Financial and Resource Management

Description:

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.

Requirements:

Thorough ability to prepare, justify, administer, analyze, forecast, and budget resources to ensure cost-effective support of organizations and programs, including conducting budget or financial data analysis and assessing financial conditions by applying financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems.

Able to independently plan and conduct a variety of assignments, assessments, examinations, or investigations.

Ability to provide advice to customers (sometimes external to the organization), in context of operational requirements and based on financial analysis; recommends possible courses of action.

Ability to conduct accounting and financial reporting of information through a thorough knowledge of financial principles, policies, methods, techniques, and systems.

Thorough knowledge of departmental or agency financial management policy, regulations, and financial systems and ability to apply sound and independent judgment in order to resolve financial problems.

Ability to assess the financial implications of strategic and capital, life cycle, infrastructure planning, or investment.

Able to formulate recommendations for funding and budget plans that if accepted may require management to revise substantive programs.

Recommendations follow detailed analysis and consideration of program requirements in relation to budgetary requirements, policies and methods, and sources and types of funding.

Thorough knowledge of the IC and its components, missions, and interrelationships.

Thorough experience establishing and maintaining professional networks with all levels of management.

Representational, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, logical, and concise products.

Organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate, build consensus, and work effectively and independently in a team or collaborative environment.

Ability to develop consensus recommendations and to solicit input from colleagues and peers; ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements.

Generally two to three years of experience in related field and COTR level one or must be able to obtain COTR level one within 6 months.