Budget Justification Chief

US Office of the Director of National Intelligence; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads the National Intelligence Program budget development and presentation to the President and Congress. This GS-15 excused service position is open to the public and current federal employees at GS-15 and one level below, with eligibility constraints for lower grades.

The role requires expert planning, budgeting, justification, and financial analysis, with strong written and oral communication skills to brief senior leadership and address

Qualifications

• Expert ability to plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information.
• Superior ability to serve as expert and consultant to top agency management officials and customers.
• Superior ability to make decisions and recommendations addressing undefined issues.
• Expert knowledge of Federal/IC budget and financial management laws, regulations, and guidance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information.
• Provide expert consultation to top agency management and customers based on financial analysis.
• Develop consensus recommendations and adapt to new information and requirements.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial forecasting

Executive briefing

Consulting senior officials

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

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. This is an excepted service GS-15 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-15 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-13 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility.

Mandatory Requirements:

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 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.

Expert knowledge of Federal/IC budget and financial management laws, regulations, and guidance (e.g., OMB circulars, appropriations law concepts, PPBE, reprogramming rules, congressional budget justification requirements) sufficient to lead enterprise-wide efforts.

Expert representational, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products.

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 or equivalent relevant work experience or equivalent relevant work experience with a minimum of 24 hours of Finance, Accounting or other relevant courses. (this was previously a required qualification and think that it should remain, otherwise, looks like the bar has moved; education provides credibility; ensures depth, etc.)

Desired Requirements:

Demonstrated experience leading time-sensitive development of congressional budget justification narrative and exhibit materials, including briefing senior leadership and responding to OMB and congressional inquiries.