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Financial Services Technician (D1986000)
Army National Guard Units · Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico · Closes in 9 days
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Who can apply: The public, National Guard and reserves, Federal employees - Competitive service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S., and to the public. You must be a member of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard, or be eligible to join immediately at the military grade listed in the announcement.
Experience: You need 1 year of experience at the GS-7 level, or 24 months of specialized experience. Specialized experience includes financial analysis, research, payment systems work, and pay and entitlement actions. Military part-time service counts as full-time experience if it relates to this job.
Education: Two academic years of college can count for 3 months of specialized experience. Only education beyond the second year counts toward the rest, and one full year beyond that equals 6 months. Degrees should be in accounting, business, finance, economics, math, statistics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management. The school must be accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting body.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid Puerto Rico state driver's license
- Financial Management Level I certification, to be completed within two years of appointment
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 9 days (November 12, 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 are rated on how well your resume and questionnaire show you meet the qualifications. The competencies are Arithmetic and Mathematical Reasoning, Conscientiousness, and Financial Management Systems. If your self-ratings are higher than your application supports, they may be adjusted or you may be removed from consideration.
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 (Secret), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- If you are not a PRARNG member, call the Recruiting and Retention Office at (787) 289-1400 ext. 2015 or 2008 for the MBR Certification before applying, or your application will not be screened.
- Write your resume experience in your own words; copied text from the announcement is treated as plagiarism and disqualifies you.
- Send official or student transcripts showing a conferred degree; unofficial transcripts from the internet or with alterations will not be accepted.
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