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FIELD 34, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (3)

The Financial Management OccFld encompasses the functions of auditing, finance, and fiscal/budget which are developed to ensure the continuing quality of the financial management process and to safeguard public funds, both appropriated and non-appropriated. Personnel serving in the OccFld assist and support the commander in the execution of the responsibilities, both command and legal, that relate to financial administration. Qualifications required include skills involving the disbursement of public funds, budget development and execution, managerial accounting, reporting, resource evaluation and analysis, and auditing. Formal schooling is provided to Marines entering the OccFld as Finance and Fiscal/Budget Technicians. Types of entry-level jobs available include work in finance, managerial accounting, and comptroller offices in the operating forces and the post and station activities. They perform routine duties incident to the preparation of financial records, travel vouchers, processing of public vouchers for payment and the maintenance of internal controls. Entry level as audit technicians is normally at the grade of sergeant with job assignments with non-appropriated fund instrumentality audit office at post and station activities.

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MOS 3451, Financial Management Resource Analyst

Written by Richard Morgan Published in FIELD 34, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Financial management resource analysts perform accounting, budgeting and all other financial management relevant duties for appropriated funds supporting the operating forces and supporting establishments. Financial management resource analyst perform duties specifically pertain to maintenance, monitoring, reconciliation and preparation of official accounting records; general ledger control; related cost accounting; financial systems analysis and any oversight duties typically performed by related cost accounting organizations.

MOS 3441, NAF Audit Technician

Written by Richard Morgan Published in FIELD 34, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Nonappropriated fund (NAF) audit technicians work on all matters related to the audit of Marine Corps NAFIs. Marines in this MOS must have the ability to work independently and act objectively. As NAF auditors, duties require the ability to apply generally accepted Government auditing standards when performing and supervising internal audits of NAF records, procedures, and internal control systems. Audits are performed at the duty station assigned and may require extensive TAD travel to other Marine Corps commands throughout the world.

MOS 3432, Finance Technician

Written by Richard Morgan Published in FIELD 34, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

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Finance technicians perform the duties associated with the maintenance, review, payments processing of master pay accounts, and the fiscal accounting supporting the transactions. Finance technicians also perform duties incident to the adjudication, computation, review, and payment of vouchers of reimbursement for official travel. Finance technician staff NCOs, supervise subordinates working in master pay accounts and/or official travel payment functions. Finance technicians may be assigned to finance offices in either the operating forces or the shore establishment. Marines serving as finance technicians must have a fundamental understanding of related computer system applications.