This position is located on U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), ACFO-Financial Policy & Planning (ACFO-FPP), Internal Control Division (ICD). Incumbent of this position serves as a Supervisory Program Analyst within the OCFO and has wide latitude in the exercise of delegated authorities in addition to providing leadership and oversight for audit liaison, financial controls, and internal control activities for OCFO.

Duties

Provides leadership and staff support for the development and dissemination of agency goals and objectives. Assess the effectiveness of the agency’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance with financial- related laws and regulations. Establishes and monitors an effective Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program to address an agency’s universe of risks. Interprets comprehensive department, federal, and congressional risk management, internal controls, budgetary and other regulations. Analyzes, monitors, and tracks workload data throughout the year to identify any variances within the annual budget plan. Articulates complex and controversial issues at all levels of the Department as well as to other Federal entities, State and local governments and private/public sector organizations

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Direct Deposit – Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience, as defined below. Specialized Experience: To qualify for GS-15: Have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 level in Federal Service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform as an Supervisory Management and Program Analyst: Such experience includes: 1) ) Experience in reviewing audit, budget, financial and risk management reports using agency and federal agency guidance to evaluate and assess the impact to the organization program objectives; 2) Facilitate and monitor the agency's Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Management Control Program (MCP) to include interpreting revisions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) A-50, audit follow-up analyze audits, make determinations on final actions, monitoring management actions on audits, tracking individual audit recommendations, and report results. and 3) Establishes policy and guidance to ensure that sub-agencies comply with the requirements of Financial Management improvement Act (FMFIA) and Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA), and report on material weaknesses, financial system non-conformances in the Agency Financial Report to the Congress and the President. Time in grade: Merit Promotion(Current Federal)applicants must meet applicable time-in­-grade requirements to be considered eligible. (e.g. one year time-in grade at the GS-14 grade level for consideration for the GS-15 grade level). Time-in-Grade requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. The following link provides more information on the qualifications for this position: Individual Qualifications: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/management-and-program-analysis-series-0343/ Group Qualifications: www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Chief Financial Officer 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Greta Thomas
• Phone: 504-799-3492
• Email: [email protected]