Senior Advisor, Financial Management Systems Improvement

Full Job Description

The Senior Advisor, Financial Management Systems Improvement serves as the lead for policies and development of newly consolidated, integrated, and modernized financial management systems, including the development and/or consolidation of artificial intelligence solutions.

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the Technical Qualifications (TQ) related to this position within your resume - NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES.

Resumes over the 2-page limit will be disqualified. Please see "Required Documents" section below for all resume formatting requirements.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Do NOT submit a separate narrative statement specifically addressing the Technical Qualifications (TQs).

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQs): Your resume should demonstrate accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications: TQ 1: Demonstrated mastery and skill in applying advanced Information Technology and technical principles and concepts to optimize financial management business operations.

TQ 2: Demonstrated experience advising senior leaders on the strategy, selection, and performance of Information Technology systems and/or projects to modernize financial management systems.

Time in grade is not required for Senior Level (SL) position.

All qualifications and education (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. Major Duties:

The Senior Advisor, Financial Management Systems Improvement serves as the principal advisor to the Associate Director, Data and Systems and Director, Program and Financial Control (P&FC) on the consolidation of program, budget, and execution data into one protected, secure financial management system that tracks funding throughout the Department of War (DoW) planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) process, including developing budget justification material, to drive strategy-driven financial decisions and policies.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Leads the development and implementation of a Financial Management Technology Plan, demonstrating a coherent technology strategy supporting the Program/Budget mission in alignment with the overall DoW Strategic Management Plan (SMP).

Reviews, evaluates, and recommends information technology platforms, applications systems, databases, portals, and other technologies to the Director, P&FC to effectively track funding throughout the PPBE process.

Interfaces and serves as a liaison with senior counterparts throughout DoW (e.g., Military Departments and Defense Agencies) to achieve SMP objectives using consistent definitions, authoritative data sources, and methodologies to produce interoperable, innovative, and auditable outputs.

Provides technology vision, enables innovation, and understands information technology and technology trends that can create operational and mission value for the DoW.

Utilizes extensive knowledge of the PPBE process and expert knowledge of the laws, policies, and practices for multiple appropriation types to optimize the use of near-real time execution data in support of end-to-end funds visibility using enterprise information technology solutions.