Financial Specialist (Budget Analyst/Accountant) - Employees of Mission - All/or USEEFMs EFMs or MOH at U.S. Embassy South Africa

Duties

• The position provides financial advice to Mission leadership in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of foreign assistance programs. 
• This role includes preparing and presenting Financial Reviews for a S4 billion portfolio, managing accounting systems for the Department of State's Foreign Assistance Regional Financial Hub across  the Africa Bureau, and overseeing yearly budgets exceeding $4 billion and a pipeline of $100 million in previously obligated funds. 
• The position involves reviewing, analyzing, and reconciling accounting records for South African countries, and preparing management reports. 
• The role also includes conducting pre-award surveys and financial reviews of implementing partners, evaluating their financial management capacity, providing recommendations, and ensuring implementation.  The work must conform to Appropriations Law, GAAP, FAM, DSSR, 2 CFT Part 200, and host government laws and regulations. 
• The job may require travel.

Requirements:

All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a: 

• security certificate; or 
• Background investigation security clearance. 
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.  
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time [12 weeks] upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Experience:

• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in professional accounting or auditing is required.