Summary This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Division of the Comptroller (DOC), Labor Administration & Fee Billing Branch (LAFBB), Fee Billing Team. The supervisor is Regina Revinzon. This position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. The position is not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure or security ownership restriction reporting requirements. Responsibilities As a Senior Financial Management Specialist, you will be responsible for assisting with the coordination of agency license fee billing including analyzing, monitoring, and timely recording of financial information into the Agency\'s accounting system and the review and oversight of the accounting data related to fee billing. Responsible for providing quality assurance oversight and conducting quality assurance activities over the Part 170 and Part 171 license fee billing programs to ensure invoicing accuracy and providing technical and analytical support for invoicing activities. Provides oversight of the Financial and Accounting Integrated Management Information System (FAIMIS) data integrity and consistency, conducts reconciliation activities between the Web-Based Licensing (WBL) system and FAIMIS, and performs general oversight of interfacing systems to support the billing program (WBL, EDMS, CACS, HCM, eBilling). Proactively handles and investigates potential fee-related issues, and prioritizes issues in terms of risk and importance, and develops work plans that detail a schedule to complete corrective actions as well as resources needed for completion. Assesses functions within the branch for automation eligibility and leads efforts to develop and implement process enhancements and improvements to increase the efficiency and accuracy of fee billing activities. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires. You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Experience planning, developing, and coordinating the agency’s license fee billing policy and guidance for financial management improvements as required by the CFO’s ACT, FMFIA, GPRA, OMB Circulars, JFMIP requirements and NRC Management Directives and appropriate parts of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In-depth knowledge of 10 CFR Parts 170, 171 and 15.31, and relevant Management Directives or similar Federal regulations. Extensive knowledge of computer systems and software sufficient to provide oversight of fee billing programs. Knowledge in the application of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and skill in identifying functions for automation. Extensive skill in presenting information, ideas and advice in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing. Extensive ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with all levels of personnel. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE is defined as: Demonstrated extensive knowledge and understanding of financial systems, financial management policies, theories, concepts, principles and standards, and performing billing related transactions and activities in agency enterprise resource planning core financial systems, including overseeing data integrity and consistency and performing system reconciliation activities; performing quality assurance oversight over billing activities, in accordance with Federal regulations and directives; conducting technical analyses and preparing reports using data visualization tools; analyzing internal controls; and reviewing, analyzing, and resolving moderately complex issues that may affect billing activities. Specialized experience includes progressively responsible experience that is in, or closely related to, the work of the position that has provided the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position at the GG-14 grade level. Education Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, Maryland. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.
Summary This position is located in Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES), Division of Risk Analysis (DRA), Performance and Reliability Branch (PRB). The supervisor is Mehdi Reisi-Fard. This position is Bargaining Unit with the National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 208. This position is not subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure or to security ownership restriction reporting requirements. Responsibilities As a Reliability and Risk Analyst, the incumbent will provide support to more experienced staff, carry out technical duties with respect to basic quantitative, probabilistic analyses of issues in nuclear safety and initiates appropriate actions to obtain solutions to problems that arise in fulfilling assignments. Duties include, but are not limited to: Assists in performing risk analyses by working with more senior staff, evaluating the design and functional capability of nuclear facilities and/or devices to withstand accident conditions, with a focus on estimating the frequencies of accidents and their consequences. Assists in providing technical reports and discussions of methods, data, and results as well as other assistance to other technical staff that need this information in the conduct of their work. Assists in performing reviews of risk analyses by reviewing risk analyses of issues in a nuclear facility or device, or a study of an entire facility or device, submitted by NRC licensees or other organizations. Assists in the management of contractor projects in risk analysis methods development or applications. Serves on research programs in support of the staff regulatory activities under contract with Department of Energy laboratories, other government agencies, academic institutions, and private contractors to provide technical guidance and to assure compliance with contract requirements. Provides written and oral reports to staff and management on the technical approach and results of projects, as well as on the administrative (financial, scheduler, etc.) aspects of the project. Drafts correspondence and reports in response to inquiries received from members of Congress, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and from the general public. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship Required This is a Drug Testing position. Background investigation leading to a clearance is required for new hires You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. Qualifications In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GG-07 - In order to qualify at the GG-07 level, applicants must have one of the following: Completed 1 full year of specialized experience that is equivalent to the GG-05 grade level which is defined as experience that demonstrates a basic knowledge in the field of engineering or risk analysis related to industrial technologies. OR Completed 1 full year of graduate-level education (18 semester hours) related to an Engineering or Physical Science discipline OR Meet the definition of Superior Academic Achievement. S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. Superior Academic Achievement. (S.A.A.) GG-09 - In order to qualify at the GG-09 level, applicants must have one of the following: Completed 1 full year of specialized experience that is equivalent to the GG-07 grade level which is defined as experience that demonstrates knowledge in the field of engineering or risk analysis related to industrial technologies including nuclear plants OR experience with research and development programs in the field of nuclear engineering in order to support research programs. OR Completed 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education (36 semester hours) leading to a Master\'s degree or completed a Master\'s or equivalent graduate degree that is related to an Engineering or Physical Science discipline. Education and experience may be combined for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate should be addressed in your resume. Education You must include an unofficial or official copy of your college and/or university transcripts with your application. Education must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of credibility of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. If you have multiple degrees (e.g., BS, MS, PhD) please submit transcripts for each degree. GG-0801 (General Engineering Series): Basic Requirements: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board\'s eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor\'s degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) GG-1301, (General Physical Science Series): Basic requirements: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR Combination of education and experience education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Additional Information The duty location of this position is Rockville, Maryland. In general, employees are expected to be in the office at a minimum of 4 days per pay period. Telework schedules, including full-time telework, are approved, on a case-by-case basis. If selected, telework will be determined in accordance with Agency policy and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if applicable.
