The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads the development, negotiation, and presentation of the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence to the President and the Congress. The CFO's three main responsibilities include resource management (budget analysis, formulation, justification, and execution), performance planning and evaluation, and financial management improvement.

Duties

Lead the planning, preparation, justification, administration, analysis, forecasting, and monitoring of budget/financial information to ensure cost-effective support of Intelligence Community (IC) organizations and programs; oversee budget/financial data analysis and the assessment of financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems. Lead the collection, research, and analysis of comprehensive and substantive financial information that includes budget, accounting, and financial reporting information to develop budget testimony, briefings, and talking points for senior DNI leadership and develop IC guidance on the preparation of resource requests and realignments or reprogramming to the DNI and Congress. May involve supporting major re-allocation of staffing, funds, or other resources. Lead the development of complex financial analyses and provide expert advice and recommendations to senior IC customers in the context of their operations and requirements. Oversee and manage the financial implications of strategic and capital/lifecycle/infrastructure planning, investment control, policy enforcement, and management throughout the financial life cycles (i.e., planning, programming, budgeting, execution, and evaluation) within or between IC organizations. Lead and guide the development, improvement, and implementation of financial management policies and guidelines and establish performance metrics against IC priorities, policies, and objectives. Monitor and evaluate the progress and outcomes of operational performance plans and identify potential threats or opportunities. Lead and manage the development and coordination of ODNI regulations to improve and standardize financial management processes and procedures to improve the quality of financial reporting in the IC. Lead and manage the development of financial management programs, practices, processes, and activities by applying expert knowledge of strategic planning principles that incorporate the vision, mission, and strategic objectives of IC organizations. Liaise with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) leadership, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congressional oversight committees on financial management issues; participate in and, as required, oversee IC-wide financial management working groups, committees, and meetings. Provide expert advice to other financial or budget experts throughout the ODNI or other agencies on issues that involve applying or tailoring methods and procedures developed by the employee to a variety of situations. Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance, collaborate and oversee goal setting, and provide feedback on personal development.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements: Expert knowledge of the principles, concepts, laws, and regulations of financial administration, budgeting, accounting, or auditing sufficient to generate new concepts and methodologies or to theorize, plan, and direct entire financial, budgeting, accounting, or auditing systems for broad, emerging, or similarly critical large-scale ODNI-wide programs of national or international scope where no precedents exist. Expert ability to plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information to ensure cost-effective support of organizations and programs, including conducting budget/financial data analysis and assessing financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems. Superior ability to serve as expert and consultant to top agency management officials and customers, in context of operation requirements bases on financial analysis and recommends possible courses of action. Problems are frequently stubborn due to such matters as conflicting funding priorities, economic interests, public interests, constitutional protections, or equivalent concerns. Superior ability to conduct accounting, and financial reporting information; expert knowledge of financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems. Superior knowledge of departmental or agency financial management policy, regulations, and financial systems and superior ability to apply sound and independent judgment in order to resolve complex financial problems. Superior ability to make decisions and recommendations addressing undefined issues that require much consideration and extensive analysis of the immediate and long-range implications of any action. Decisions regarding what needs to be done require extensive probing and analysis. Superior ability to manage the financial implications of strategic and capital/life cycle/infrastructure planning, investment Expert knowledge of the IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships, including the superior ability to lead broad-based teams regarding key IC financial management issues. Expert experience establishing and maintaining professional networks with all levels of management both internal and external to the ODNI. Expert representational, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products. Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to negotiate, build consensus, and work effectively and independently in a team or collaborative environment. Expert ability to develop consensus recommendations and to solicit input from colleagues and peers; superior ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements. Bachelor's degree.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Contacts

• Address IC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT GROUP Director Of National Intelligence Washington, DC 20511 US
• Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
• Email: [email protected]