Senior Advisor for Systems Deployment and Integration - DHS Headquarters

Summary This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DHS Headquarters, Management Directorate, Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Financial Management Office. The Management Directorate ensures the delivery of effective and efficient business and management services throughout the Department and provides the framework that enables DHS to achieve its mission. Responsibilities The Senior Advisor for Systems Deployment and Integration reports directly to the Director, Financial Systems Modernization. As the senior advisor, the incumbent shares with the Director the full scope of responsibility for directing the activities of the organization and, in the Director's absence, possesses various authorities and prerogatives. The incumbent serves as a senior member of the leadership team and shares accountability for the overall planning, implementation, and effectiveness of FSM strategies and initiatives. Specific responsibilities include: With the Director, the senior advisor plans, organizes, and advises on the activities of the FSM organization. The incumbent provides FSM strategic direction and leadership for the effective and efficient use of financial IT systems and financial systems modernization programs, to include. Advises on the overall acquisition and sustainment of program and project plans, budget, tasks descriptions, and overall earned value management. Monitors acquisition project performance, system testing and configuration, and coordinates all associated deliverables in program deployment. Advises the Director on program management, organizational change management, coordination, communication, and policy and oversight. Interfaces across OCFO, OCIO, and DHS Components and ensures compliance with congressional and other externally generated requirements. Supports the development and implementation of communications and change management strategies and expedites implementation of approved organizational changes. Applies extensive experience in evaluating large, complex organizations and processes for the purpose of advising and identifying opportunities for improvements to testing, deployment, and program management. Serves as a principal advisor to the Director regarding the consolidation and integration of mission-essential enterprise financial, acquisition, and asset management systems. Serves as the expert advisor to the Director on matters related to Financial Systems Modernization. Shares responsibility and oversight for compliance with government-wide cyber security policies (e.g., NIST 800-53), internal controls, solution integration with feeder systems (such as payroll, travel, and logistics), and standardized processes and data management. Plans and advises on complex financial systems and IT projects involving interrelated disciplines and multiple stages of the systems development lifecycle. Developing comprehensive project plans, budget requirements, task descriptions, interagency and service level agreements, and work breakdown structures to accomplish program/project requirements. Advising the Director on program oversight initiatives to include the development and implementation of financial systems, risk assessments while ensuring adherence to cost, schedule, and performance requirements. Advise on tasks related to the coordination of all associated DHS activities related to the Financial Systems Modernization Program and providing financial systems as a service to DHS components. Ensuring consistent execution of systems development lifecycle including acquisition, design, discovery, gap analysis, implementation, migration, and long-term sustainment. Serve on technical and advisory committees; supports special/ad-hoc projects that have a significant impact on the delivery of customer support services. Represent DHS in planning for the installation, implementation, and integration of the system. Leads efforts to define post-implementation support requirements. Developing service level agreements (SLAs) that define requirements and expectations for the delivery of customer support services. Incorporates Business Intelligence into the Financial Systems Modernization program to provide historical, current, and predictive views of financial operations. Coordinating the governance needs of the program including interactions with the Acquisition Review Board and Executive Steering Committee. Represent DHS OCFO in congressional hearings, House and Senate Appropriations Committee Briefings, and Departmental Financial Management or Financial Systems Project briefings. Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with DHS entities, Components, Office of Management and Budget and other Federal organizations and interagency forums and professional groups. These contacts are with senior IT managers, experts or other personnel having direct influence on policies governing the acquisition, management, and use of IT and Financial Management Systems. Applying comprehensive, expert professional knowledge and understanding of management concepts and practices; life-cycle management policies and procedures; Earned Value Management (EVM), Return on Investment (ROI), cost and resource analysis; and their application to major programs for improving the management of Financial Systems. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You must possess all of the mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs). These qualifications would typically be acquired through education, experience, and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in leading teams and/or projects for a comprehensive business program in a complex organization. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-14/15 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector or nongovernmental organizations. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. All applicants must show evidence of the following TQs below in order to meet basic qualifications for this position. Please label and include your name on each page. Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system. You must address each TQ separately, and you should not exceed two pages per TQ. You are required to respond to all TQs. If you fail to do so, you will be rated as 'ineligible'. Technical Qualifications (TQs) (Mandatory): TQ 1: Demonstrated leadership experience managing federal financial systems and ensuring that such systems are compliant, auditable, cyber secure, and capable of providing the necessary financial information to facilitate decision-making and improving program management. TQ 2: Demonstrated experience with managing complex business systems projects involving interrelated disciplines and multiple stages of acquisition and development lifecycle, developing comprehensive project plans, budget requirements, and task descriptions to accomplish program/project requirements. TQ 3: Demonstrated experience directing complex, technical, and sensitive financial systems, budget, and fiscal policy programs and briefing senior level officials on problems and causes while developing practical solutions. You must submit three written TQ narrative statements that clearly and concisely document specialized experience. Note: Responses to TQs must not exceed 2 pages per TQ, for a total of 6 pages. Do not enter "Refer to Resume" to explain your answer. Applications directing the reader to search within the application or to "See Resume" are considered incomplete and WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Failure to submit a narrative statement or address any of the TQs is also considered incomplete and WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. As a result, you will be rated as "INCOMPLETE." Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize any employment offers made to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employees in the Executive Branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES employee, please indicate this in your resume. Serving in a Schedule A, Schedule C, or Noncareer SES appointment WILL NOT eliminate you from consideration. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP eligible. View information about ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered eligible under ICTAP, you must be placed in the well-qualified category for this position, as described above. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. Veterans, Peace Corps / VISTA volunteers, and people with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above and contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement. Additional Information Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expenses will not be paid. Recruitment/Relocation/Retention Incentive may be authorized at Management's discretion. Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires each and every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully complete a background investigation for Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartment Information clearance as a condition of placement in this Special Sensitive position. This review includes financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U. S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U. S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. Pursuant to Executive Order 12654 and DHS policy, DHS is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and, therefore, conducts random and other drug testing of its employees in order to ensure a safe and healthy work environment. Headquarters personnel in safety- or security-sensitive positions are subject to random drug testing and all applicants tentatively selected for employment at DHS Headquarters are subject to drug testing resulting in a negative test result. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. 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