Summary
As a Financial Management Specialist with the Enterprise Data Analytics Office, you will lead professionals in developing Power Platform solutions and data integration tools for efficient financial analysis. You will translate executive requirements into technical solutions, integrate federal Enterprise Resource Planning data with Microsoft cloud services, and deliver analytical products supporting the Chief Financial Officer and Agency leadership in budget execution and decision-making.
Duties
Lead digital transformation for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) by modernizing legacy financial reporting with cloud-based Microsoft Power Platform solutions and ensuring federal cybersecurity and data governance compliance using AI.
Design and deploy enterprise-grade Power BI dashboards, Power Apps, and Power Automate workflows to provide real-time visibility into budget execution, obligations, cost performance, and workforce analytics for executive decision-making.
Integrate disparate financial datasets from federal accounting systems into Microsoft environments, designing secure data pipelines and optimized semantic models to support self-service analytics across OCFO.
Conduct advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast budget trends, identify cost overruns, and translate complex financial metrics into actionable insights for Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and senior NASA leadership.
Collaborate with the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCIO), mission directorate analysts, and external vendors to ensure financial tools meet security, operational, and federal compliance requirements.
Automate manual financial reporting processes using Power Automate and SharePoint workflows to increase operational efficiency, reduce human error, and maintain strict audit trails for federal accountability.
Establish best practices and create comprehensive documentation for Microsoft data tools, providing training and mentorship to upskill the financial management workforce in modern analytical capabilities.
Serve as primary change agent for OCFO modernization efforts, ensuring system interoperability and data security while maintaining compliance with federal accounting standards and internal governance policies.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications and eligibility requirements outlined in this vacancy announcement. Your resume and supporting documentation will be reviewed in conjunction with your responses to the assessment questionnaire. As part of the assessment, your responses will be scored and used to place you into one of two quality groups. These scores, along with your qualifications and supporting materials, will determine your referral status. Please ensure your application materials and responses accurately reflect your experience and competencies, as misrepresentation may result in removal from consideration. These competencies will be assessed using technical assessments. They may also be evaluated during a structured interview: Budget Administration Budgeting Management Financial Analysis Financial Management Information Management Organizational Awareness Technical Competence Technology Application To preview the application questionnaire, click on the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13088942 NASA considers paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Under NASA's quality grouping process, applicants will be assessed on the position competencies and placed in one of two groups identified and defined below: Best Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate a superior level of all evaluation criteria. Qualified Group - Applicants who demonstrate the basic qualifications, with general knowledge, skills, and abilities. Candidates eligible for ICTAP/CTAP, reemployment priority or priority consideration will be referred before other candidates, as necessary. If no such candidates apply or are eligible to be referred, the following candidates will be sent to the hiring official for employment consideration: Best Qualified merit promotion candidates. Highly Qualified merit promotion candidates may also be referred, if additional candidates are needed. Qualified candidates eligible for consideration under Schedule A or VRA in accordance with veterans' preference rules, as applicable. Qualified candidates that are eligible for special hiring authorities or non-competitive hiring authorities. NASA will not ask you to disclose criminal history record information during the application process or before we make a conditional/tentative offer of employment. If you apply for this position and are selected, NASA will conduct a suitability/security background investigation after you accept a tentative job offer. If you feel you are asked to disclose your criminal history before you accept a tentative offer and wish to file a complaint within 30 days, please contact: [email protected].