Administrative Specialist/Government Travel Card Coordinator

Full Job Description

Sayres is a renowned leader in defense support services to the Department of Defense (DOD). With over 300 program support experts, we specialize in empowering our customers' senior leadership with long-term planning and analytics, insightful decision-making, and day-to-day operations. Since 2001, Sayres and Associates has been providing exceptional service to the Federal Government. Our headquarters is located in Washington, DC, and we have additional offices in California, Maine, and Alabama.

Sayres is seeking an Administrative Specialist/Government Travel Card Coordinator in Bahrain with Secret Clearance verifiable in DISS.

This position is located in Manama Bahrain; the Kingdom of Bahrain is the perfect destination; its climate ensures that you can enjoy the warm waters of the Gulf and experience a variety of water sports and other outdoor activities throughout the year. One of the main traditions is Manama Souq - a feast for the senses. The sounds, colors, smells and flavors invite travelers into the heart of the Bahraini experience.

You will have the opportunity to support Commander Naval Surface Squadron Five (CNSS-5). CNSS-5 is the executive agent for the readiness (man, train, and equip) of 4 Mine Countermeasure (MCM), and LCS ships forward deployed in Bahrain.

For a best fit for this position, your background would have experience with managing day-to-day operations of the travel card program for an organization and serve as the primary liaisons between the travel cardholder and the Government Travel Charge Card (GTCC) vendor.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Establishes new Government Travel Credit Card (GTCC) accounts and assures compliance with local and higher echelon GTCC policies and procedures.
• Reviews and validates cardholder access to electronic systems relevant to the travel card, terminates cardholder access upon transfer, retirement, or separation.
• Acts as liaison between the financial institution, DFAS, comptroller office, CTO Travel, and the traveler. Identifies and assists in rectifying errors and discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Manage, approve, and override new card applications. Coordinates with replacement cards as needed.
• Reviews and validates cardholder access to electronic systems relevant to the travel card, terminates cardholder access upon transfer, retirement, or separation.
• Work with Command DTS ODTA to ensure DTS profiles are up to date with current GTCC card number and expiration dates.

Qualifications & Clearance Requirements

• 5 years' experience as an Active Duty, United States Navy, Yeoman (YN), Personnel Specialist (PS) either onboard ship or shore command.

• Background as APC, DTS, strongly recommended.

• Strong knowledge of understanding GTCC Account codes.
• US Secret Clearance mandatory verifiable in DISS.
• Proficient and experienced with Microsoft Office, especially with Access, Excel and PowerPoint.

The position description is only meant to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by the incumbents of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform position-related tasks other than those stated in this description. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

At Sayres, our employees enjoy an atmosphere conducive to realizing their potential through personal and professional development while simultaneously exceeding customers' expectations.

We offer a broad spectrum of technical, engineering and administrative services including acquisition, financial and program management; fleet synthetic training; logistics; ship construction engineering; systems engineering and integration; wargaming; test and evaluation; security, counterintelligence and policy analysis.

Sayres is headquartered in Washington, DC with offices throughout the United States and has a presence abroad.

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