Supervisory Financial Specialist

You will serve as a Supervisory Financial Specialist with Office of the Secretary of Interior. GS-14 (Step 1) $125,776 - (Step 10) $163,514 (The salary listed is in the locality pay area of Rest of U.S. The geographical locality pay will be determine at the time of selection.) Duty location will be based on current employee duty station.

Major duties

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Finance, Grants and Acquisitions, Office of Financial Management. Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Develops Department wide cash and collections financial policies, procedures, and guidance and ensure compliance with current federal policy and regulations. Provides technical direction and oversight for multi-bureau financial collection activities, ensuring proper workload prioritization, issue resolution, and high-quality customer support. Identifies automation opportunities, AI exploration, and other modernization initiatives to improve efficiency, strengthen internal controls, and optimize branch workflows and improve customer service. Reviews, reconciles, and monitors financial data between FBMS, CBS, and various Treasury systems, resolving discrepancies and improving data integrity. Provides timely, professional and high-quality customer support to customers by resolving issues quickly, communicating clearly, and fostering collaboration that strengthens trust and improves workflow. Supervises professional and financial technician staff, including workload planning, performance management, and workforce development.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 09/16/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. GS-14: To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: Serving as an subject matter expert (SME), team leader or supervisory experience in ?nancial operations and developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) or policies in compliance with Federal regulations and OMB/Treasury guidance. Resolving complex issues and improving processes related to federal cash and collections. Providing customer service related to federal cash and collections. Processing or overseeing federal cash and collections. Must meet all to qualify. Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You may be required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. A financial disclosure report will be required within 30 days of appointment. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. This is a supervisory position that may require completion of a supervisory probationary period.