The Financial Management Analyst role supports USOUTHCOM’s Financial Management and Comptroller Division in Miami, FL, with a focus on planning, programming, funds control, and reporting for direct and reimbursable funding.
Role Overview
As a Financial Management Analyst, you will serve within the Resources and Analysis Directorate at USOUTHCOM. The position supports funding requests and reporting, including the planning and execution of resources to help ensure obligations remain within approved allotments.
Responsibilities
- Act as the central point for planning, programming, and funds control for various types of funding to help ensure obligations remain within allotments.
- Prepare and/or review requests for funding increases and determine supporting justifications.
- Advise personnel on planning and programming processes, including the status and availability of funds, aligned with regulatory requirements and organizational financial management processes.
- Ensure funding is accepted and used in accordance with governing statutes.
- Evaluate cost statements to assess progress relative to obligations and expenditures against budget estimates.
- Assess the impact of financial deviations on progress toward target goals.
- Prepare and/or approve requests for additional funding.
- Determine the extent of reprogramming needed to remain within the organization’s range of goals.
- Develop reports on the status of funds and advise program managers regarding available funding.
- Revise and implement financial management policy and operating procedures for direct and reimbursable funding.
- Create budgetary schedules for budget submissions, obligations, and expenditure planning.
- Propose alternative methods of financing for unfunded requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination following a completed background investigation.
- A credit check is required.
- Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 10%.
- FM Certification Level 2 is required.
- Tier 3, Non-Critical Sensitive, Moderate Risk designation requires obtaining and maintaining a Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.
- Emergency Essential designation supports the Command’s mobilization and wartime mission during periods of increasing tension and mobilization.
- Must sign DD Form 2365 (DoD Civilian Employee Overseas Emergency - Essential Position Agreement).
- Designated as a Key Position, which cannot be vacated during national emergency or mobilization without seriously impairing the organization’s capability.
- Civilians in key positions must be exempted from recall to active duty due to Reserve or retired military obligation.
- Who may apply: US Citizens. This solicitation is also open to the public with applicable status (U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.).
- Specialized experience: one year including monitoring program budget functions for proper execution of funds; providing recommendations to management regarding resource reallocation to improve internal productivity; and processing funding transactions using financial government computerized, web-based applications to disperse monetary allocations and coordinate with accounting services such as DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service).
- Qualification must be met using experience alone; no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required.
- Requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates fitness and whether continued employment advances the public interest.
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required.
Work Location and Employment Details
- Location: Miami, FL (onsite)
- Work site options: Telework eligible: No; Remote job: No
- Appointment type: Permanent
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Travel required: Occasional travel (expected for the position)
- Pay scale & grade: GS 12
- Promotion potential: None
- Federal service type: Competitive Service
- Supervisory status: No
- Union represented: No
- Drug test: No
- Financial disclosure required: No
- Security clearance: Secret
- Position sensitivity and risk: Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS) / Moderate Risk
- Occupations and job series: 0501 Financial Administration And Program
- Announcement number: SDSE-26-13075766-DHA
- Control number: 891900700
- Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation using DHA for Certain Competitive Service Positions
- This position is statutorily excluded from bargaining unit eligibility
- This is a Human Capital & Resource Management Career Program position aligned under the Comptroller Career Management Directorate
Technologies
- Financial government computerized, web-based applications
- DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service)
Compensation
Annual salary range: USD 95,326 - 123,927.
Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package with eligibility depending on position type and schedule (full-time, part-time, or intermittent).
- Relocation expenses may be reimbursed in accordance with agency policy.
How You Will Be Evaluated
Evaluation will be based on how well your application meets the qualifications listed in the announcement. After the closing date, the review will use your application package (resume, supporting documents, and questionnaire responses) to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements.
Required Documents
- Resume: two pages or less, supporting the specialized experience described in the announcement.
- Cover letter: optional
- Most recent Performance Appraisal: if applicable
Application Deadline
Submit the complete application package online by 11:59 PM (EST) on 11/16/2026 to receive consideration.
