Chief - Budget Execution Division

Intelligence Careers; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelligence Careers seeks a high-caliber finance leader for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) open to the public. This GS-15 position focuses on budgeting, policy development, and performance improvement for the National Intelligence Program (NIP).

You will advise ODNI leadership, manage cross-cutting financial initiatives, and ensure compliant execution across IC components. The role requires expert budgeting knowledge, exceptional communication, and the ability to coordinate

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of financial administration, budgeting, accounting, or auditing to innovate on large-scale ODNI-wide programs.
• Expert ability to plan, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information.
• Superior ability to advise ODNI leadership using financial analysis and resolve conflicting priorities.
• Superior ability to manage financial aspects across the full lifecycle and policy enforcement.
• Expert knowledge of the IC and its components, with ability to lead cross-functional teams on financial issues.
• Expert experience building professional networks with management at all levels.
• Expert representational, oral, and written communication skills.
• Superior organizational and interpersonal skills; negotiate and build consensus.
• Bachelor's Degree including 24 hours of Finance/Accounting or 12 years equivalent work experience.

Skills

Budget analysis

Forecasting

Financial management

Policy guidance

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree including 24 hours Finance/Accounting or related

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 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.