FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST (CONTINGENCY OPS)

Summary

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for certain competitive service positions to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as the financial management advisor on matters relating to assigned portfolio activities in USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility (AOR).

Duties

• Enforce administrative controls on the execution of appropriated funds to ensure compliance with federal fiscal law during emergency disaster response operations.
• Lead daily financial working groups during theater crises to synchronize expenditures across joint components and international defense agencies.
• Develop complex joint exercise cost models to establish funding agreements and accurate reimbursement tracking with partner nations.
• Manage disbursing agent operations and cash reconciliation protocols to maintain complete audit trails in austere operational zones.
• Direct a joint civilian, military, and contractor workforce to establish strategic priorities and evaluate employee performance standards.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Enforcing statutory funds control limitations and fiscal compliance policies over appropriated defense funds to support real-world contingency, emergency disaster response, or joint military exercises; 2) Formulating multi-million dollar operational cost models and funding agreements to track financial execution and reimbursements with joint forces or partner nations; and 3) Overseeing disbursing operations, cash accountability protocols, and commercial banking system interfaces to secure audit trails and resolve transaction errors in routine or austere environments. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13).

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Grade: GS 14. . Apply by 2026-11-12 on USAJOBS.