be made for vacancies across the Smithsonian Institution (SI). By applying to this position, you agree to allow your applicion and other personal informion to be shared with one or more SI hiring officials for employment considerion for same/similar positions within the locion(s) identified in this announcement. 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 The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, vacion and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.

Please see Benefits https:

//www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description. Flexible Spending Accounts

• https://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave
• http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance
• http://www.ltcfeds.com Retirement Program
• https://www.

opm.gov/retirement-services/ How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants for this position may be evalued in multiple stages. The first stage is an evaluion of your responses to the online multiple-choice questions th assess your experience, educion, and/or training for the job reled competencies below: Skill in applying organizion's missions, functions, goals, objectives, work processes, and sources of funding; commonly used budget and/or finance practices, procedures, regulions, precedents, policies.

• Ability to develop management stistics, with assistance, using spreadsheets containing personnel, salary, budget, and equipment informion.
• Knowledge of federal contracting policies and procedures including other contracting methods.
• Knowledge of federal travel policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of federal accountable property management procedures. Applicants who meet or exceed minimum qualificions assigned to one of three cegory groups based on job-reled criteria: Best Cegory
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and excels in most of the job reled competencies above. Better Cegory
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and sisfies most of the job reled competencies above. Good Cegory
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements, but does not sisfy most of the job reled competencies above to a substantive degree.

This cegory ring process does not add veterans' preference points or apply the "rule of three", but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each cegory. A selecting official may make selections from the highest quality cegory (Best Cegory) provided no preference eligible in th cegory is passed over to select a non-preference eligible in th cegory unless the requirements of 5 U.S.C. 3317(b) or 3318(b) are sisfied. Preference eligibles who meet minimum qualificion requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality cegory, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional the GS-9 grade level or higher. Applicants who have not submitted a resume in the USAjobs system and/or have not answered all of the vacancy questions will not be considered for this position.

Important Note:

Your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses to the occupional questionnaire or other assessment tool for consistency. If a determinion is made th you have red yourself higher than is supported by your resume, you assigned a ring commensure to your described experience. Your resume should provide sufficient informion regarding how your educion and experience rele to this position, including the major duties and qualificions criteria listed. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help The Smithsonian offers a comprehensive benefits package th includes, in part, vacion and sick leave, holidays, health/life insurance, accident insurance, and excellent retirement program options.

Please see Benefits https:

//www.si.edu/OHR/benefits for a complete description. Flexible Spending Accounts

• https://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave
• http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance
• http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Long Term Care Insurance
• http://www.ltcfeds.com Retirement Program
• https://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/ Required documents Required Documents Help Your applicion package should include the following documents: Resume
• Your resume can be uploaded and tached to your applicion or creed using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder.

Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupional series and grade if it is Federal), job-reled qualificions, starting and ending des (month and year), and hours worked per week, for each employment period. It is your responsibility to ensure all informion is submitted. Failure to include this informion may result in disqualificion for the position. For assistance with creing a resume, please click USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job? Proof of Veteran's Preference
• DD214 (Member 4 Copy), if you are a veteran.

Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter. Unofficial school transcripts, if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. How to Apply Help Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page.

Please Note:

You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button and submit required supplemental documents (if they are relevant to you). Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages. You may submit required documents by uploading them online during the applicion process. The complete applicion package, including any required documents, is due in the Smithsonian Office of Human Resources on the closing de of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. If you are unable to apply online, paper applicions may be accepted with prior approval of the Contact Person listed below. Agency contact informion Jan Williams Phone 202-633-6383 Willija@si.edu Address

SMITHSONIAN

Office of Human Resources

POB 37012, 600

Maryland Avenue, MRC 517 Suite 5060 Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 United Stes Next steps At the end of the applicion process you able to cree and save a PDF file th contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your applicion. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmion of receipt. The Smithsonian receives many applicions for each job. Each applicion is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to upde you as we go through phases of the applicion review process. You may also check your applicion stus by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representive listed.

Additional Informion:

Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available https://www.si.edu/OHR/howtoapply . The Smithsonian does not pay relocion expenses but recruitment incentives may be authorized. The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer. Additional informion can be found on our website ( www.si.edu/oeesd) . 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 Your applicion package should include the following documents: Resume

• Your resume can be uploaded and tached to your applicion or creed using the USA Jobs on-line resume builder.

Ensure your resume contains the job title (including the occupional series and grade if it is Federal), job-reled qualificions, starting and ending des (month and year), and hours worked per week, for each employment period. It is your responsibility to ensure all informion is submitted. Failure to include this informion may result in disqualificion for the position. For assistance with creing a resume, please click USAJOBS Help Center

• How do I write a resume for a federal job? Proof of Veteran's Preference
• DD214 (Member 4 Copy), if you are a veteran.

Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF) 15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter. Unofficial school transcripts, if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. How to Apply Help Click on the "Apply Online" button on the upper right side of the page.

Please Note:

You must apply for this position online through the 'Apply Online' button and submit required supplemental documents (if they are relevant to you). Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages. You may submit required documents by uploading them online during the applicion process. The complete applicion package, including any required documents, is due in the Smithsonian Office of Human Resources on the closing de of the announcement by 11:59 PM Eastern Time. If you are unable to apply online, paper applicions may be accepted with prior approval of the Contact Person listed below. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Jan Williams Phone 202-633-6383 Willija@si.edu Address

SMITHSONIAN

Office of Human Resources

POB 37012, 600

Maryland Avenue, MRC 517 Suite 5060 Washington, District of Columbia 20013-7012 United Stes Next steps At the end of the applicion process you able to cree and save a PDF file th contains your responses to the assessment questions. You may save this file as initial receipt of your applicion. After the job announcement closes, you will receive an email from the Smithsonian with confirmion of receipt. The Smithsonian receives many applicions for each job. Each applicion is reviewed carefully which may take a few weeks. We will send you an e-mail to upde you as we go through phases of the applicion review process. You may also check your applicion stus by logging into www.usajobs.gov and selecting the tab "My USAJOBS;" e-mailing vacancy.info@si.edu; or by contacting the Office of Human Resources Representive listed.

Additional Informion:

Tips on applying for Smithsonian jobs are available https://www.si.edu/OHR/howtoapply . The Smithsonian does not pay relocion expenses but recruitment incentives may be authorized. The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer. Additional informion can be found on our website ( www.si.edu/oeesd) . 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 Open & closing des 05/11/2026 to 05/25/2026 This job will close when we have received 200 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $70,623

• $91,815 per year Pay scale & grade GS 09 Locion 6 vacancies in the following locion: Washington, DC FEW vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent
• Federal Work schedule Full-time
• Full-Time, Permanent Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 26R-JW-313899A-DEU-NMNH Control number 868444600