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Conditions of employment

• - U.S. Citizenship - Drug Test - Security Investigation

All applicants must be U.S. citizens and are subject to a thorough background inquiry.

Qualifications

CRITERIA 2 - IC SENIOR OFFICER CORE QUALIFICATION: You will be assessed against the IC Senior
Officer Core Qualification Standard - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise to determine your
interagency or multi-organizational (business, mission or professional) leadership competencies.

(All three IC Senior Officer Core Qualification (ICSOCQ) standard essential factors must be
addressed separately in your Supplemental Narrative Statement. One page maximum per ICSOCQ.)

1) Collaboration and Integration. Senior officers have a responsibility to share information and
knowledge to achieve results, and in that regard are expected to build effective networks and
alliances with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or with other United States Government
(USG), state, local, tribal and foreign officials, as appropriate; actively engage these peers and
stakeholders; involve them in key decisions; and effectively leverage these networks and alliances
to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes
employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid,
open exchange of diverse points of view. Candidates assessed against this competency must
demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC
and/or in other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to
achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes; and integrate joint/multi-agency
activities, effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual, joint, or
multi-organizational goals.

2) Enterprise Focus. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the
missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect;
synthesize resources, information, and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component,
IC, and USG interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, or international priorities. In
addition, senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and
developmental experiences that develop and reinforce an enterprise focus among their subordinates.
Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the
intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or
multiorganizational mission accomplishment.
(b) Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC or
interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that
understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.

3) Values-Centered Leadership. IC senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance, and
reinforce IC core values: a Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's
mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties; the
integrity and Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate,
and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk; and Collaboration
as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the
IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. In addition, senior
officers are also expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component core values,
which may be incorporated in writing, as applicable. Candidates assessed against this competency
must demonstrate knowledge, skill, and/or ability to:
(a) Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental component core values in the workforce and
ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values.
(b) Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus,
attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.

CRITERIA 3a - MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT (1):

1) Bachelor’s degree in accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration,
finance, or public administration that includes or was supplemented by 24 semester hours of
accounting.

CRITERIA 3b MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (5): (Each must be addressed separately in your
Supplementary Narrative Statement.)

1) Comprehensive knowledge of Federal accounting standard, policies, principles and techniques;
knowledge of Federal government audit standards and principles; knowledge of appropriations law; and
knowledge of Federal internal control programs.

2) Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of the Department of Defense and Office of the Director of
National Intelligence financial management processes.

3) Demonstrated ability to synthesize a myriad of often controversial or conflicting details and
technical data and to communicate ideas, recommendations, and decisions clearly, decisively, and in
a timely manner.

4) Effective communication skills: the ability to write well and speak effectively to groups, staff
and leadership, as well as the ability to translate complex financial information in order to
support executive decision-making.

5) Work experience which qualifies for joint duty certification under Intelligence Community
Directive 601. Qualifying experience requires at least 12 months of satisfactory performance at a
pay grade of at least GS-11 (or equivalent) after 11 September 2001 in positions such as: prior
military service; a detail, rotational, or temporary assignment to another agency in the
Intelligence Community or equivalent experience in the private sector, academia, or other Federal or
state agencies.

CRITERIA 3c - HIGHLY DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS (1): (Each should be addressed separately in your
Supplementary Narrative Statement.)

1) A professional certification such as Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor.

How you will be evaluated

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

All applicants must submit a resume and responses to the technical qualifications and managerial qualifications per the application instruction provided. Applications received which do not include the above information will not be considered. Applications received after the close out date will not be considered.