Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Duties

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

• Developing, publishing, implementing, and interpreting DoD-wide accounting, finance, and audit remediation policies. Ensuring all financial policy is compliant with Federal generally accepted accounting principles;
• Ensuring the DoD Financial Management Regulation is relevant and consistent with government accounting and auditing standards, appropriation laws, federal statutes, and regulations issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB);
• Annually developing and issuing the DoD consolidated agency financial report, including the financial statements and other external financial management reports, and publishing annual DoD reporting guidance, while ensuring the consolidated financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects in conformity with federal generally accepted accounting principles;
• Coordinating the submission of engagement letters, management representation letters, and legal representation letters to the DoD Office of Inspector General;
• Working with the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Defense to set annual audit remediation priorities;
• Overseeing the Department's audit infrastructure and related audit liaison initiatives for the DoD during its consolidated audit; and
• Developing, publishing, and interpreting DoD-wide financial management improvements, audit methodologies, and guidance that supports statutory requirements for the Department to audit its full set of financial statements.

Requirements

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).
• All newly appointed Career SES leaders must sign the Reassignment Rights Obligations Agreement as a condition of appointment into the SES.
• You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position. Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• In order to qualify for this position, you must be able to obtain a Top Secret security clearance and access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
• 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 one-year probationary period unless you have previously completed the probationary period in the SES.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Financial Management Certification.
• Please read the vacancy announcement in its entirety before applying.
• Submit resume and all other required documents online by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on 03/20/2024.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

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• Required Documents

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  1. Resume - Your resume must address your qualifications for the position and cannot exceed five pages. You do not needto submit a separate statement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs), but you must show how you possess the five ECQs and four MTQs within the resume narrative. In addition, applicants typically provide the following information:

  • Vacancy Announcement number SES-12335867-24-KH
  • Full name, email and mailing address, and day and evening telephone numbers
  • Educational information including the name, city, and state of colleges or universities you attended, as well as the type of any degree received. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, you may refer to the following U.S. Department of Education website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation
  • Information about your paid and nonpaid work experience related to this position including: job title, duties and accomplishments, employer's name and address, duration of employment, and salary
  • Information about honors, awards, and special accomplishments

  2. Copy of the Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50): Must submit most recent SF-50. Current and former career SES members must provide an SF-50 showing their status or reinstatement eligibility. Candidates who have successfully completed an Office of Personnel Management approved SES Candidate Development Program must submit a copy of their ECQ certification.
  DO NOT SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Extraneous materials such as award certificates will not be considered.

• How to Apply

  TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION THROUGH USAJOBS: In order to expedite the review of your application, you must submit a complete online application package to include the Resume, which should clearly demonstrate how you possess the three Mandatory Technical Qualifications, and the five Executive Core Qualifications. To apply online, please select the 'Apply Online' button at the bottom of this announcement. Please note: your online resume may not be a complete application. Be sure to carefully read this announcement to see if additional information is required and how it should be submitted.
  If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php? title=Alternate_Application_Information

  
  

  Agency contact information

  Senior Executive Services

  Email

  whs.pentagon.hrd.mbx.semo-job-application-assistant@mail.mil

  Address

  Office of the USD for Comptroller
  Human Resources Directorate
  4800 Mark Center Drive
  Alexandria, VA 22350
  US

  Next steps

  After all application packages have been received, we will review your application to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. The Executive Evaluation Panel will evaluate each applicant who meets the basic qualifications based on the information provided and will generate a certificate of best qualified candidates for the selecting official. The selecting official may interview the best qualified candidates before making a selection. You should expect to hear back on the outcome of your application within 90 days of the closing date of the announcement.
  

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

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.