Senior Advisor

Nuclear Regulatory Commission•Rockville, MD

About The Position

The Senior Advisor is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) and advises the Chief Financial Officer on organizational transformation and budget operations. The position plans, designs, and executes OCFO reorganizations to align structure, workforce, and governance with strategic objectives. It conducts organizational assessments, develops implementation plans and transition governance, and monitors progress, risks, redundancies, and corrective actions. The Senior Advisor reviews budget submissions and resource allocations for consistency with approved resource levels, operating plans, organizational design, and strategic priorities. The role advises senior leadership on fiscal, operational, and policy implications of organizational changes and supports budget formulation and execution by ensuring structural and governance coherence across business lines. It also recommends organizational metrics, develops integrated management plans, leads special assignments for the CFO or Deputy, coordinates with OCFO interfaces and other NRC offices and regions, represents OCFO on assigned groups, and develops papers on policy and programmatic issues. The position provides oversight of federal budget formulation and execution and supports governance framework development, including governance structures, operating procedures and control documents, accountability mechanisms, performance metrics, and internal controls. The incumbent applies knowledge of planning, budgeting, and performance management processes; central allowance operations; appropriations law; federal financial management; and relevant OMB, GAO, Treasury, public law, and congressional requirements. The supervisor is David D'Abate. The position is subject to confidential financial disclosure and security ownership restriction reporting requirements, drug testing, and security and suitability requirements. It may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency policy. There are no education requirements.

Requirements

At least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal service, obtained by the closing date or within 30 calendar days after it and before placement.
Specialized experience understanding financial reports and budgetary timelines and transactions, including reports to Congress; preparing reports; analyzing internal controls; and reviewing, analyzing, and resolving a variety of issues.
Experience with complex organizational assessments, restructures, or realignments in a federal agency or comparably large organization.
Ability to design governance and structural models aligned with strategic objectives and statutory authorities.
Experience developing and executing organizational-change implementation roadmaps, including transition governance and continuity-of-operations planning.
Experience identifying structural redundancies, efficiency gaps, and control weaknesses and implementing corrective solutions.
Experience advising senior executives on organizational, fiscal, and governance matters; synthesizing financial, operational, and policy information; and briefing senior leadership or facilitating executive decision-making forums.
Experience integrating organizational structure with budget formulation, operating plan development, and execution monitoring.
Understanding of appropriations law, resource allocation controls, and federal financial management principles.
Experience reviewing and validating resource allocations against approved levels and strategic priorities, and identifying fiscal risks or structural inconsistencies related to reorganizations or program changes.
Experience designing, standardizing, or modernizing governance structures within a federal organization.
Experience drafting and implementing SOPs, MOUs, SLAs, or similar control documents.
Experience establishing accountability mechanisms, performance metrics, and internal control frameworks aligned with federal standards, such as GAO Green Book concepts.
Experience developing, managing, and operating planning, budgeting, and performance management processes.
Knowledge of central allowance operations; OMB requirements such as Circular A-11; GAO and Treasury regulations; public laws; and congressional intent in authorization and appropriations reports.
Knowledge of and experience with enterprise organizational transformation and federal budget formulation and organizational alignment.
Knowledge and experience using NRC or other agency automated financial systems and associated software.
Comprehensive knowledge of appropriations law and fiscal compliance.
Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and logically, orally and in writing, with colleagues, senior agency management, presidential appointees, the public, professional groups, and federal or state agencies.
Must be able to meet and maintain security and suitability requirements.
Must meet the position's qualifications no later than 30 calendar days after the announcement closing date and before placement.
All resume information must be true and accurate.

Responsibilities

Advise the Chief Financial Officer on organizational transformation and budget operations.
Plan, design, and execute internal OCFO reorganizations to align structure, workforce, and governance with strategic objectives.
Conduct comprehensive organizational assessments, including structural analysis and workflow evaluations.
Develop reorganization implementation plans with milestones, transition governance, communication strategies, and continuity-of-operations safeguards.
Establish and chair CFO transition governance bodies; monitor implementation, identify risks and redundancies, and recommend corrective actions.
Review budgetary submissions for alignment with approved resource levels, operating plans, and organizational design.
Evaluate proposed resource allocations for structural consistency, duplication, and fiscal risk.
Advise senior leadership on fiscal, operational, and policy implications of organizational changes.
Support budget formulation and execution by ensuring structural and governance coherence across business lines.
Recommend organizational metrics and develop and implement systematic, integrated management plans.
Lead special assignments from the Chief Financial Officer or Deputy.
Coordinate with OCFO interfaces, other Offices, Commission staff, and Regions; represent OCFO on assigned groups.
Develop papers on policy and programmatic issues and coordinate activities with other NRC offices and regions.
Provide oversight of federal budget formulation and execution, including reviewing and validating resource allocations.
Design, standardize, or modernize governance structures and develop governance documents and internal accountability mechanisms.
Develop, manage, and operate planning, budgeting, and performance management processes.