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(FEATURED!) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Department of Homeland Security

Overview

Open & Closing Dates
07/20/2026 to 07/27/2026

Salary
$121,785 - $187,093

Pay Scale & Grade
GS13 per year

Work Schedule
Full-Time

Promotion Potential
GS14

Appointment Type
Permanent

Location

City
Washington DC

State
DC Metro Area

Duties

Summary
The ideal candidate excels in liaising with key stakeholders, tracking and updating reports, conducting financial analysis and budgeting, preparing detailed materials, and providing executive support with minimal supervision. The purpose of this position is to serve Appropriation Liaison Staff and provide guidance to senior management to Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).

Responsibilities
In this position, you will work as the primary liaison to report, tracking and maintaining the status of congregational and the agency reports. You will collaborate interpreting and assessing the impact of new and revised Congressional legislation on budget formulation and execution. Typical assignments include:

Communicating complex programmatic or budgetary information to internal and external stakeholders.

Applying knowledge of the concepts, prinnciples, practices, laws, and regulations of budgeting and/or financing.

Interpreting and assessing the impact of new and revised Congressional legislation on the formulation and execution of budgets.

Projecting and analyzing the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
Conditions of employment

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below.

Requirements
Key Requirements:

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.

You must successfully pass a background investigation.

Selective Service registration required.

Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.

You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.

You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.

Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.

Qualifications
Qualifications

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

Representing an organization to external audiences regarding appropriations; and

Managing regulatory programs and financial data to support effective planning and fund utilization; and

Communicating complex programmatic or budgetary information to internal and external stakeholders.

To qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

Representing an organization to external audiences regarding appropriations; and

Communicating complex programmatic or budgetary information to internal and external stakeholders; and

Analyzing financial management and budget issues to provide actionable recommendations; and

Interpreting and assessing the impact of new and revised Congressional legislation on the formulation and execution of budgets.

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages.

Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Security Clearance

Not Required

Required Application Materials

Resume, Academic Transcripts, DD-214 (veterans or active duty military only), SF-50 (current or former federal employees only), NSEP Letter of Certification

Application Instructions

Apply via USAJOBS.GOV Link: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/876897300

This is not an NSEP-exclusive position. Please direct all questions to the agency PoC listed in the job announcement.

NSEP award recipients who have not yet completed their service requirement in full have two special hiring authorities available to them: Schedule A (r) and NDAA’13. Awardees with these special hiring authorities can advertise their non‐competitive eligibility in both their resume and in the “Additional Information” section of job applications.

When claiming non‐competitive eligibility and applying to external jobs which are open to individuals with non-competitive hiring authorities, please be sure to also submit a Letter of Certification with your application. The best way to do this is to either upload the Letter of Certification along with other supporting documentation or send the Letter to the hiring official email listed on the job announcement directly. Letters of Certification can be requested through NSEPnet.org.
Apply at the following website or click Apply below:
usajobs.gov/job/876897300

Additional Notes

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the basic qualifications, your experience, education and training will be rated using USA Hire Assessment that is based on the following competencies needed to perform this job:

1. Communication

2. Customer Service

3. Representing the Agency

4. Teamwork & Collaboration

5. Technical Proficiency

Accountability

Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Decision Making

Flexibility

Integrity/Honesty

Interpersonal Skills

Learning

Reasoning

Self-Management

Stress Tolerance

Teamwork

Based on the review of your resume for the specialized experience required for this position and the results of the USA Hire Assessment, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

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