Chief Financial Officer

To meet minimum qualification requirements for this position, applicants must provide evidence of progressively responsible leadership experience that is indicative of senior executive level management capability and directly related to the skills and abilities outlined under the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (MTQs) and Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs).

All applicants MUST submit written narrative responses addressing each Mandatory Technical Qualification (MTQ) and Executive Core Qualification (ECQ) separately. When preparing your responses to the MTQs and ECQs, you are encouraged to follow the Challenge, Context, Action and Result model outlined in the OPM's Guide to Senior Executive Service Qualifications. Your examples should be clear and concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope of complexity of programs managed, and program accomplishments including the results of your actions. ECQ narrative statements may not exceed ten (10) pages; MTQs may not exceed two (2) pages. Please included your full name on all documents submitted.

You must upload your written narrative responses to MTQs and ECQs to your application package. Failure to meet the basic qualification requirement and address all Mandatory Technical and Executive Core Qualification factors will result in your application being disqualified.

Note: Current career SES members, former career SES members with reinstatement eligibility, and SES Candidate Development Program graduates who have been certified by OPM do NOT need to provide ECQs narratives.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (MTQ): Mandatory for all applicants.
All applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following MTQs. You must address each MTQ separately. Each MTQ narrative must not exceed two (2) pages. Please give examples and explain the complexity of the knowledge possessed and the sensitivity of the issued you handled.

MTQ 1: Financial Business Process and Budget Formulation and Execution Acumen - Extensive
experience in Federal budget process, accounting, financial systems, financial reporting, and
internal controls, including:

• Expert knowledge and mastery of federal budget formulation and execution, grants management, OMB Circulars, and federal budget regulations, to formulate, present, and justify agency budget estimates to management, the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress, and to execute approved budgets.
• Expert knowledge and mastery of appropriation laws, federal accounting standards, theories, concepts, fiscal policies and regulations, federal travel regulations, OPM payroll requirements, and precedents applicable to the financial administration of Federal executive agencies and grantees.
• Ability to develop and implement financial business processes, systems, polices, procedures, and internal controls that achieve results and are compliant with Federal regulations.

MTQ 2: Organizational Awareness and Strategic Planning Acumen - This qualification requires a proven record of progressively responsible work experience at the top executive and managerial levels in government and/or the private sector; extensive experience and understanding of long-range (five-year) strategic planning and organizational performance management, including the ability to establish and evaluate metrics to measure organizational performance in a media broadcasting organization. This includes knowledge of management principles pertaining to large government and corporate organizations and demonstrated ability to lead change, lead people, and achieve results through building partnerships and coalitions.

EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS: Mandatory for all competitive applicants.
All applicants must submit a written narrative response to each of the following ECQs. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately, should contain at least two examples describing your experiences and results; and demonstrate the underlying competencies in the narrative. Your ECQ narrative responses must not exceed 10 pages.

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. Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, Vision.

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. Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, Team Building.

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. Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, Technical Credibility.

ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Technology Management.

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, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, Influencing/Negotiating.