Senior Advisor

Summary

This position is located in Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The supervisor is David D'Abate This position is subject to Confidential Financial Disclosure reporting requirements. This position is subject to security ownership restriction reporting requirements.

Duties

The incumbent serves in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) as the Senior Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer advising the CFO on all matters related to organizational transformation and budget operations. Responsibilities include the planning, design, and execution of internal reorganizations within OCFO to align structure, workforce, and governance with strategic objectives, conducting comprehensive organizational assessments, including structural analysis and workflow evaluations, developing detailed reorganization implementation plans, including milestones, transition governance, communication strategies, and continuity-of-operations safeguards, establishing and chairing the CFO transition governance bodies to oversee execution and ensure accountability and, monitoring implementation progress, identifying risks and redundancies, and recommending corrective actions to achieve intended efficiencies. Additional responsibilities include conducting authoritative review of budgetary submissions to ensure alignment with approved resource levels, operating plans, and organizational design, evaluating proposed resource allocations for structural consistency, duplication, or fiscal risk arising from reorganization initiatives, advising senior leadership on fiscal, operational, and policy implications of organizational changes, supporting budget formulation and execution processes by ensuring structural and governance coherence across business lines. The incumbent will have demonstrated experience with Enterprise Organizational Design and Transformation including substantial participation in complex organizational assessments, restructures, or realignments within a federal agency or comparably large organization, demonstrated ability to design governance and structural models that align with strategic objectives and statutory authorities, experience developing and executing implementation roadmaps for organizational change, including transition governance and continuity-of-operations planning, experience identifying structural redundancies, efficiency gaps, and control weaknesses and implementing corrective solutions. The incumbent will have Executive-Level Advisory Experience including experience serving as a principal advisor to senior executives (e.g., CFO, Deputy CFO, SES-level leadership) on organizational, fiscal, and governance matters, demonstrated ability to synthesize financial, operational, and policy information into strategic recommendations and, experience briefing senior leadership and facilitating executive decision-making forums. The Senior Advisor is responsible for recommending organizational metrics and developing and implementing systematic and integrated management plans. Serves as task group leader for special assignments from the Chief Financial Officer or Deputy. As assigned, coordinates with, and remains cognizant of key OCFO interfaces and issues between OCFO and other Offices, with Commission staff and with the Regions. Represents OCFO on intraoffice, interoffice, or interagency Groups, as assigned. Develops papers on policy and programmatic issues. Ensures that activities are appropriately coordinated with other NRC offices and regions. The Senior Advisor also provides oversight of Federal Budget Formulation and Execution and must have demonstrated experience integrating organizational structure with budget formulation, operating plan development, and execution monitoring, demonstrated understanding of appropriations law, resource allocation controls, and federal financial management principles, experience reviewing and validating resource allocations to ensure alignment with approved levels and strategic priorities and, experience identifying fiscal risks or structural inconsistencies associated with reorganizations or program changes. As the organization evolves, the incumbent must have experience with Governance Framework Development including, experience designing, standardizing, or modernizing governance structures within a federal organization, demonstrated experience drafting and implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), or similar control documents and, experience establishing accountability mechanisms, performance metrics, and internal control frameworks aligned with federal standards (e.g., GAO Green Book internal control concepts). The incumbent will have demonstrated experience with the development, management and operation of the planning, budgeting and performance management process, related knowledge of central allowance operations, knowledge of OMB requirements (e.g., OMB Circular A-11 'Preparation and Submission of Budget Estimates'), General Accounting Office (GAO) regulations, Treasury regulations, public laws and congressional intent as expressed in authorization and appropriations reports. Requirements

You must meet the qualifications for this position by no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position. All information in your resume must be true and accurate. Conditions of Employment: This is a Drug Testing position Must be able to meet and maintain security & suitability requirements. Qualifications

Candidates must have at least one year of specialized experience which has equipped the applicant with the demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to that of the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience is defined as understanding financial reports, understanding budgetary timelines and transactions including reports to Congress, preparing various reports; analyzing internal controls; and reviewing, analyzing and resolving a variety of issues. Candidates must have at least one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level or equivalent by the closing date or no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of the vacancy announcement and before placement in the position. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following: Knowledge of and experience with Enterprise Organizational Transformation Knowledge of and experience with Federal Budget Formulation and Organizational Alignment Knowledge and experience in utilizing NRC (or other agency) automated financial systems and associated software. Comprehensive knowledge of theories, practices, methods, and techniques related to Appropriations Law and Fiscal Compliance. Ability to communicate information, ideas, and advice in a clear, concise, and logical manner, both orally and in writing, with colleagues, senior agency management, presidential appointees (e.g. Commission), members of the public, representatives of professional groups and/or other Federal or State agencies. A description of how you possess the specialized experience as well as how you meet the qualifications desired in an ideal candidate must be addressed in your resume. The NRC encourages applicants to provide job experience details in your resume. Applicants may also use the supplemental vacancy question to provide additional information pertaining to the specialized experience and ideal candidate criteria. PLEASE BE CLEAR AND CONCISE. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Education

There are no education requirements for this position. How You Will Be Evaluated

When the application process is complete, your application will be reviewed to determine if you meet the job requirements. Your application will be evaluated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to any vacancy questions to determine your level of knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the job requirements. You must respond to all required application questions. If you are among the top candidates for this position, your application will be referred to the hiring manager for possible interview and selection based upon the number of available vacancies to be filled in each office. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to submit a concise resume that directly relates to this position. Benefits

As an NRC employee you will enjoy excellent Federal Benefits, including: comprehensive health and life insurance plans; Flexible Spending Account Program for health and dependent care; Dental and Vision Insurance; retirement savings and investment plan similar to 401(k) (Thrift Savings Plan); annual (vacation) and paid sick leave; family friendly leave policies; 11 paid holidays per year; transit benefits. This link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered to Federal employees. Other Information

This position may be eligible for telework in accordance with agency policy. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.