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Finance Resource Officer
Central Intelligence Agency · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 95 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
This job is open to the public and to current federal employees. You must be a U.S. citizen, and dual-national U.S. citizens are eligible.
Experience: Experience is not required by the minimum qualifications. Desired experience includes business, accounting, banking, accounts receivable, and accounts payable work.
Education: A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Business Management, Finance, or related studies, or relevant years of work experience. You need at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4-point scale and at least two accounting courses (6 semester credit hours) with a B or better. A graduate degree in Business or Finance is desired. Education must come from a school accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 95 days (January 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed. Failing to provide all required information may result in an ineligible rating or affect your overall rating.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, a security clearance (Sensitive Compartmented Information), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Express interest in up to four jobs at cia.gov/careers, then submit your resume through MyLINK.
- If you use education to qualify, confirm your school is accredited by a U.S. Department of Education-recognized body.
- Check that your GPA is at least 3.0 and that your accounting courses total at least 6 semester credit hours with a B or better.
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