Financial Manager

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

Qualifications

Expert knowledge of the concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations of financial management, budgeting, accounting, or auditing sufficient to conduct difficult assignments involving interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, systems, functions, policies, and various issues and relationships between the IC and ODNI organizational elements, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress. Superior ability to plan, prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and monitor budget/financial information to ensure cost effective support of organizations and programs, including conducting budget/financial data analysis and assessing financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems. Superior ability to independently analyze exceptionally large and complex national level programs. Superior ability to substantially assess enterprise-wide organizational processes and programs to develop, recommend, and implement budgetary and financial policies and agreements. Superior ability to provide advice to customers, in context of operation requirements bases on financial analysis and recommends possible courses of action. Superior ability to develop and render authoritative interpretations of executive orders, OMB guidelines and directives, and policies and precedents within and across the IC. Superior ability to conduct accounting, and financial reporting information; expert knowledge of financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems. Expert knowledge of departmental or agency financial management policy, regulations, and financial systems and demonstrated ability to apply sound and independent judgment in order to resolve complex financial problems. Superior ability to manage the financial implications of strategic and capital/life cycle/infrastructure planning, investment Expert knowledge of the IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships, including the demonstrated ability to lead broad-based teams regarding key IC financial management issues. Expert experience establishing and maintaining professional networks with all levels of management both internal and external to the ODNI. Expert representational, oral, and written communication skills, including the demonstrated ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products. Superior organizational and interpersonal skills, and demonstrated ability to negotiate, build consensus, and work effectively and independently in a team or collaborative environment. Expert ability to develop consensus recommendations and to solicit input from colleagues and peers; demonstrated ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements.