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SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST

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MA ARNG USPFO Comptroller Division

Hanscom Air Force Base, MA (In Person)

$116,582 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 1 week ago (Updated 12 hours ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 7/26/2026

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SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST
Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units
MA ARNG USPFO
Comptroller Division Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number PDT5125P01 and is part of the
MA ARNG USPFO
Comptroller Division, Nional Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Christopher Helms; 339-202-3832. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a
SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL
SPECIALIST, Position Description Number PDT5125P01 and is part of the
MA ARNG USPFO
Comptroller Division, Nional Guard. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. The unit point of contact and contact phone for this position is: Christopher Helms; 339-202-3832. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 07/16/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 16, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hanscom
AFB, MA 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $101,375 - $131,790 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None 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 Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
MA-12977100-AR-T5-019
Control number 873187400 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 Nionwide - Open to all US Citizens Duties Help Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candides for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignments inconsiderion of skills and qualificions, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Develops, modifies and/or interprets performance standards. Explains performance expection to employees and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Holds employees responsible for sisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises subordine workers performances ensuring consistency and equity in ring techniques. Recommends awards when approprie and approves within-grade increases. Effects minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends actions in more serious disciplinary mters. Prepares documention to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for trainings (formal and on the job) to maintain and improve job performance. Encourage self development. Approves master leave schedule assuring adeque coverage for peak workloads and traditional holiday vacion time. Discharges security responsibilities by ensuring educion and compliance with security directives for employees with access to classified or sensitive merial. Recognizes and takes action to correct situions posing a thre to the health or safety of subordines. Applies EEO principles and requirements to all personnel management actions and decisions and ensures all personnel are treed in a manner free of discriminion. Manages, directs and executes wide spectrum pay operions (Military Pay, Civilian Pay, Accountable Payable, and Travel Pay) for Stes USPFO customers which requires the development of policies and procedures unique to reach command in an environment of constantly changing priorities and missions. Develops policies, coordines and performs all military pay functions for organizions all levels of serviced installions. Develops an effective implantion of Standard Opering Procedures (SOPs) for all areas of responsibility; and ensures th training needs are planned and implanted on a timely basis to meet constantly changing policy and procedures. Provides expert interpretion on DoD and DFAS regulory and administrive guidelines in accordance with generally accepted principles reling to wide spectrum pay operions previously mentioned. (20%) Confers and resolves all problem areas relion to the branches administrive and functional responsibilities in relion to DCPS and its reled accounting interfaces. Ensures the accure processing of payroll, debts and miscellaneous entitlements while applying quality assurances techniques. Assists with resolving complex functional problems within the pay system and affected customers. Develops recommendions for actions under uncertain conditions and short and rapidly changing program deadlines, facilites the resolution of controversial payroll problems for the services ste USPFO customers, and helps ensure proper interfaces with approprie DoD and other financial systems. Conducts analysis to determine the effectiveness of operions, compliance with established policies and procedures, reliability of transaction and validity of supporting documention. Manages the review of a variety of financial policies, guidelines da, documents, reports, processing and procedures to determine trends preventing accure payments. Identifies actual and potential problems areas and develops actions and taskings to improve operions correct deficiencies and resolve all discrepancies, differences and problem posed by internal and external sources. Directs the preparions, analysis, reconciliion, consolidion, and submission of all required finance reports within established deadlines to higher level management. Executes policy made higher level and provides policy, administrive and technical guidance. Participes in formal and informal management planning, policy and decision-making sessions. Participes in conferences, workshops and other meetings with key pay personnel and Defense Agency representives concerning financial mters involving the changing of mission requirements, new laws and/or directives and reports any questions of unprecedent pay entitlements. Advises on the legality of entitlements and collections actions and recommends policy on operional interfaces with serviced activities. Reviews all responses to congressional inquiries to ensure accuracy and consistency with policy and regulory guidance. Resolves pay and entitlement problems unique to the customer. Establishes and maintains internal control procedures to protect against fraud, waste and abuse. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. Favorable background check is required. Position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program. PCS expenses will not be paid. Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service, see www.sss.gov. Veteran's Preference will apply. DD Form 214's are required for Veteran's Preference. If claiming Veteran's Preference for disability a Disability VA letter and SF-15 must also be submitted. Visit help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-phs/veterans to learn more about Veteran's Preference. Incumbent must possess or be able to acquire the approprie level security clearance for this position.
THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Level 2 Certified position. Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense and Department of the Army requirements of this certificion program.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Level 2 Certificion is a condition of employment for this position. Failure to obtain this certificion within 2 years of appointment may subject the incumbent to adverse action. Qualificions
AREA OF CONSIDERATION
: Nionwide - Open to all US Citizens
GENERAL EXPERIENCE
: Must have experience, educion or training which collecting and analyzing da effectively, efficiently, and accurely; skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program merial; skilled in presenting formal training presentions and briefings; the ability to prepare reports and presention forms.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Must have least 1 year equivalent to least next lower grade level. Experiences gained through military technical training schools are included in the one-year on-the-job experience. Must have fundamental working experiences with a valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupional series and grade. Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed. Experience which includes leading, directing and assigning work of personnel.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE
: Credit given for approprie unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of months/years.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE
: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills th can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nionwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vaced, depending on the course of ongoing litigion, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the
COVID-19
vaccinion requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccinion for Federal Employees. Federal agencies may request informion regarding the vaccinion stus of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols reled to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 An employee of an agency may not request, in oral or written form, th an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil service disclose criminal history record informion regarding the applicant before the appointing authority extends a conditional offer to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to an agency within 30 calendar days of the de of the alleged non-compliance by an employee of an agency. To file a complaint please click this link and scroll to the bottom of the page for more informion. 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. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Once the applicion process is complete, a review of resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. 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 must be submitted with the following informion: Your name and contact informion. Work Experience section of your resume must include: Name of the organizion you worked . Job title you held the organizion. Start and end des for the position (des must have month and year) . Bulleted stements regarding duties you performed in the position. Be clear and concise in sting your duties, we will not make any assumptions regarding your experience. Your bulleted stements should reflect th you have the required specialized experience described in this announcement. If your position was in the civil service, include the grade and series for the position. If applicable, include
TRADITIONAL GUARDSMEN
experience. Enter your MOS, bulleted stements of duties, and start and end des (des must have month and year) . Educion and certifices if applicable. Include name of school, degree, or certifice, start and end des. Part-Time, unpaid, volunteer work if applicable. Include duties and responsibilities and start and end des ( des must have month and year)
IMPORTANT
Resumes th exceed 2 pages cannot be For additional informion regarding resume requirements : https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/page-limit Unofficial Transcripts - If used to qualify (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Veteran's Preference - If applicable and claiming Veteran's Preference, you must upload documention to support your Veteran's Preference claim to include your DD-214 indicing the type of discharge. If claiming Veteran's Preference for a disability, you must submit a VA Disability letter and SF-15 supporting your disability claim. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicants - If claiming PPP stus you must submit required documention as sted below: DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)
Technicians:
A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement. Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)
Preference Eligible Technician Receiving Disability Retirement:
A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability. Priority Placement Program (PPP)
DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible:
A copy of the "Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as a RIF change-to-lower-grade notice, and an SF-50 reflecting your RIF change to lower grade. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12977100 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package.
IMPORTANT
Your resume cannot exceed 2 pages. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Elizabeth Boonstra elizabeth.a.boonstra.civ@army.mil Address
MA ARNG USPFO
Comptroller Division 2 Randolph Road Hanscom
AFB, MA 01731 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 must be submitted with the following informion: Your name and contact informion. Work Experience section of your resume must include: Name of the organizion you worked . Job title you held the organizion. Start and end des for the position (des must have month and year) . Bulleted stements regarding duties you performed in the position. Be clear and concise in sting your duties, we will not make any assumptions regarding your experience. Your bulleted stements should reflect th you have the required specialized experience described in this announcement. If your position was in the civil service, include the grade and series for the position. If applicable, include
TRADITIONAL GUARDSMEN
experience. Enter your MOS, bulleted stements of duties, and start and end des (des must have month and year) . Educion and certifices if applicable. Include name of school, degree, or certifice, start and end des. Part-Time, unpaid, volunteer work if applicable. Include duties and responsibilities and start and end des ( des must have month and year)
IMPORTANT
Resumes th exceed 2 pages cannot be For additional informion regarding resume requirements : https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/page-limit Unofficial Transcripts - If used to qualify (An official transcript may be required before being hired.) Veteran's Preference - If applicable and claiming Veteran's Preference, you must upload documention to support your Veteran's Preference claim to include your DD-214 indicing the type of discharge. If claiming Veteran's Preference for a disability, you must submit a VA Disability letter and SF-15 supporting your disability claim. Priority Placement Program (PPP) Applicants - If claiming PPP stus you must submit required documention as sted below: DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)
Technicians:
A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received showing you are no longer eligible for military or NG membership (through no fault of your own) and th you have completed least 15 years of technician service and a minimum of 20 years of service creditable for non-regular retirement. Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG)
Preference Eligible Technician Receiving Disability Retirement:
A copy of the "Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician Disability PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as the notificion letter you received th stes you are no longer eligible for Reserve membership due to a service-connected disability. Priority Placement Program (PPP)
DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible:
A copy of the "Retained Grade PPP Self-Certificion Checklist" and copies of the approprie documention, such as a RIF change-to-lower-grade notice, and an SF-50 reflecting your RIF change to lower grade. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12977100 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package.
IMPORTANT
Your resume cannot exceed 2 pages. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Elizabeth Boonstra elizabeth.a.boonstra.civ@army.mil Address
MA ARNG USPFO
Comptroller Division 2 Randolph Road Hanscom
AFB, MA 01731 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 this month • Apply by 07/16/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 16, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Hanscom
AFB, MA 1
vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $101,375 - $131,790 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Promotion potential None 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 Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
MA-12977100-AR-T5-019
Control number 873187400