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U.S. Department of State

Managing Director

Washington, DC

Summary

This Managing Director for Global Financial Management Systems (GFMS) position serves in the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services (CGFS). CGFS strives to be an effective steward of the Department's financial resources and deliver quality financial management services, programs and systems to ensure the USG and Department can accomplish their essential foreign affairs mission with the highest standard of financial accountability and transparency to the American people.

Duties

In coordination with the Department's CIO, the Managing Director (CGFS/GFMS) advises the Comptroller and Deputy Comptrollers on all resource management system matters including hardware, software, operations, emerging technologies, policies, procedures, security, standards, and methodologies. This position also serves as the CGFS Chief Information Officer; oversees all Department enterprise-wide resource management systems; and establishes, administers, and maintains an integrated business system universe for budget, finance, accounting, compensation, travel, disbursing, procurement, business intelligence, Treasury systems, and grants systems at domestic and overseas locations. This position reports directly to the Deputy Comptroller (CGFS/D) and has significant freedom to act within the framework of established policies and procedures. Specifically, the incumbent will execute the following:

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  • Oversees the operations of the GFMS Directorate, ensuring the system's integrity, security, controls, accuracy, and compliance with federal financial management standards.
  • Oversees a broad program management function that facilitates policy and resource decisions of the CIO and helps meet the Bureau's requirements for information technology capital investment planning, program reporting, reports management, strategic planning and enterprise architecture, E-government, strategies and performance metrics.
  • Establish an organization, infrastructure, and strategic plans aimed at continually modernizing the Department's resource management systems and business processes. Develop and implement policies and procedures to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of financial management practices within the Department.
  • Provide strategic direction and leadership to subordinate supervisors and staff, ensuring alignment with the Department's financial management mission, goals, and objectives.


Requirements

Conditions of Employment
  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
  • Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
  • Requires a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278.
  • One year probationary period, unless excepted by regulation.
  • Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required.
This position is a drug-testing designated position subject to random testing for illegal drug use. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's completion and favorable adjudication of a background security investigation. The Ethics in Government Act, PL 95-521 requires the applicant selected for this position submit a financial disclosure statement, OGE-278, prior to assuming the SES position, annually, and upon termination of employment.

Qualifications

Unless you are currently serving under a career Senior Executive Service (SES) appointment, are eligible for reinstatement into the SES, or have successfully completed a SES Candidate Development Program approved by OPM, you must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Executive Core Qualifications (last five questions). All applicants must submit a narrative statement covering each of the Mandatory Technical Qualification questions in order to receive consideration for the position. To view additional information on the proper preparation of Executive Core Qualification statements available on the Office of Personnel Management's website please click here. When responding to the Mandatory Technical Qualifications and Executive Core Qualifications, you must clearly show that you possess the experience, knowledge, skills and ability to perform the duties of this position by submitting narrative responses in which you detail your experience in each of the Technical Qualifications and the Executive Core Qualifications. Your examples should be clear and emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments with results of your actions, policy initiatives and level of contacts. You should limit your narrative to two pages per Mandatory Technical Qualification and Executive Core Qualification. Applicants who use "see resume" as a response will not receive consideration for the position.

Your experience and resume should explicitly demonstrate the following:
  • MTQ 1: Expert-level knowledge of the process required and demonstrated ability to execute system development life cycles for financial, resource, and administrative management systems for an agency or organization, to include requirements and design documentation, development, implementation, hardware and software operations, and maintenance.
  • MTQ 2: Demonstrated skill in assessing, developing, implementing, maintaining and evaluating financial, resource, and administrative management systems functions for an agency or organization to ensure their security, integration and controls are in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and objectives.
If you do not possess the mandatory technical qualifications described above, you may be considered ineligible for these positions.

Additional information

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - Your Social Security Number is requested under the authority of Executive Order 9397 to uniquely identify your records from those other applicants who may have the same name. As allowed by law or Presidential directive, your Social Security Number is used to seek information about you from employers, schools, banks, and others who may know you. Failure to provide your Social Security Number on your application materials will result in your application no being processed.

SELECTIVE SERVICE - If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify at the time of appointment that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under Selective Service law.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION - This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Office of Employee Relations, Disability/Reasonable Accommodations Division, at (202) 261-8180. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

TELEWORK - If eligible, telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. This position is not eligible for remote work.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM (E-Verify) - U.S. law requires organizations to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States - either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization. This agency utilizes E-Verify to compare information from the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) records to confirm employment eligibility. If the employee's information does not match DHS and/or SSA records, the employee is given an opportunity to resolve the problem. If eligibility cannot be verified, employment will be terminated.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Applicants will be evaluated by a Qualifications Review Panel of senior officials. The Panel will rate applicants on the basis of the quality and extent of total accomplishments, experience and education. The Panel will determine the degree to which candidates possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the mandatory technical requirements of the position and the Mandatory Executive Core Qualification requirements. Among the factors the evaluation panel will consider in determining the applicant's relative capacity and fitness for the position are education, training, experience and demonstrated executive level qualifications. The Panel will rate your application against each of the Mandatory Executive Core Qualifications and Mandatory Technical Qualifications to determine the best qualified candidates. Candidates determined to be best qualified candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration for the position.

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Client-provided location(s): Washington, DC, USA
Job ID: USDep-CSTM-2025-0011
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Long-Term Disability
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Mentor Program

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