The Office of Financial Management Systems (OFMS) is located within the Office of The Chief Financial Officer. OFMS is responsible for the provision and operation of all financial management systems at the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). These systems automate core accounting, acquisition, travel, fee collection, planning, budget, reporting and analytical business processes. If this interests you, join USPTO as our next Senior Advisor for the OFMS!

Duties

This role is the ideal next career step for you if:

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov)
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278) will be required upon appointment.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum requirements for this position, candidates must demonstrate their experience in their narrative responses to the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) questions and all narrative responses must be fully supported within their resume. *Applicants must use the USA Jobs text boxes to submit their narrative responses to the PTQs. Do not write "see resume" or "see attached documents". Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to. Uploaded documents addressing the PTQs will not be accepted. Experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional/technical qualifications set forth below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Professional Technical Qualifications: Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their application materials that they possess technical attributes in the Professional/Technical Qualifications (PTQs). Please provide your narrative responses to the Professional Technical Qualification (PTQs) questions - Do not write "see resume" or "see attached document". Uploaded documents addressing the PTQs will not be accepted. Applicants are required to input narrative responses to the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) in the text boxes as prompted by USAJobs. Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to. Applicants must use the USA Jobs text boxes for submitting their PTQs responses. The Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) for this position are: Senior-level experience in an organization whose mission is to oversee automated management and financial systems. Demonstrated experience with government financial management systems in order to interrelate financial data/information systems and program activities consistent with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act, Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), Federal Manager's Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA), and other legislative requirements. Demonstrated extensive knowledge of state-of-the-art automated accounting and financial management systems, including various technologies and platforms, in order to plan, direct and assess risks of major information technology investments and performance on an ongoing basis. Demonstrated experience in successfully assessing and managing and system risks and vulnerabilities and identifying corrective actions needed to secure the integrity information technology systems and data. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with business partners, peers, senior agency personnel, OIG, Treasury, and OMB. Note: Submit only the documents requested. Additional documents will not be reviewed by the rating panel. Uploaded documents addressing the PTQ's will not be accepted.

Education

Successful completion of a degree in information technology, business administration, finance, accounting, management, statistics or economics.

OR

Degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.

OR

Combination of education and experience which includes courses equivalent to a major in economics or statistics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

• Address EXRD - Office of the Chief Financial Officer Office of Human Resources Mail Stop 171 P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 US
• Name: John Edmond
• Phone: 571-272-8479
• Email: [email protected]