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AFSC 65F4, Staff
AFSC 65F3, Qualified
AFSC 65F1, Entry

Specialty Summary. Performs financial management activities and manages financial programs and operations, including accounting liaison and pay services; budget preparation and execution; program, cost, and economic analysis; and nonappropriated fund oversight. Develops special studies and analyses of management problems and recommends solutions. Serves as financial adviser to commander and staff. Related DoD Occupational Group: 7D.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans and organizes financial management activities. Plans, organizes, develops techniques and establishes internal controls to manage financial services and analysis operations. Determines organizational structure, personnel, training needs, and security requirements for safeguarding entrusted assets. Establishes performance standards, work schedules, and priorities. Develops, reviews, coordinates, and executes financial management plans to support peacetime, exercise, contingency, and wartime operations.

Directs financial management activities. Supervises, manages, and administers financial services and/or analysis activities. These include reviewing adequacy of internal controls and quality of services; providing assistance and performing cost estimates and economic analysis; and overseeing funds distribution and management. Establishes performance standards to evaluate cost and efficiency. Inspects, reviews, and evaluates effectiveness of work methods, procedures, and personnel.

Coordinates financial management activities. Advises commander and staff on status and progress of command programs. Coordinates with commander, staff, and units in developing and executing financial plans, schedules, and programs. Advises, coordinates, and makes recommendations on validity of requirements, effective allocation and use of financial resources, and redistribution of resources within fund limitations. Verifies estimated costs are realistic and reasonable. Coordinates on deficiencies noted in reports from audits, and inspections. Maintains liaison with other agencies to develop standards for financial management policy and procedures.

Performs financial management functions. Formulates guidelines for phasing in projected programs and mission changes. Assures identification of required financial resources. Provides forecasts of financial posture. Prepares, justifies and submits financial plan, budget estimates and supplemental budget requirements. Ensures validity of obligations within the language of appropriation acts, current laws, and governing directives. Maintains statutory responsibility for preventing overobligation of appropriated funds through funds certification. Collects, analyzes, and interprets resource data. Establishes procedures and safeguards against fraud and fund losses. Evaluates impact of legislative action, executive orders and Comptroller General decisions on financial operations. Formulates financial management policies and procedures. Provides analysis, policy, and oversight for nonappropriated fund financial management. Conducts analyses supporting cost projection and resource utilization effectiveness. Performs, reviews, and certifies adequacy of cost comparisons and economic analyses.

Conducts financial management and information studies. Prepares studies evaluating the effects of changes in policies, procedures, and technology. Prepares findings and recommendations for presentation to commander and staff.

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: general accounting principles pertaining to governmental, commercial, managerial, and cost accounting; Air Force concepts and objectives and their relationship to effective, economical execution of the mission; fiscal laws, executive orders, Comptroller General decisions, instructions, and directives; Air Force budget structure and policy; fiscal procedures, including resource allocation and fund control procedures; cost estimating, economic analysis, and statistical techniques; and basic computer applications.

Education. The following education is required as indicated for entry into this specialty:

Undergraduate academic specialization in business administration is desirable.

A minimum of 12 semester hours in economics, accounting, and statistics subjects (6 of which must be in accounting) is mandatory.

Training. For award of AFSC 65F3, completion of either the Financial Services or Financial Analysis Officer course is mandatory.

Experience. For award of AFSC 65F3, a minimum of 18 months of experience is mandatory in financial management assignments.

Other. None.

Specialty Shredouts:

None

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Above Information Derived from AFMAN 36-2105