Department of Defense

Financial Specialist

Addison, Texas Full time

Financial Specialist

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Addison, Texas

Salary Range: $67466 - $105547 Per Year

Job Summary: See below for important information regarding this job. Additional vacancies may be filled from this announcement.

Major Duties:

  • Serves as a financial specialist to the CMO on issues such as budgeting techniques, use of financial management products, resources distribution, program priorities and development of financial plans.
  • Administers the Defense Travel System (DTS) program and reconciles financial discrepancies.
  • Participates in the preparation of the financial plan which allocates appropriate funds to activities based on an analysis of activity budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding.
  • Provides financial services to include financial management, trend analysis, cost performance, budget guidance and advice to management.
  • Provides management with financial information such as financial reports showing the status of receipts, obligations and expenditures of funds, trend analyses of rates of expenditures, (continued)..
  • ..comparisons of actual performance to the financial plan and identification of variances.

Qualifications: To qualify for a Financial Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. General Experience: Three years of progressively responsible general experience, one year of which was equivalent to at least the NH-01 or GS-04 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement.Creditable specialized experience includes: Analyzing, interpreting, and applying complex legislative policy and regulatory decisions to develop and execute financial and budgetary plans. Performing budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analyses of annual and or multiyear budget estimates for assigned organization. Identifying, analyzing, and resolving a wide-range of financial and budgetary problems. Performing various financial management functions involving the formulation, justification, and/or execution of budgets, cost estimates and cost analyses for organizations, programs or projects. Managing an organizations centralized purchase card. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of experience, you must possess a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. C. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualifications and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12900472. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 03/16/2026 to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. 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 create a new account. You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application. NOTE: Resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside at least 3 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-16