Clarification from the agency

All groups of qualified individuals.

The Executive Director, Budget and Finance (IT) is located in the Office of Information Technology(OIT), IT Resource Management. The Executive Director (ED), Budget and Finance (IT) reports to the Deputy Chief Information Officer, IT Resource Management, and Chief Financial Officer for OIT and works closely with the Office of Management's Financial Managers. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

-Coordinates assignments with the Office of Management, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget;

-Manages the IT Appropriation, Capital Planning and Investment control, manpower, spending plans, and resource documents. The ED, Budget and Finance (IT) researches and prepares associated reports on analytical management issues on IT program initiation and execution and develops processes to address and resolve the issues;

-Provides the Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Administrations and Staff Offices with comprehensive IT financial evaluations of program status and progress, complete with recommendations for how to optimize utilization of IT financial resources;

-Develops and reports analytical results and associated recommendations to the CIO regarding the potential effects of financial management issues on IT program initiation and execution;

-Manages staffing, budgeting, development, design, security and integration of multi-site application development operations; develops cost effective alternatives for application delivery for all enterprise systems; provides ongoing staff professional training and development and strategic use of outside partners, including other government and commercial entities;

-Develops and implements Department-wide financial IT policy and procedures; ensures adequate automated systems exist to meet the CIO accounting and financial needs.

Conditions of employment

• US citizenship is required.
• One year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of drug screening required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required.
• May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the following technical and executive core qualifications. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position.

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.

MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately. Additional information on ECQs is available at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. Applicants are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Results model outlined in the guide. It is recommended that you draft your ECQs in a Word document and then upload into the system.

1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.

2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.

3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.

4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically.

5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following TQ(s). Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system.

TQ1: Demonstrated experience leading multi-year programming and budget formulation processes at the government agency or departmental level, or private industry; leading financial management activities at the government agency or departmental level, or private industry; and, leading budget execution processes at the government agency or departmental level, or private industry.

TQ2: Demonstrated experience developing and managing an internal control program as well as programmatic and project cost accounting. Demonstrated ability to incorporate programmatic internal controls as well as to track and identify costing to specific activities/projects/programs.

How you will be evaluated

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

Step 1: ECQ qualifications

Step 2: Technical Qualification(s)

Step 3: VA Executive Resources Board

Step 4: Nominating Organization may conduct interviews

Step 5: Approval by the Selecting Official (may include additional screening)

Step 6: OPM Qualifications Review Board certification