Summary The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is a Defense Agency of the Department of War (DoW) under the direction, authority, and control of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence & Security (USW (I&S)). Responsibilities The Director of Financial Management and Comptroller serves as DCSA's senior financial-management executive and principal financial adviser to the DCSA Director and senior leadership. The incumbent directs and oversees the Agency's end-to-end financial-management program, including budget formulation and execution, accounting, funds control, financial reporting, internal controls, audit remediation, cost management, financial systems, and Working Capital Fund operations. The position provides independent, objective financial advice concerning Agency strategy, resource allocation, mission affordability, and financial risk. This is a Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service Tier 2 position. The incumbent exercises executive direction and oversight of an annual financial portfolio of approximately $3.0 billion, comprising approximately $1.9 billion in Defense Working Capital Fund activity and $1.1 billion in appropriated funding. The incumbent directs the formulation, justification, execution, accounting, funds control, financial reporting, and performance assessment of these resources and oversees Working Capital Fund rate development, cost recovery, revenue and expense forecasting, cash management, customer billing, and long-term financial sustainability. Exercise executive direction and oversight of an annual financial portfolio exceeding $3.0 billion, comprising approximately $1.9 billion in Defense Working Capital Fund activity and $1.1 billion in appropriated funding. Direct the formulation, justification, execution, accounting, funds control, financial reporting, and performance assessment of these resources. Direct the financial governance of DCSA Working Capital Fund operations, including rate and price development, full-cost recovery, cash and corpus management, revenue, cost, and workload forecasting, customer billing, cost transparency, and the long-term financial sustainability of DCSA's fee-for-service operations. Establish and oversee DCSA's enterprise cost-accounting and cost-management framework. Ensure the consistent identification, accumulation, allocation, and reporting of direct and indirect costs to support Working Capital Fund rates, reimbursable pricing, program and activity cost transparency, customer billing, managerial decision-making, auditability, and assessment of mission efficiency. Serve as the principal financial adviser to the DCSA Director and senior leadership on financial management, resource allocation, fiscal risk, affordability, and the financial implications of Agency strategy and operating decisions. Represent DCSA before Departmental oversight organizations, the Office of Management and Budget, congressional committees and staff, Intelligence Community partners, customers, and other federal organizations on budgetary and financial-management matters. Establish and maintain an effective internal-control environment; direct financial-statement audit support, audit remediation, improper-payment and fraud-risk activities, and corrective actions addressing material weaknesses and other financial-management deficiencies. Provide executive oversight of financial management systems, business processes, financial data governance, and system modernization, ensuring reliable, timely, and decision-useful financial and cost information. Lead and develop DCSA's financial-management workforce and establish functional standards, workforce-development priorities, succession plans, and accountability for financial-management performance across headquarters and field organizations. Ensure compliance with appropriations law, fiscal controls, funds-control requirements, applicable accounting standards, and Departmental and Intelligence Community financial-management policies. Establish policy, governance, and financial controls for DCSA reimbursable activities and agreements. Oversee the development, review, acceptance, execution, billing, collection, reconciliation, closeout, and financial reporting of reimbursable orders to ensure full-cost recovery, proper use of funds, accurate customer billing, and compliance with applicable fiscal and financial-management requirements. Provide executive financial oversight of interagency agreements and other intra-governmental transactions, including agreements under the Economy Act and other applicable statutory authorities. Ensure that agreements contain appropriate funding authority, bona fide-need and period-of-availability determinations, cost estimates, billing provisions, internal controls, reconciliations, and closeout requirements. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs) and TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): There is NO requirement to prepare a narrative statement specifically addressing the Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) or the Technical Qualifications (TQs). However, to meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the ECQS and TQS within your resume - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES. Resume pages in excess of the two page limit will not be evaluated. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): ECQ 1 - Commitment to the Rule of Law and the Principles of the American Founding: This core qualification requires a demonstrated knowledge of the American system of government, commitment to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law, and commitment to serve the American people. ECQ 2 - Driving Efficiency: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to strategically and efficiently manage resources, budget effectively, cut wasteful spending, and pursue efficiency through process and technological upgrades. ECQ 3 - Merit and Competence: This core qualification involves the demonstrated knowledge, ability and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality. ECQ 4 - Leading People: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high-accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable. ECQ 5 - Achieving Results: This core qualification involves the demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): 1. Expert-level experience leading large scale organizational change and information technology / business systems modernization, including business process reengineering and related infrastructure. Demonstrated success delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, cost management, internal controls, and/or audit readiness while integrating major strategic IT or capital investments. 2. Expert-level experience directing multiple aspects of financial management operations (e.g., budget formulation and execution, accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls) in a large organization of comparable scale and complexity to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (or transferable equivalent experience from the private sector or other large organizations). Experience with multi-entity or multi-customer financial relationships and/or working capital / revolving fund models is preferred but not required. Preferred Qualifications: In addition to meeting the mandatory qualification requirements, highly qualified candidates may demonstrate substantial senior-level experience in Federal financial management, accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, budget execution, financial management systems, or related areas, as well as professional certification such as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), or comparable financial management credential, and/or advanced academic preparation in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field. Such experience, certifications, and education are not required conditions of eligibility or appointment Education This position does not have a positive education requirement. Additional Information If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. Joint Duty Credit: All DCSA executive level positions require Joint Duty Credit. Only those candidates who meet the Joint Duty Credit requirement will be eligible to compete/be considered for a senior executive position. Employees will receive joint duty credit for many almost any rotational assignments assignment to another IC component and may also be eligible to receive credit for service outside the IC (military, other government, or private sector) that was at least at the GS/GG-1113 or DCIPS Pay Band 3 level, that and it occurred on or after September 11, 2001. An external candidate, if selected, will be required to immediately apply for Joint Duty credit. Note: Employees without Joint Duty Credit may apply for the position and can be considered. If selected, a waiver would be required prior to final appointment. DCSA seniors without Joint Duty at the same tier level may lateral into the position if selected without requesting a waiver. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. DAWIA (Back to Basics) Certification: CAP: Position is a DoW Critical Acquisition Position and requires DoW Acquisition , Advanced certification (FM Level 3, Business-Financial Management) within required timeframes. Selectee must also achieve 80 hours of Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every 2-years and sign a written agreement to remain in Federal service in the position for at least three years. Click here for more details and Resources.
