Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance

U.S. Census Bureau • Suitland, MD

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking a highly-motivated and capable executive to serve as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance. This position is a Senior Executive Service (SES) General position. Positions in the SES are not graded. SES pay is commensurate with qualifications. SES employees are eligible for bonuses and awards based on performance. Veteran's preference is not applicable to SES.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• May be subject to pre-employment and random drug tests.
• Initial Senior Executive Service (SES) Career appointee is subject to a one-year probationary period.
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so.
• File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report OGE-278e within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on.
• You may be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• Demonstrated senior-level experience overseeing core federal financial management functions, including accounting, financial reporting, payments, travel, reimbursements, and related administrative financial services while providing authoritative financial advice to senior leadership across centralized and decentralized environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead organization-wide financial oversight and internal control programs including designing and executing control testing strategies, evaluating and remediating deficiencies, and ensuring audit readiness, risk management, and accountability across complex financial operations.
• Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding, Driving Efficiency, Merit and Competence, Leading People, Achieving Results.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• If you are a member of the SES or have been certified through successful participation in an OPM approved SES Candidate Development Program (SESCDP), or have SES reinstatement eligibility, you do not need to address the ECQs. Instead, you should attach proof [e.g., SF-50, Certification by OPM's SES Qualifications Review Board (QRB)] of your eligibility for noncompetitive appointment to the SES.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical policy, procedure, guidance and financial management leadership on overall fiscal and accounting matters.
• Provide guidance and direction for comprehensive financial management functions such as cash management, internal controls, prompt payment, electronic payments, travel management and cost accounting.
• Lead preparations for high-risk stand-alone audits conducted at the bureau by the Office of Inspector General during the years before, during, and after the decennial census.
• Safeguard the bureau's assets and resources against purchase card theft, travel abuses, property mishandling, and other fraudulent activities.
• Provide leadership in bureau budget proposal and/or justification efforts, advising senior leadership on funding strategies and novel solutions to new or unique programmatic funding requirements.
• Anticipate the effects of legislative and administrative changes and initiatives and ensure development of effective, legally-compliant, fully responsive budget formulation strategies to provide for implementation of programmatic priorities.
• Develop and/or oversee the implementation of programs and processes that ensure robust monitoring of financial transactions and budget execution to achieve complete compliance with applicable laws and regulations as well as internal and external policy; and adopt adequate measures to address anomalies and eliminate/mitigate risk of future non-compliance.
• Review and evaluate operational systems and processes approaches that improve Office of the Chief Financial Officer procedures.
• Maintains liaison with key management officials and provides assistance on complex financial management issues that cut across organizational lines.
• Oversee accurate allocation of costs among budget accounts and evaluate proposals for reprogramming of funds, advising managers and bureau leadership on all appropriate compliance measures and ensuring that approved transfers of budget authority between budget accounts is consistent with reprogramming regulations.
• Institute methodologies, organizational practices and processes to ensure audit readiness and accuracy, consistent with applicable U.S. Government generally accepted accounting principles and prescribed Departmental accounting policies and procedures.
• Advise senior leadership on the entire range of budgetary and financial matters, including internal control measures, and build consensus among executives, senior managers, and internal or external stakeholders regarding strategies that contribute to more efficient allocation of resources.

Benefits

• SES employees are eligible for bonuses and awards based on performance.
• 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.
• Learn more about federal benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed