Financial Manager

Office of the Director of National Intelligence • McLean, VA

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About The Position

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing, and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve national counterterrorism objectives. The Financial Manager prepares and analyzes budgetary and financial information, assesses financial conditions, and advises on financial and budgetary actions amid changing program plans, funding, deadlines, guidance, and objectives. The role applies financial management principles, policies, standards, methods, controls, and systems to analyze information across budgeting, accounting, auditing, financial planning, and financial reporting. It also supports ODNI and Intelligence Community-wide financial management processes, reporting quality, and program objectives.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of budget formulation, programming, and budget execution processes for Intelligence Community programs, a defense agency, or a military service.
• Thorough organizational and interpersonal skills, including strategic planning, managing competing priorities, negotiating, building consensus, collaborating, and maintaining professional networks across management levels.
• Thorough knowledge of departmental or agency financial management policy, regulations, and financial systems, with the ability to exercise sound independent judgment to resolve financial problems.
• Ability to advise customers, including external customers, based on financial analysis and operational requirements, and recommend possible courses of action.
• Ability to conduct accounting and financial reporting based on thorough knowledge of financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems.
• Representational, oral, and written communication skills, including producing clear, logical, and concise products.
• Ability to work effectively and independently in a team or collaborative environment.
• Ability to develop consensus recommendations, solicit input from colleagues and peers, and remain open-minded and adapt opinions based on new information and requirements.
• Bachelor's degree.
• 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 (SBI), 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.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent ODNI appointments.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, analyze, and forecast budgetary and financial information to evaluate changes in program plans and funding and their effects on financial and budget milestones.
• Analyze financial and budgetary relationships and recommend financial or budgetary actions under uncertain conditions or rapidly changing deadlines, guidance, or objectives.
• Analyze budgetary and financial data and assess financial conditions using financial principles, policies, standards, methods, techniques, controls, and systems.
• Collect, research, and analyze substantive financial information across budgeting, accounting, auditing, financial planning, and financial reporting.
• Lead and review Unliquidated Obligations and Undelivered Orders.
• Develop objectives and methods, techniques, and criteria for identifying trends and patterns, obtaining and analyzing information, developing solutions, presenting findings, and examining requirements without precedents.
• Apply financial management policies and guidelines and establish performance metrics aligned with changing program objectives, plans, and funding requirements.
• Apply IC-wide and ODNI regulations and standardize financial management processes and procedures to improve financial reporting quality.
• Engage in financial management programs and activities, potentially including audit plans and examinations, accounting operations or evaluations, and operational risk assessments.
• Perform other budget and financial duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time