Clarification from the agency

This job is opened to Current Federal Employees in the Excepted Service and Competitive Service and all qualified U.S. Citizens.

The incumbent's areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to the following major functions:

• Leads and champions business transformation and improved performance across the Defense Agencies/Field Activities as well as the DoD's Working Capital Fund.
• Responsible for advancing financial data driven decision making by making data analytics widely accessible, understandable, and usable across the Defense enterprise.
• Responsible for the ongoing management and administration of the business components of the performance management system and performance-related data, facilitating data driven reviews, conversations and problem-solving with the DoD's Principal Staff Assistants and Deputy Secretary of Defense.
• Reviews and analyzes the extremely complex and variable Defense Agency/Field Agencies General Fund (GF) as well as the revolving funds such as the Military Services WCF and Defense-Wide WCF activities.
• Works with Chief Data Officer and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO) on data transformation efforts with the goal of improving financial performance and data management in DoD.
• Supports the transformational integration and coordination of department-wide business and financial systems and budget processes, and ensures that transformation requirements are aligned with OUSD(C) goals and objectives, in concert with requirements of other federal agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
• Leads or supports DoD special projects and task forces to address key business and financial management issues or priorities (e.g., Contingency reporting and the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014) that involve financial/business enterprise data needs for financial management and audit.
• Directly supports the Deputy Comptroller for Enterprise Financial Transformation in identifying opportunities for CFO data transformation and process automation, both in house and across the enterprise for budget formulation and execution.
• Leads the financial data analytics shared service environment for USD(C) to provide financial management insights that will lead to improved business outcomes, mission effectiveness and efficiency.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/Home/Registration).
• Must be able to complete a Top Secret security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• The individual selected will be required to file an 'Executive Branch Personnel Financial Disclosure Report (OGE-278) in accordance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
• You will serve a two-year probationary period unless you have previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• All newly appointed Career SES leaders must sign the Reassignment Rights Obligations Agreement as a condition of appointment into the SES.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Financial Management Certification.
• This position is eligible for situational telework, as determined by agency policy.

Qualifications

The recruitment application process for this position is RESUME-BASED method.

There is no requirement to submit a separate narrative statement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) with your application.

Evidence of the five ECQs and the three MTQs MUST be clearly demonstrated in the five (5) page resume.

http://www.opm.gov/ses/references/guidetoSESQuals_2012.pdf

Each accomplishment should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments (e.g., Led the development and implementation of....) and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.).

ECQ 1 - Leading Change: This core qualification involves 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.

ECQ 2 - Leading People: This core qualification involves 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.

ECQ 3 - Results Driven: This core qualification involves 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.

ECQ 4 - Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.

ECQ 5 - Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves 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.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of financial management and accounting systems and government accounting requirements; experience using data and business analytics to understand business performance and support decision-making.
2. Demonstrated experience in developing business strategies, policies, architectures and guidance and providing transformation support in the execution of these strategies, to include experience with data visualization tools.
3. Demonstrated experience in using data technology to increase organizational efficiency and performance, managing IT projects that align technology initiatives with business goals and evolving business needs; ability to perform portfolio management and IT rationalization for a large and functionally diverse organization.

DoD Joint Enterprise-Wide Experience Statement: In addition, DoD requires an Enterprise Perspective. This individual must have the ability to apply a broad point of view and an awareness and understanding of individual or organizational responsibilities in relation to DoD or government-wide strategic priorities is required. Executives must demonstrate ability to work with internal and external partners to support national security objectives. This perspective is typically gained through a variety of diverse work experiences. A separate narrative statement is not required. This information should be embedded within the resume.

How you will be evaluated

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

You will be evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education. Your application will be evaluated by a rating and ranking panel. Highly qualified candidates may undergo an interview and a reference check. The Office of the Secretary of Defense Executive Resources Board will review results and make recommendations on final selections to the appointing authority. Unless you have already been certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Review Board (QRB), your ECQs must be certified by the OPM QRB before your appointment can occur.