Chief - Budget Execution Division.

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

Job summary

ODNI in McLean, VA seeks a GS-15 level Chief Financial Officer to lead IC-wide budgeting, financial management, and audit oversight. You will coordinate with OMB, Congress, and IC components to ensure sound fiscal policy and compliant execution.

The role demands expert-level knowledge of budgeting, accounting, and financial controls, plus strong leadership, communication, and strategic advisory skills to support ODNI priorities.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of financial administration, budgeting, accounting, or auditing.
• Ability to analyze budget/financial data to forecast trends and assess financial conditions.
• Ability to provide expert advice to ODNI leadership on complex requirements.
• Strong networking with management levels internal and external to ODNI.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Bachelor's Degree or 12 years equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee budget execution and allocation of funds across ODNI programs.
• Supervise staff analyzing financial data to forecast trends and identify issues.
• Advise ODNI leadership on execution policies and realignments of staffing or funds.
• Coordinate fund apportionment and budget actions ensuring policy consistency.
• Develop and implement financial management policies and controls.
• Interface with ODNI, OMB, and Congress on financial matters.

Skills

Financial management

Budget planning

Policy analysis

Leadership

Communication

Interagency coordination

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Accounting

Job description

Duties

The Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) leads IC-wide efforts to develop, determine, and present the National Intelligence Program (NIP) budget to the Office of Management and Budget and Congress on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence. The IC CFO also leads IC resource, performance, and financial management as well as procurement oversight and facilities activities. Additionally, IC CFO, through the CFE, provides oversight of ODNI resources, managing formulation, justification, execution, contracts, manpower, financial audits, and ODNI budget matters in coordination with the IC, OMB, DoW, and Congress. The IC CFO serves as the single point of integration for all performance- and budget-related activities across the 18 NIP elements.

Major Duties And Responsibilities

Oversee and lead the Budget Execution Division in planning, directing, and monitoring the legal execution of appropriated funds, including reprogramming actions, execution rates, program reviews, operating year spend plans, manpower allocation, funds certification, and management of current/prior fiscal year appropriations to ensure compliance and cost-effective support for ODNI programs. Supervise subordinate staff in analyzing comprehensive financial data (budget, accounting, and reporting) to assess financial conditions, forecast trends, identify issues requiring policy attention, and develop briefings, testimony, and talking points for the Chief Financial Executive and Comptroller on resource requests, realignments, and major reallocations of staffing or funds. Advise and consult with the Comptroller, ODNI component resource managers, and financial working groups on execution policies, challenges, and substantive matters, serving as the primary focal point for resolving budget issues and justifying ODNI positions on fund allotments and apportionments. Direct the review and coordination of component proposals for fund apportionment, allotment, and budget actions, ensuring consistency with ODNI policies while guiding division staff in implementing execution support for ODNI offices. Oversee the development, improvement, and implementation of financial management policies, guidelines, and performance metrics aligned with ODNI priorities; prepare guidance on new directives and establish or maintain systems/procedures for controlling appropriated funds (e.g., travel, forfeiture, accounts receivable). Supervise the interpretation of complex financial results to identify trends, threats, or opportunities in operational performance; evaluate progress against execution plans and recommend courses of action to address conflicting priorities or interests. 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. Lead coordination of ODNI regulations to standardize processes and enhance financial reporting quality. Exercise full supervisory personnel management responsibilities, including planning, organizing, and overseeing division activities to meet customer needs and regulatory standards. Interface closely with the Financial Operations Division on audit functions, internal controls, and annual financial statement audits. Other duties, as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• 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

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 knowledge of the principles, concepts, laws, regulations, policies, and systems of financial administration, budgeting, accounting, or auditing sufficient to generate innovative concepts, methodologies, and systems for broad, emerging, or 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 ODNI and IC organizations and programs, including conducting budget/financial data analysis to assess financial conditions and trends by applying financial principles, policies, methods, and techniques.
• Superior ability to serve as expert consultant to ODNI leadership and component customers, providing advice and recommendations on complex requirements based upon financial analysis and resolve stubborn problems involving conflicting priorities through sound, independent judgement and extensive probing.
• Superior ability to make decisions and recommendations on undefined issues, considering immediate and long-range implications, while managing the financial aspects of strategic, capital, lifecycle, infrastructure planning, investment control, and policy enforcement across the full financial lifecycle.
• Expert knowledge of the IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships, with superior ability to lead broad-based teams on key IC financial management issues, including execution, reprogramming, and internal controls.
• 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 (such as briefings, testimony, and guidance documents).
• Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to negotiate, build consensus, lead teams collaboratively, solicit input from peers, and adapt opinions based upon new information and requirements.
• Bachelor's Degree including 24 hours of Finance, Accounting or other relevant courses; OR twelve years equivalent relevant work experience in a related field.

Desired Requirements

• Project Management Professional, Certified Financial Management, or equivalent certification.

Education

• Bachelors Degree

Additional information

JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL

• Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

SALARY DETERMINATION

• The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance. Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step. Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Chief of Human Resource Management.
• In some cases when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.

RELOCATION EXPENSES

• For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

• The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Office Representative by email at [e-mail], by telephone at [phone] or by FAX at [phone]. Your request for reasonable accommodations will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
• PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.