Job description
Role Overview
Stock Custodian at Cherokee Federal, supporting Military Post Office (MPO) operations at Ali Al Salem Air Base (ASAB), Kuwait; Al Dhafra Air Base (ADAB), United Arab Emirates; Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (MSAB), Jordan; with optional placement at Al Udeid Air Base (AUAB), Qatar.
Company Overview
Cherokee Nation System Solutions (CNSS) is part of Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses. Cherokee Federal serves more than 60 federal clients and is focused on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government's mission with compassion and heart.
Role Purpose
The Stock Custodian manages postal stock, financial-service supplies, and accountable postal assets for an assigned Military Post Office. The role maintains accurate inventory and financial accountability, processes transactions through U.S. Postal Service Point of Service/Retail Systems Software (POS/RSS), and ensures postal financial services operate in compliance with applicable USPS, Military Postal Service Agency (MPSA), Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, installation, and contract requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Stock & Inventory Management
- Manage, safeguard, issue, receive, and reconcile postal stock, including stamps, money orders, accountable forms, financial-service supplies, and other controlled postal materials.
- Conduct daily, weekly, monthly, and periodic stock counts, audits, inventories, and reconciliations.
- Coordinate stock ordering, replenishment, receipt, transfer, and distribution to support uninterrupted MPO operations.
- Maintain strict accountability and secure storage for postal stock, financial instruments, keys, forms, records, and equipment.
Financial Operations & Reporting
- Use USPS POS/RSS to process postal retail and financial-service transactions, maintain inventory records, generate reports, and document accountability.
- Support postal financial services, including money-order sales, stamp stock management, customer transactions, remittances, and required financial reconciliations.
- Prepare and maintain required stock records, cash reports, financial logs, inventory documents, receipts, remittance documentation, and transaction reports.
Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Ensure compliance with applicable USPS, MPSA, DoD, U.S. Air Force, installation, contract, security, and safety requirements.
- Identify, document, and promptly report financial discrepancies, stock shortages or overages, irregularities, system issues, and potential security concerns.
Operational Support
- Support customer counter operations and general MPO activities as directed by the MPO Site Lead.
- Assist with training MPO personnel on POS/RSS use, stock-accountability procedures, and postal financial-service requirements.
- Support operational surges, transition activities, contingency requirements, and other duties assigned in support of the mission.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and secure stock and financial-services work area.
Qualifications & Experience
Required
- U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency (government contract requirement; documentation required).
- Minimum three (3) years of experience using USPS POS/RSS.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience managing postal financial services.
- Demonstrated experience managing postal stock, conducting financial reconciliations, maintaining transaction records, and resolving inventory discrepancies.
- Working knowledge of postal retail operations, postal financial instruments, customer-service transactions, and accountability requirements.
- Ability to meet all installation-specific access, medical, training, force-protection, and deployment requirements.
- Pass pre-employment requirements of Cherokee Federal.
Preferred
- Experience supporting a Military Post Office, Army Post Office, Fleet Post Office, or other Department of Defense postal operation.
- Experience supporting U.S. Air Force postal operations.
- Knowledge of USPS, MPSA, DoD, and U.S. Air Force policies governing postal finance, stock custody, accountable items, money orders, and retail operations.
- Experience operating in overseas, deployed, contingency, or austere environments.
- Experience supporting financial audits, inspections, corrective-action plans, or quality-control reviews.
- Experience with postal retail systems, cash handling, remittances, inventory management, and financial reporting.
Skills & Competencies
- Proficiency with USPS Point of Service/Retail Systems Software (POS/RSS).
- Proficiency with standard computer applications, including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and email.
- Strong attention to detail and mathematical accuracy.
- Integrity and recordkeeping discipline.
- Clear communication with customers, team members, military personnel, Government representatives, and company leadership.
Additional Information
- Full-time position with Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.
- Estimated starting salary range: TBD. Pay commensurate with experience.
- Cherokee Federal is a military-friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.
- Cherokee Federal is an equal opportunity employer.
- This position is pending a contract award. The applicable salary range will be posted upon contract award and funding determination.