Supervisory Budget Officer (Director, Office of Budget And Finance)

Summary

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, Office of Inspector General (FHFA-OIG) promotes the economy, efficiency, and integrity of FHFA’s programs and operations by conducting audits, investigations, evaluations, and reviews and recommending courses of action designed to support FHFA’s mission of ensuring a safe and sound mortgage finance system that provides reliable liquidity and funding for housing finance and community investment.

Duties

• The position is in the Office of Administration.
• As a Supervisory Budget Officer (Director, Office of Budget And Finance), you will: Prepare, analyze, and estimate funding needs for future budget years and gather, compare, and correlate information about projected costs of current and future programs and activities.
• Analyze and develop long-term budget requirements and suggest budget actions by using planning programs, cost-benefit analyses, inventory replacements, and anticipated organizational changes.
• Prepare and edit narrative justifications for anticipated funding requirements and ensure that requirements are reflected in schedules and reports.
• Coordinate and integrate current and long-range financial planning data and varying procurement, production, planning and scheduling, cost accounting, and financial and accounting systems.
• Analyze, advise, and recommend solutions to budget formulation, justification, presentation, and execution problems relating to multi-year appropriations.

Requirements

– A probationary or trial period may be required. Continued employment is contingent upon supervisory certification that continued employment will benefit the Federal Service; the certification will occur no less than 30 days before the end of the probationary/trial period. – A one year supervisory or managerial probationary period may be required. – Must successfully complete a background investigation. – Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency. – If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. – Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. – Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. – Obtain and use a government-issued charge card for business-related travel. – File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. -If you are retired from the Federal Government and are selected for this vacancy, your retirement annuity may be offset from your pay. Key Requirements: Please refer to “Conditions of Employment.” Must be U.S.

Citizen or U.S. National Ethics: FHFA-OIG employees are subject to government-wide ethical standards of conduct, financial disclosure requirements, and post-employment prohibitions. In addition, certain FHFA-OIG employees are prohibited from accepting compensation from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a two-year period after terminating employment with FHFA-OIG. Furthermore, to avoid financial conflicts-of interest or the appearance of conflicts-of-interest, FHFA-OIG employees may need to divest or sell certain assets they, their spouse, or minor children own or control, including securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or the Federal Home Loan Banks.

Employees who work on Federal Home Loan Bank issues may need to sell or divest financial interests with any of the Federal Home Loan Bank members, which may include stock in bank holding companies, insurance companies, and other financial services firms.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview. If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan(CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must be found well qualified to receive priority selection. To be found well-qualified, and in addition to meeting specialized experience, the applicant must have achieved a well-qualified score of 85 or higher to receive priority consideration.

To preview the application questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12983963 Optional Essay Questions: Applicants may choose to respond to four short essay questions (200 words max each) to help us better understand your alignment with the agency’s mission. These responses are optional and will not affect the applicant’s eligibility.

Required Documents

• A complete application includes 1.
• Vacancy question responses, and 3.
• Submission of any required documents.
• Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
• Please ensure all required documents, including any required work samples, narratives, or other materials as stated in this announcement, are attached to your application package.
• All applicants are required to submit a résumé either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing.
• (Cover letters are optional.) Please limit your resume to two-pages.
• Applicants with resumes exceeding two-pages will be removed from consideration.
• To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your résumé.
• We suggest that you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your résumé to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions.
• For resume writing guidance, please visit USAJOBS Help Center – How do I write a resume for a federal job?
• CURRENT AND FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES — Documentation Relating to Your Federal Employment: – Submit a copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which shows your current (or most recent) grade and competitive service status.
• (The "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should show a "1" or "2".) Your SF-50 must show that you have held the required grade level for at least 52 weeks. – If you are currently on a Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), submit a copy of an SF-50 showing that.
• Also, you must submit a copy of your DD214 or other documentation showing dates of service and type of discharge and any other applicable documents such as SF-15, VA letters, etc. – Indicate on your application the highest permanent grade you have held; if this grade is different from your current grade, submit a copy of an additional SF-50 showing this grade.
• CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click CTAP/ICTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
• If you are applying under a special hiring authority (e.g.
• Military Spouses, Interchange Agreement, VEOA, Schedule A Disability, etc.), please see USAJOBS Help Center – Unique Hiring Paths.
• In order to be eligible under one of these authorities, you must submit all required documentation as outlined in the applicant guide.
• REINSTATEMENT: If you are a former federal employee that has been separated for at least 1 year and wish to be non-competitively reinstated to a higher grade or full performance level than which you left federal employment, you MUST provide a copy of your separation SF-50 (the "position occupied" block on the SF-50 should show a "1" and your "tenure" block should show a "1" or "2") AND you MUST submit a qualifying performance appraisal from your most recent career or career-conditional position of at least Fully Successful (or equivalent).
• You will NOT be given consideration for non-competitive reinstatement, under this option, if a performance appraisal document is not submitted.