Department of Defense

FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST (CYBER)

Indianapolis, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio, Whitehall, Ohio Full time

FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST (CYBER)

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Indianapolis, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio, Whitehall, Ohio

Salary Range: $106365 - $143051 Per Year

Job Summary: Who may apply: Current, permanent DFAS employees in the competitive service, DoD PPP Military Spouse preference applicants, DFAS VRA employees. Applicants applying for Cleveland may be placed at Bratenahl. We may use this announcement to fill other positions in the I&T Dir. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment

Major Duties:

  • Interprets and analyzes statutory, regulatory, and administrative requirements to provide guidance to all DFAS systems with regard to portfolio management and investment guidance.
  • Develops and/or reviews DBS and investment review policy, regulations, procedures, and requirements for DFAS systems which implement a broad range of financial requirements.
  • Determines methods and resources to be used in conducting studies, investigations, and analysis of systems.
  • Designs and conducts complicated system reviews and provides advisory services on various issues that require a broad scope of understanding.
  • Serves as senior analyst ensuring compliance with DoD and DFAS policy and standards.
  • Prepares presentations/briefings for senior leaders, managers, peers, and customers on best practices, process improvement initiatives, and implementation guidelines and procedures.

Qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-12) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Applying financial management methods, practices, principles to implement process improvements for accounting and financial software and systems; reviewing and analyzing legislation and policy to apply to financial and accounting software and systems; serving on projects related to the development and modification of automated financial and accounting systems. You may qualify for consideration if meeting time-in grade, specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement.

How to Apply: The following link will help you determine if you meet the eligibility to apply for this position: http://www.dfas.mil/careers/howtoapply/vacancyannouncement/appointment-eligibility.html PLEASE NOTE: You will be considered only for those appointment eligibilities for which you select, attach supporting documentation and are found eligible. Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required assessments, and required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. 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 update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Click on this: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/. Your application status page is where you can view your application status, USA Hire assessment completion status, and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-14