Financial Management Specialist
Summary
All current Department of Labor employees with competitive status.
This position is in the . Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Office of Field Operations (OFO), Division of Finance, Program Operations Branch.
This position is responsible for assuring both systems and operational integrity of the Department's financial management systems.
This position is inside the bargaining unit.
Duties
Selectee(s) will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and be eligible for telework as determined by agency policy.
This is not a remote position. Offices are located in Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL;
Kansas City, MO; Dallas, TX; and San Francisco, CA . For specific locations, see : . Advertised salary reflects the pay range for the above locations.
Upon selection, salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's assigned duty location.
Duties include but are not limited to the following :
- Serve as coordinator (A / OPC) for all field cardholders.
- Review, complete, and submit DOL travel credit card applications to the travel card vendor and work with cardholders, Agency representatives, and customers to resolve credit card issues and adjust credit limits.
- Oversee travel card accounts and ensure proper usage.
- Issue travel cards, maintain, modify and cancel accounts as needed.
- Update merchant category codes (MCC), dollar threshold amounts, and other related information in the electronic credit card system.
- Analyze account statements and funding streams and validate travel authorizations.
- Recommend changes to established procedures to eliminate problems or improve operations.
- Perform reconciliation duties for the Region's Centrally Billed Account (CBA) and analyze account statements and funding streams.
- Conduct regular reviews of financial transactions made by Finance staff to ensure the prompt and correct processing of financial transactions and appropriate use of the travel card.
- Participate in the review and evaluation of travel systems for the effectiveness of internal controls and the integrity of the organization's financial information.
- Analyze processing flows, review data in report and financial statements, and identify abnormal trends and control weaknesses.
- Review and reconcile internal reports produced by various travel and credit card systems to determine the compatibility of prior month status, and process adjustments to correct or update reports.
- Conduct training for regional customer Agency personnel in financial management, fiscal policy, appropriations law, and travel regulations.
- Assist Agencies with interpreting financial data and reports.
- Assist e-Travel and travel card users in resolving E-Travel and travel card issues.