Summary The position is located in the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance, Activity Based Information (ABI) Division. This position is established to communicate with other organizations and business units and serve as a liaison between the ABI Division and its customers, while at the same time achieving specific tasks, producing deliverables, and meeting the stated goals of the program. Responsibilities The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia.This position is telework eligible per agency and business unit discretion/policy. This position permits, but does not require, remote work. The official duty station and physical worksite for employees who do not opt for remote work will be the Alexandria, VA Headquarters or one of the USPTO's Regional Offices located in Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Detroit, MI or San Jose, CA.The official duty station for employees who opt for remote work, will be their approved remote work location. Employees' locality pay will be determined by the location of their official duty station. This position serves as the Financial Analyst within the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and serves as a liaison between the Activity-Based Information Division and its customers. This role is your next ideal career goal for you if: You enjoy providing advice in the area of managerial cost accounting, specifically on activity-based costing methods and specific ABC systems, financial statements and reporting, fee analysis and fee cost development in support of fee setting, budgeting, performance management and preparation of external reports. You are excited about determining activity-based costing data requirements. You are interested in identifying and resolving cost accounting, financial management, and budgetary problems. You like developing and monitoring internal controls; identifying problem areas; and developing solutions to improve internal controls and operating program effectiveness. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Administrative and Management Positions Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-12. Specialized experience for this position includes: 1. Experience in utilizing activity-based costing (ABC) methodology to create and maintain multiple expense models with experience in data preparation and cleansing using Alteryx; AND 2. Experience in utilizing activity-based cost modeling software such as CostPerform and SAP EPO to build and enhance modeling capability and costing methodology in addition to performing analytics for cost reporting in software such as Tableau; AND 3. Experience in utilizing ABC methodology to produce the Statement of Net Cost (SNC) and associated footnotes for a government entity; AND 4. Experience in calculating fully burdened fee unit costing using ABC model data for a fully fee-funded organization in support of the fee setting process; AND 5. Experience in maintaining and enhancing cost allocation framework to accurately assign expenses to revenue generating business units in support of the budget planning process. Experience refers to 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. Education Education may not be substituted for experience at the GS-13 level. Additional Information If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System. If you are exempt from registration under Selective Service Law, you must provide appropriate proof of exemption. Please visit the Selective Service System website for more information. This is a Bargaining Unit position and represented by The National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 245 (NTEU 245). Additional information about this bargaining unit may be obtained at http://www.nteu.org or by email to nteu245.tm.uspto@gmail.com. If selected for this position, you may be required to complete the Fair Credit Act Memo, which gives consent so that one or more consumer credit reports may be obtained for employment purposes. This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "moderate". Background Investigation - If selected for this position, you may be required to complete a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306), which includes a fingerprint and credit check, to determine your suitability for Federal employment and to authorize a background investigation. The USPTO participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please visit the Department of Homeland Security Website. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice. Relocation Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid. CTAP and ICTAP candidates will be eligible for selection priority if it is determined that they have exceeded the minimum qualifications for the position by attaining at least a "well qualified" rating of 85 out of 100. Information about CTAP and ICTAP eligibility is on the Office of Personnel Management's Career Transition Resources website at: OPM CTAP/ICTAP. CTAP/ICTAP documentation requirements are listed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued. 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