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SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

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Defense Security Cooperation Agency

Arlington, VA (In Person)

$183,239 Salary, Full-Time

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

Expires 6/14/2026

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SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Department of Defense Defense Security Cooperion Agency Summary This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperion Agency. The incumbent responsible for serving as the principal liaison concerning DSCA financial policy guidance and direction for the Defense Security Cooperion University (DSCU). Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the Defense Security Cooperion Agency. The incumbent responsible for serving as the principal liaison concerning DSCA financial policy guidance and direction for the Defense Security Cooperion University (DSCU). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year (Includes 33.94% locality), unless stutory/regulory res prevail. Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0501 Financial Administrion And Program Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Trust determinion process Nional security Financial disclosure Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
DSCA-26-12957963-MP
Control number 868899100 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Clarificion from the agency Agency means current and former permanent Federal employees. Veterans eligibilities include 30% or more Disabled Vet and Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA). Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles may also apply. Duties Help As a
SUPERVISORY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
the
GS-0501-15
some of your typical work assignments may include: Provides extensive advice and guidance on policies, plans, concepts, and principles of financial management along with funding requirements and implicions inherent in long and short-range administrive and operional plans, programs, and systems. These include financial policy support to all security cooperion programs to include LOA development/execution/closure, IT systems development, and updes to the Financial Management Regulion and Security Assistance Management Manual. Incumbent is responsible to provide the highest level of technical financial management advice and analysis concerning security cooperion financial policy and exercises broad discretionary judgment in discharging these responsibilities with wide litude in execution. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. citizen Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply) Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigion May be required to successfully complete a probionary period
Work Schedule:
Full Time Overtime:
Occasionally Tour of Duty:
Flexible Recruitment Incentives:
May be Authorized Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA):
Exempt Financial Disclosure:
Required Telework Eligibility:
This position is telework eligible Must obtain/maintain a Special Sensitive/Top Secret with Sensitive Compartmented Informion (TS/SCI) clearance Incumbent must tain DoD Security Cooperion Workforce (SCW) Certificion and complete reled continuous learning requirements Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Stement This is a drug testing designed position May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evening, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty stion on military or commercial aircraft Qualificions You may qualify the GS-15, if you fulfill the following qualificions: Reviewing the development and coordinion of financial policy and procedures reling to security cooperion and/or security assistance Providing advice and guidance on policies, plans, concepts and principles of financial management Analyzing financial policy and providing new and upded solutions Developing legislive proposals for security cooperion mters Ensuring financial policies are operionally executable across the broader Security Cooperion (SC) community or multi-agency environments 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. Educion Substitution of educion may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level Incumbent must tain DoD Security Cooperion Workforce (SCW) Certificion and complete reled continuous learning requirements in accordance with the Nional Defense Authorizion Act (NDAA) 2017, Title 10 United Stes Code, Section 384, and Security Cooperion Workforce Certificion Program 2.0 requirements. Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Basic-level certificion courses within one year. Requirements for Proficiency Level 1 - At least 1 year of successful SC work experience with a performance appraisal ring of 3 or better. Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Foundional level certificion requirements within one year of entering the SC position. In addition, 40 hours of continuing educion (CUE) every two years. This is a Financial Management Level 3 Certified position designed as such in accordance with the Nional Defense Authorizion Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112- 81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, section 1051, amending 10 United Stes Code, section 1599d. Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense requirements of this certificion program. This certificion requirement is a condition of employment for this position. Failure to obtain this certificion within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action. Additional informion Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separed after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs :
This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience th exceeds the positions minimum qualificions. and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility.
For more informion:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ .
Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities :
For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities - Schedule A Special Hiring Authority for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Other Special Appointment Authorities - Subpart F Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/register/ ) The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.
NOTE:
Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy.
Selective Service Requirement:
Please http://www.sss.gov for more informion. For more informion, please https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d
Other Notes:
Incumbent must tain DoD Security Cooperion Workforce (SCW) Certificion and complete reled continuous learning requirements in accordance with the Nional Defense Authorizion Act (NDAA) 2017, Title 10 United Stes Code, Section 384 and Security Cooperion Workforce Certificion Program 2.0 requirements. Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Basic-level certificion courses within one year. Requirements for Proficiency Level 1 - At least 1 year of successful SC work experience with a performance appraisal ring of 3 or better. Incumbent must complete DoD SCW Foundional level certificion requirements within one year of entering the SC position. In addition, 40 hours of continuing educion (CUE) every two years.
Re-employed Annuitant:
This position Does/Does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found : https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDF?ver=LQ7feWw-8-5DI2tceUpmgA%3d%3d Stus candides must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks the next lower grade level). 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. Once the applicion process is complete, your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the Occupional Questionnaire. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
Competencies:
Financial Management Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP):

This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria AND 2) be red well-qualified for the position AND 3) submit the approprie documention to support your ICTAP eligibility. Well-qualified means you possess the type and quality of experience th exceeds the position's minimum qualificions. Priority Placement Program (PPP) DoD Retained Grade Preference (RGP): To receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the (RGP) eligibility. If you are claiming RGP and are determined to be Well Qualified for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible (PPP DoD MRNG):

In order to receive this preference, you must choose the (PPP DoD MRNG) eligibility, and fill out and submit the Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self-Certificion Checklist and copies of the approprie documention. Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) (PPP MSP): In order to receive this preference, you must choose to apply using the(MSP) (PPP MSP) eligibility. If you are claiming MSP (PPP MSP) and are determined to be Well Qualified (score of 85 or above) for the position, you referred to the hiring manager as a priority applicant. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your
COMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED 1.
Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your
MOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.
PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12957963 . Review the
General Applicion Informion and Definitions :
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Agency contact informion DSCA Servicing Team Phone 614 692-0252 DHRS-D-DSCA@DLA.MIL Address Defense Security Cooperion Agency 1851 S. Bell Room 501 Arlington, VA 22240 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes your
COMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. The following documents are
REQUIRED 1.
Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2 . SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of your
MOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.
Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty.
PLEASE REVIEW THE BELOW LINK FOR OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
needed for proof of eligibility: https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DODCustomersRequiredSupportingDocumention.pdf How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.
NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12957963 . Review the
General Applicion Informion and Definitions :
https://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/Careers/downloads/DoDGenAppInfo%2012-1-2020.pdf?ver=ECNbdsHtGilTd3OENN4A0Q%3d%3d Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DSCA Servicing Team Phone 614 692-0252 DHRS-D-DSCA@DLA.MIL Address Defense Security Cooperion Agency 1851 S. Bell Room 501 Arlington, VA 22240 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued. You will receive another notificion about the stus of your applicion. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. All applicants must meet qualificions and eligibility criteria by the closing de of the announcement. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. 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 05/12/2026 to 05/18/2026 Salary $169,279 - $197,200 per year (Includes 33.94% locality), unless stutory/regulory res prevail. Pay scale & grade GS 15 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Arlington, VA 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
DSCA-26-12957963-MP
Control number 868899100

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