Summary This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evaluate applicants. For more information, visit USA Hire Assessment. **When selected, position title will reads FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST (CYBER)** Duties Analyzes functional and technical requirements for software systems supporting contract payment, finance, and accounting operations. Leads or participates in requirements reviews with customers, functional representatives, developers, and other technical personnel to clarify needs and define solution alternatives. Evaluates the impact of proposed system changes, enhancements, interfaces, databases, and processing-cycle issues on current operations; develops estimates, priorities, schedules, and cost-benefit analyses. Prepares clear, complete system requirements, functional documentation, change-request analyses, and other artifacts to support software design, development, and implementation. Develops and coordinates software test plans, test cases/scripts, test data, and test schedules to ensure requirements traceability, system integration, and adequate regression coverage. Performs and oversees manual and automated testing of new systems, enhancements, and modifications; documents results, defects, certifications, and recommendations for release or corrective action. Investigates and resolves operational system issues, advises management on mission and data-integrity risks, and provides technical recommendations to improve system performance, controls, and business processes. Qualifications One year of specialized experience equivalent in level of difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade (GS-11) within the federal service, which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position, is required. Specialized experience is defined as: Performing systems analysis, testing and support of automated financial systems; ensuring that financial system design, revisions and modifications comply with financial regulatory requirements; developing test plans and preparing test input situations designed to test financial systems software. You may qualify for consideration if meeting specialized experience, education requirement, 90 days after competitive appointment requirement, and all other qualification requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of the announcement, unless otherwise indicated on the announcement. We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 120 days of the closing date. Education Education is not substitutable for specialized experience at this grade level.