Clarification from the agency

Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted status; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separation from the Peace Corps.

Plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, schedule, sequence, timing of actions, coordinate, and monitor
budgetary, financial, accounting, or auditing activities to ensure cost-effective support of Intelligence Community (IC)
organizations and programs; analyze and assess financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies,
methods, techniques, and systems.

Comprehensively plan, analyze, determine cost/benefit relationships, and coordinate a great variety of functions,
operations, teams, or interfacing financial systems.

Collect, research, and analyze comprehensive and substantive financial information that includes budget, financial,
accounting, audit, and financial reporting information to develop testimony, briefings, and talking points for senior DNI
leadership and develop guidance on the preparation of resource requests, reports, or the like to the DNI and Congress.

Potentially lead the development of complex financial analyses and provide expert advice and recommendations to
senior IC customers in the context of their operations and requirements.

Develop specific objectives and devise new methods, techniques, and criteria pertaining to such matters as identifying
trends and patterns, acquiring information and analyzing data, developing solutions and presenting findings, and
examining requirements for which there are no precedents.

Determine the financial implications of strategic and capital, lifecycle, infrastructure planning, investment control, policy
enforcement, and management throughout the financial life cycles (i.e., planning, programming, budgeting, execution,
and evaluation) within or between IC organizations.

Lead or engage in the development, improvement, and implementation of financial management policies and guidelines
and establish performance metrics against priorities, policies, and objectives.

Collaborate in the development and coordination of IC and ODNI regulations to improve and standardize financial
management processes and procedures to improve the quality of financial reporting.

Continually modify long range plans in accordance with changes in Congressional and Presidential program goals;
engage in the development of financial management programs, practices, processes, and activities by applying expert
knowledge of strategic planning principles that incorporate the vision, mission, and strategic objectives of IC
organizations.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• 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 appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONS

All applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

1. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
2. In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
3. How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
4. How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.

Extensive knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations of financial management, budgeting,
accounting, or auditing sufficient to conduct difficult assignments involving interfaces and inter-relationships between
and among programs, systems, functions, policies, and various issues and relationships between the IC and ODNI
organizational elements, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress.

Demonstrated ability to plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information to
ensure cost-effective support of organizations and programs, including conducting budget/financial data analysis and
assessing financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems.

Demonstrated ability to substantially assess enterprise-wide organizational processes and programs to develop,
recommend, and implement budgetary and financial policies and agreements.

Demonstrated ability to consider and assess intent of financial or budgetary and program legislation and effect on
achievement of strategic objectives; demonstrated ability to resolve conflicting objectives and requirements that result
from important national program goals which overlap or conflict with goals of other programs and national priorities.

Demonstrated ability to provide advice to customers, in context of operation requirements bases on financial analysis
and recommends possible courses of action.

Demonstrated ability to conduct accounting, and financial reporting information; extensive knowledge of financial
principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems.

Extensive knowledge of the IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships, including the demonstrated ability
to lead broad-based teams regarding key IC financial management issues.

Extensive experience establishing and maintaining professional networks with all levels of management both internal
and external to the ODNI.

Demonstrated representational, oral, and written communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to produce
clear, logical, and concise products.

Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to negotiate, build consensus, and work
effectively and independently in a team or collaborative environment.

Experience: Generally, ten years of experience in a related field.

Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent relevant work experience. 24 hours of finance, accounting or other relevant business courses.

How you will be evaluated

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

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.

A complete application package must include:

a. RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

b. ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).

c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.

d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, is used to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.

e. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

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