Financial Services Technician

Quick Facts

• Role: Financial Services Technician (Financial management level 1)
• Focus: Analysis, validation, processing, and correction of financial transactions across pay, accounts payable, and travel
• Work: Complex system interoperability and transaction reconciliations

Description

Provide analysis, validation, processing, and correction of financial transactions and issues spanning the full range of financial services. You will use interrelated financial, personnel, and computer file systems to ensure the validity and accuracy of disbursements, collections, and adjustments. You will apply fiscal laws and DoD/Army guidance as a technical authority to resolve complex pay, travel, accounts payable, and tax issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform broad-in-depth financial analysis across inter-related accounting, logistics, and computer file systems
• Validate transactions, resolve inconsistencies, and reconstruct incomplete or inaccurate files using independent judgment
• Interpret user requirements to design ad hoc reports and modify standard financial/management systems
• Research and apply regulations, policies, procedures, and legal decisions to resolve complex issues
• Conduct reconciliations for discrepancies (e.g., EFT rejects, pay/personnel/travel mismatches)
• Resolve complex tax issues (e.g., PCS issues, combat tax exclusion pay, erroneous tax refunds)
• Execute complex actions across multiple pay, travel, and accounts payable financial systems

Requirements

• Obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance
• Mandatory participation in direct deposit
• Ability to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required
• Selective Service registration for males born after 31 December 1959
• Meet specialized experience requirements and clearly document them in your resume (with dates and duties)
• Comprehensive knowledge of the interrelationships of financial, personnel, and computer file systems
• Knowledge of applicable financial regulations and the ability to research, interpret, analyze, and apply them
• Knowledge of pay/allowances/entitlements across military statuses (Title 10 and Title 32) and special pay categories
• Knowledge of personnel regulations and personnel management systems that interface with financial systems
• Achieve the required Financial Management Certification level within the required timeframe (condition of employment)

Benefits

• Federal government benefits package for employees and their families (eligibility depends on position type)
• Specific benefit options are provided by the hiring agency and may vary for full-time vs. part-time/intermittent roles