As the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), you will be responsible for:

• Through subordinate executives and senior-level managers, supervising a professional and technical workforce within the ICE Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) engaged in all facets of budget, accounting, financial management, financial systems, audit, internal controls, and program analysis and evaluation.
• Providing oversight and guidance to other executives and staff within the OCFO and ICE program offices on complex financial management, accounting, and audit-related issues, as well as internal control and other related activities. This includes developing uniform financial management policies to simplify the control environment, providing standards of accountability, and increasing consistency and assurance over financial management systems and data.
• Directing the formulation and establishment of long- and short-range financial management planning for the agency's financial management functions, with the objective of instituting a logical, integrated framework for financial management in support of all policy, planning, and programmatic efforts.
• Providing insightful leadership for continued financial management transformation and improved customer service. This includes attracting, training, and retaining employees with exceptional financial management skills, as well as providing greater visibility and accountability into financial activity through timely, accurate, and useful data.
• Leading ICE's financial, accounting, and budget, programs, as well as coordinating these activities with other ICE programs, including acquisition management, human capital, information technology, facilities and asset management, and law enforcement programs.
• Providing guidance and recommendations to ICE leadership regarding all facets of budget, accounting, financial management, financial systems, audit, internal controls, and program analysis and evaluation.
• Anticipating the effect of legislative, administrative and operational changes and initiatives and ensuring development of effective, legally compliant, fully responsible budget formulation strategies to provide for implementation of programmatic priorities.

As the CFO, you will supervise subordinate managing directors and their staffs in the execution of strategic and performance-based plans. You will provide day-to-day executive leadership and direction to the managing directors in all phases of the agency's resource management. This includes analyzing current and/or requirement management policies and procedures to design new or revised/improved processes and validate current processes with respect to statutory and/or regulatory requirements.

You will oversee implementation of the agency's financial action plan, as well as the agency's audit and internal control activities. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring timely and complete reporting and analysis of activities, ensuring that requisite policies and procedures by OCFO organizations are established, and that appropriate measures are in place to monitor the accomplishment of OCFO goals and objectives
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You will play a key leadership role in defining objectives and priorities, and in coordinating activities associated with resource and program management functions. You will liaise with other Federal departments and agencies and serve as a principal ICE representative on interagency group dealings with financial management. You will develop and maintain contact with all levels of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Office of Management and Budget officials, other government agencies, Congress, and other professional groups.

In conjunction with the DHS CFO, you will collaborate to develop and support the execution of Departmentwide CFO initiatives and contribute to achieving CFO functional excellence by actively participating in designated working groups.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• If you are a male born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under federal law, if selected for this position.
• You will serve a one-year probationary period unless you previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• You must file a Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment.
• Satisfactory completion of a drug test is a condition of placement and/or employment in the position and the incumbent(s) of this position is/are subject to random drug testing.
• The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires SES appointees coming from outside the Federal service to verify they are eligible to work in the United States.
• You must be able to obtain/maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Qualifications

1. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

As a basic requirement for entry into the Senior Executive Service (SES), applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible executive leadership and supervisory experience that is indicative of senior executive level managerial capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined in the Executive Core Qualifications and Technical Qualifications listed below. Typically, experience of this nature will have been gained at or above the GS-15 grade level in the federal service or its equivalent.

This experience should be sufficiently broad in scope and at a major management level in a large or complex organization. The ideal candidate will have experience supervising a large number of employees through subordinate supervisors and have experience hiring, developing, and evaluating employees. As such, your resume should demonstrate that you have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully fulfill responsibilities inherent in most SES positions such as:

• Directing the work of an organizational unit;
• Ensuring the success of one or more specific major programs or projects;
• Monitoring progress toward strategic organizational goals, evaluating organizational performance and taking action to improve performance; and
• Supervising the work of employees, developing policy, and other executive functions.

If your experience does not include these basic qualifications, you will not be determined qualified for this position.

2. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs)

The ECQs were designed to assess executive experience and potential, not technical expertise. They measure whether an individual has the broad executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of SES positions. All applicants will be assessed for executive competency against the following five mandatory ECQs.

• 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.

Additionally, the Fundamental Competencies are the personal and professional attributes that are critical to successful performance in the SES and serve as the foundation for each of the ECQs. They are cross-cutting; experience and training that strengthen and demonstrate these competencies will enhance a candidate's overall qualifications for the SES.

• Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation

Additional information on the ECQs is available at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/.

3. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs)

In addition to the ECQs, all applicants must demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the following TQs.

• TQ 1 - Demonstrated ability to manage complex financial management and accounting programs for a large government or business entity, including developing policies, implementing major financial management systems, and building a strong, performance-oriented organization.
• TQ 2 - Demonstrated experience and ability to provide authoritative advice and counsel to senior officials on complex financial management activities, including budget formulation, financial statement preparation, management of audits and corrective action plans, and presentation of periodic financial statements of position to management associated with standard general ledger activity.
• TQ 3 - Demonstrated experience managing efforts to resolve complex financial management issues identified by management personnel.
• TQ 4 - Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with agency or national organizational leadership to effectively communicate complex financial matters and support decision-making, as well as communicate effectively with Executive Officials, Congressional staff, and stakeholder groups.

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 based on how well you meet the qualifications described in this vacancy announcement. The evaluation will consider the quality and extent of your experience and qualifications.

The best qualified applicants will be distinguished from other minimally qualified applicants by a screening panel to determine the degree to which qualification requirements are met. Highly qualified applicants may undergo an interview and reference checks. Results of the selection process will be reviewed - and recommendations on final selection to the appointing authority made - in accordance with the agency's Executive Resources Board process. Verification of performance, suitability, and security information will be taken into consideration when making offers of employment.

The application process used to recruit this position is the traditional method. Unless you have already been certified by an OPM-administered Qualifications Review Board (QRB) in the past, your ECQs must be certified by a QRB after selection and before appointment can occur.