Chief - Budget Execution Division

Office of the Director of National Intelligence • McLean, VA

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About The Position

The Chief of the Budget Execution Division leads the legal execution and monitoring of appropriated funds for ODNI programs. The role oversees budget execution activities including reprogramming, execution rates, program reviews, operating-year spend plans, manpower allocation, funds certification, and the management of current and prior fiscal-year appropriations to support compliance and cost-effective operations.

The position supervises staff conducting financial analysis and forecasting, advises ODNI leadership and resource managers on execution policy and budget matters, and coordinates fund apportionment, allotments, and related budget actions. It develops and implements financial management policies, guidelines, performance measures, and controls; evaluates progress against execution plans; and recommends responses to conflicting priorities. The Chief represents ODNI in financial-management discussions with leadership, OMB, and Congressional oversight committees, coordinates regulations and reporting improvements, and works with the Financial Operations Division on audits and internal controls. The position has full supervisory responsibility for division personnel and activities.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen residing in the United States.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on a single-scope background investigation, with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI).
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination based on a completed background investigation.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• New permanent ODNI appointments require a two-year trial period.
• Expert knowledge of principles, concepts, laws, regulations, policies, and systems of financial administration, budgeting, accounting, or auditing.
• Expert ability to plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget and financial information, including analyzing data to assess financial conditions and trends.
• Superior ability to advise ODNI leadership and component customers on complex requirements and resolve difficult problems involving conflicting priorities using independent judgment and thorough analysis.
• Superior ability to make recommendations on undefined issues while considering immediate and long-range implications and managing financial aspects of strategic, capital, lifecycle, infrastructure planning, investment control, and policy enforcement.
• Expert knowledge of the Intelligence Community, its components, missions, and interrelationships, and ability to lead teams on financial management issues including execution, reprogramming, and internal controls.
• Expert experience establishing and maintaining professional networks with management inside and outside ODNI.
• Expert oral and written communication and representational skills, including producing clear, logical, and concise briefings, testimony, and guidance documents.
• Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, including negotiation, consensus-building, collaborative team leadership, soliciting peer input, and adapting to new information and requirements.
• Bachelor's degree including 24 hours of finance, accounting, or other relevant courses, or 12 years of equivalent relevant work experience in a related field.
• Current federal employees applying must submit their most recent SF-50, dated within 52 weeks of the vacancy announcement closing date, to verify eligibility.
• Current federal employees at GS-13 and below are not eligible; current federal employees at GS-15 and one level below may apply.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and monitor the legal execution of appropriated funds, including reprogramming actions, execution rates, program reviews, operating-year spend plans, manpower allocation, funds certification, and current/prior fiscal-year appropriations.
• Supervise staff analysis of budget, accounting, and reporting data to assess financial conditions, forecast trends, identify policy issues, and prepare briefings, testimony, and talking points for the Chief Financial Executive and Comptroller.
• Advise the Comptroller, ODNI component resource managers, and financial working groups on execution policies and challenges; serve as the primary focal point for resolving budget issues and justifying ODNI positions on fund allotments and apportionments.
• Direct review and coordination of component proposals for fund apportionment, allotment, and budget actions, ensuring consistency with ODNI policies and providing execution support to ODNI offices.
• Oversee the development, improvement, and implementation of financial management policies, guidelines, performance metrics, and systems or procedures for controlling appropriated funds.
• Interpret financial results, identify trends, threats, and opportunities in operational performance, evaluate progress against execution plans, and recommend courses of action for conflicting priorities.
• Liaise with ODNI leadership, OMB, and Congressional oversight committees on financial management issues; participate in and, when required, oversee IC-wide working groups, committees, and meetings.
• Lead coordination of ODNI regulations to standardize processes and improve financial reporting quality.
• Exercise full supervisory personnel management responsibilities and oversee division activities to meet customer needs and regulatory standards.
• Coordinate with the Financial Operations Division on audit functions, internal controls, and annual financial statement audits.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package for employees and their families.
• Relocation reimbursement for new ODNI employees may be available at the agency's discretion, subject to funding availability.
• Reasonable accommodations are available to otherwise qualified applicants with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior