Summary
If you are an expert on financial and program risk and fraud management this may be the job for you. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking a highly motivated professional to serve as the Senior Advisor for Enterprise Risk Management located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Finance. This individual will play an integral role on managing the agency's financial and programmatic risks. fraud detection capability, audit compliance, and internal controls.
This job is open to
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Applications will be accepted from all qualified candidates.
Duties
The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria Virginia and is eligible for telework. The position is eligible for remote telework with no regular reporting requirement to Alexandria, VA with an approved alternate worksite (such as a home residence) that is within 50 miles of USPTO Campus in Alexandria, Virginia.
As the Senior Advisor for Enterprise Risk Management, you'll have an unapparelled opportunity to lead the charge to integrated, agency-wide enterprise risk and fraud management programs. This position requires a highly technical expert requiring specialized knowledge and subject matter expertise on enterprise-wide financial and program risk and fraud management. This is an exciting opportunity also serves as the principal advisor to the Director of the Office of Finance and is recognized as the agency expert within the OCFO and the agency's committee on matters related to agency risk and fraud management and mitigation. If you're ready to showcase your expertise, here some of the exciting duties you'll engage in:
- Manages a comprehensive enterprise-wide risk framework to include overseeing the planning, development, implementation, and sustainment of USPTO's Enterprise Risk Management program to guide operations in achieving agency goals and objectives.
- Develops and manages an office with agency-wide responsibility for ERM, including managing subordinates, planning office budget, and formulating and implementing organizational goals.
- Leads highly complex reviews on areas that have been identified as concerns by gathering and analyzing information and data on programs and processes, including interviewing managers and employees engaged in the program or process under study.
- Leads in-depth research projects to identify emerging risks, root causes, interdependencies, risk trajectories and related findings to determine areas that require focus.
- Conducts quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate and define areas of concern. Offers written and oral recommendations for actions to address issues or problems uncovered by fact-finding and analysis efforts.
- Prepares the USPTO enterprise risk profile highlighting key risks facing the agency and appropriate mitigation efforts.
- Collaborates with leaders and managers from program offices across the USPTO to address risk concerns and mitigation strategies.
- Engages across the organization to build an integrated risk-aware culture by providing outreach, training and support to various levels of employee.
- Advises senior leaders on internal control and risk assessment requirements; deployment of management control plans, procedures, processes and methodology; implementation; and results and status to ensure internal control and assessment requirements are satisfied.
- Maintains expert knowledge of the latest risk and fraud management frameworks, approaches, and areas of inquiry across government and industry. Recommends improvements for risk and fraud management, including internal controls, program evaluation, assessments, and process operation. Provides expert planning, analysis, and advice to management for improving the risk and fraud management program.
- Defines and monitors the scope of work and delivery performance of contractors involved with USPTO's risk and fraud management processes. Serves as contracting officer representative (COR) in alignment with current certifications and award value. Reviews invoices as submitted and ensures prompt payment to the extent possible in accordance with law, regulations, policies, and requirements.
- This position may include some supervisory and related managerial duties.
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
- Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
- Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
- If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
- Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278) will be required upon appointment.
Qualifications
To meet the minimum requirements for this position, candidates must demonstrate their experience in their narrative responses to the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) questions and all narrative responses must be fully supported within their resume. Applicants must use the USA Jobs text boxes to submit their narrative responses to the PTQs. Do not write "see resume" or "see attached documents". Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to. Uploaded documents addressing the PTQs will not be accepted.
Experience must have been at a sufficiently high level of difficulty to clearly show that the candidate possesses the required professional/technical qualifications set forth below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The PTQs for this position are:
- Skill and experience in advising senior level management officials on complex, agency-wide, and multi-dimensional programs; including recommending expert strategies and establishing plans to mitigate risks for cybersecurity, fraud, and internal controls; executing on such plan; and monitoring progress towards program goals.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, organize, implement and execute an enterprise portfolio of integrated programs that assesses and manages risk to include a systematic process for
tracking, evaluating and managing program and financial performance and risks and their intersection with cybersecurity and fraud risks.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing to effectively persuade senior executives on the importance of managing complex financial, programmatic, and/or information technology risks and issues to advocate for resources and incentivize risk mitigation.
- Expert knowledge of federal programs and policies regarding enterprise risk management, fraud detection, audit compliance, internal controls, and cybersecurity risk.
Education
There is no education requirement for this position, however a four-year degree is preferred.
Benefits
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
To be considered for this position, you must demonstrate in your application package that you meet the minimum specialized experience as defined under the "Qualifications" section, answer the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs), and submit a detailed resume that fully supports your answers to the PTQs and specialized experience.
*Applicants must use the USA Jobs text boxes to submit their narrative responses to the PTQs. Do not write "see resume" or "see attached documents". Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to. Uploaded documents addressing the PTQs will not be accepted.
Your responses to the PTQs and resume will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert. Falsifying your background, education, and/or experience is cause for not hiring you or for changing your scored responses to questions you've answered, which may affect your overall final score. Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the "Required Documents" section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).
To preview PTQs, click below:
https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12395549
Required Documents
A complete application consists of:
- A resume or any other written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications: Your resume should indicate your citizenship and should list your educational and work experience including job titles, salary, employment dates, duties and accomplishments, experience and how it relates to the Professional Technical Qualifications (PTQs) in the job announcement. Please Note: Responses to job questions that are not fully supported by the information in your resume may result in adjustments to your rating.
- Transcripts (if applicable): You MUST submit copies of your college transcripts for verification of the education requirements. Unofficial copies are accepted, however, if selected you will be required to furnish official transcripts. It is your responsibility to provide adequate proof that you meet the above educational requirement. Inadequate or illegible information could result in non-qualification and loss of consideration.
- Narrative responses to the PTQs: Do not write "see resume" or "see attached". Applicants are required to input narrative responses to the PTQs in the text boxes as prompted by USAJobs. Each PTQ has a 10,000-character limit (to include spaces) that must be adhered to.
- Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) - Please submit a current SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal Employee. Your status eligibility and highest permanent grade/step/salary held in the Federal service will be validated with a copy of your most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action".
- Veterans' Preference documentation: If you are a veteran with preference eligibility, you will be asked to submit a copy of your DD-214 containing your discharge disposition, dates of service, and rank. If you are a preference eligible claiming a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more, you will be asked to submit documentation (i.e., a letter dated 1991 or later from the Department of Veterans Affairs or from a branch of the Armed Forces) certifying to the veteran's present receipt of compensation. Veterans must include dates of military service within the automated application process and submit a copy of each Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
*If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose this information within your application.
You MUST apply online. If you experience difficulties with the application process or do not have access to a computer, please contact the HR Specialist listed as the point of contact before the closing date of this job announcement. If you are a new user to the USAJobs Site and have never registered for an account; you will first need to create an account profile with your basic contact information and a resume to begin applying. You must be a registered USAJobs user AND you must be signed-in to your account in order to apply for this position. For help setting up an account or for general help using USAJobs, go to USAJobs Help Page. Once you have gathered all of the required information and are ready to begin the application process, click the "APPLY" button at the right side of the page. You will then be directed away from USAJobs to the Department of Commerce application site for USPTO. You must click "Submit" at the end of the application process to send your application for consideration. To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at http://www.usajobs.gov/ and click on "Applications." Click on the position title, then select "Update Application." If you experience any difficulties with the application site, help is available! OPM has a Help feature on each page. Use this option when you need assistance. All required supporting documents will be collected electronically via the USAJobs "Saved Documents" feature.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Please ensure that you have removed all PII on from all documents prior to submitting or uploading your applications material. PII is defined as information that can be traced back to a specific individual and potentially compromise their security or privacy. Examples of PII include: date of birth, Social Security Number, and place of birth. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.
Next steps
Candidates are evaluated by an executive rating panel based on the degree to which they meet the PTQs and considering the applicant's education, work-related experience, training, awards, and professional recognition, as set forth in the materials submitted by the candidates and placed in one of three pre-defined quality categories. These categories are "Highly Qualified", "Well Qualified" and "Qualified." Candidates placed in the highest quality category will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview.
You will receive notification through USAJOBS at each of the following points during the application process: (1) application received; (2) applicant assessed for qualifications; (3) applicant referred or not referred; and (4) selected or not selected.
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