Chief Financial Officer

Clarification from the agency

Open to DOT-OIG employees only.

Major Duties:

• Leads all aspects of the OIG's Agency Budget Program including budget planning, development, justification, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Leads all aspects of the OIG's Financial Management and Internal Controls Programs to include proper recording of financial data; data monitoring and reconciliation; submission of required deliverables; and financial reporting.
• Leads the development of annual OIG budgetary and staffing resource requirements for budget submissions to the Office of the Secretary, Office of Management and Budget, and Congress, and ensures submissions meet Agency needs and mission requirements.
• Ensures OIG's Agency budgets are executed within funding limits and support mission goals and requirements.
• Leads the development of OIG's budget and financial policies and procedures.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U. S. Citizen.
• Submit application and resume online by 11:59 P.M. EST on the closing date.
• This position is subject to a background investigation.
• Pre-appointment and Random Drug Screening is required.
• Relocation is not authorized.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE qualifications for the grade(s) at which you are requesting consideration. Applicants must meet qualifications and time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.

GS-15:

Candidates must have least 1 (one) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in the Federal Government. Non-governmental experience should be of similar complexity.

Specialized experience is defined as (obtained in either the public or private sectors): 

• Demonstrates expertise in all aspects of budget administration (budget planning, development, justification, execution, monitoring, and reporting ) and experience in strategic planning, financial reporting, accounting operations, and workforce supervision OR serving as a senior authority for budget functions with experience in financial and accounting functions.

Competencies: Your resume will be evaluated on the following competencies in addition to the specialized experience as stated above:

• Financial Management Analysis: The ability to analyze federal budgetary resources, obligations, and outlays against statutory limits to ensure efficient program delivery. It involves monitoring execution rates to optimize public funds and prevent statutory violations. Understands the organization's financial processes. Prepares, justifies, and administers the program budget. Oversees procurement and contracting to achieve desired results. Monitors expenditures and uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities.
• Budget Execution and Funds Control/Principles of Finance: The mastery of administering, distributing, and tracking enacted Congressional appropriations throughout the fiscal lifecycle. This competency focuses on implementing precise funds control structures to optimize mission delivery while strictly preventing over-obligation or violation of statutory limits. The mastery of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) principles, OMB Circulars (e.g., A-11, A-123), and the Anti-Deficiency Act. This ensures all agency financial activities strictly comply with federal law and statutory authority. Knowledge of the basic principles, practices, and methods of financial management to include requisitions, apportionments, allotments, investments, fiscal management, activity reporting, and fiscal year guidelines.
• Decision Support: The practice of providing agency leadership with data-driven financial insights, risk assessments, and cost-benefit analyses to optimize federal program outcomes. This competency links financial data directly to strategic mission goals and legislative mandates
• Federal Budget Formulation and Advocacy: The strategic capability to translate an agency's mission goals into a justified funding request, defend that request to the OMB and Congressional appropriations committees, and finalize the President’s Budget.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All applicants: Your application will be reviewed in two phases to determine how you move forward in the hiring process.

Phase I: Your resume will be reviewed to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume will be reviewed. Additional information beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants who do not respond to the application questions may be rated ineligible.

Applicants passing “Phase I” will move on to the “Phase II” of the assessment process where your application will be reviewed and rated based on the KSAs/Competencies listed and your resume by a Subject Matter Expert (SME). Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents). Applicants who do not respond to the application questions may be rated ineligible and do not provide the necessary documents for the next phase will be rated incomplete. 

Supporting documents may either be uploaded or faxed to 571-258-4052. The requested information MUST be received by fax within 48 hours prior to the closing date of the vacancy announcement (not including Saturdays, Sundays or government holidays).

NOTE: If you exaggerate or falsify your experience, education and/or your responses to questions, your ratings are subject to change or you may be removed from employment consideration.

Applicants who fail to submit all the required documentation listed below, in addition to their resumes, will be considered ineligible for further consideration for this announcement.

Resume (required) - Your resume must sufficiently describe how your experience fully meets the specialized experience requirements as stated in this announcement for each grade level(s) you are applying (see "Qualifications" section). **Please limit your resume to 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages will be reviewed to determine your qualifications. Your resume must also support your responses to the assessment questionnaire. Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. We cannot assume you have performed the experience required for this position regardless of your employment history or academic career. Resume must contain all of the following for each experience/position listed: job title, name of employer, beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year format), hours worked per week, detailed description of duties performed, and if a Federal position, series and grade or equivalent. We will not access web pages linked on your resume to determine your qualifications. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information.

For additional information see:

• What to include in your resume
• Resume Writing

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL -Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation (documented within the last 18 months of employment) and 2) a list of any awards (e.g., superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last three years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, please submit a statement as to why it is unavailable and indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at a satisfactory or above level.

Merit Promotion - All current Federal employees must submit a recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) documenting proof of competitive status, tenure, current grade level and full performance level of the position held.  All reinstatement eligibles/former Federal employees must submit a SF-50 documenting proof of competitive status, tenure, grade level and full performance level of the position.  

DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For consideration for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a date that is at least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50, current SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks’ time-in-grade requirements. https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/service/SF-50/

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