Financial Specialist III

Cape Fox Facilities Services (CFFS) is seeking professionals to join our team in support of the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). We are a growing Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) with awesome leadership and valued employees. Join us!

Duties include:

• Attains and utilizes required GFEBS roles to create/enter commitment documents, attach all required documentation in accordance with organizational policies and guidance, and submit documentation for approval by office manager
• Receives, reviews, and coordinates commitment documents for processing in GFEBS, and validate accuracy of data such as lines of accounting, funding amounts, and requestor information
• Determines appropriate procedures to submit individual budget execution actions in accordance with applicable policies, guidelines, and regulations
• Enters data into and complete required manual and automated budget forms to provide documentation in support of individual budget execution actions
• Reviews and confirms budgetary records to ascertain availability of funds to support individual budget execution actions, provide guidance to office manager/requestor to finalize use of funds
• Tracks and monitors individual budget execution actions. Performs follow up checks as needed to ensure timely commitment and obligation, reports issues to appropriate government personnel
• Utilizes financial records and reports to develop comparisons of prior year(s) expenditures with current year budget execution plans
• Utilize financial records and reports for monitoring and reporting on current year expenditures relative to planned execution and prior year expenditures, informing office manager of any significant changes or issues
• Prepares daily accounting reconciliation of accounting documents entered into the automated accounting system
• Distributes accounting documentation to customers and office staff
• Maintains automated accounting documentation files
• Utilizes financial reporting tools (such as GFEBS, Microsoft Excel, and any successor systems) to generate reports detailing revenue (appropriation, program, and account structure) and expenditures for each organizational cost center, identifying and reconciling discrepancies
• Accesses multiple financial databases, web-based tools, and reports to research and tracks specific elements of resource from commitment through disbursement, documents and notifies budget analysts of issues
• Creates documentation and coordinates routing of documentation for approval and acceptance of incoming and outgoing funds with external organizations and between internal organizational units
• Enters data into financial databases and web-based tools to enable documentation and tracking of organizational level financial execution, including incoming and outgoing funds, internal fund transfers, and contracting actions
• Supports organization’s budget analysts in documenting, tracking, and researching current year and prior year financial transactions to include purchase order and purchase requisitions obligation failures, unliquidated obligations, unmatched disbursements, and other execution issues, helping to resolve discrepancies between financial transactions, records, and reports or problems associated with complex or nonstandard transactions
• Coordinates with ARL and Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) regarding problems related to disbursements and refund checks

Requirements:

• A minimum of two (2) years of specialized experience as a Financial Specialist or in a comparable job description
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to interpret, implement, and provide guidance in support of SOPs and IOPs
• Ability to research and gather information; verify and analyze data
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with internal and external organizations
• Working knowledge and use of System Application Products (SAP) application software
• Working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems
• Working knowledge of Business Process Flows
• Knowledge of and experience with standardized bookkeeping and accounting procedures used in an accounting system
• Active Secret Clearance required

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Do you have a current or active Secret or higher level of DoD security clearance?

Experience:

• GFEBS: 1 year (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No