Executive Director

Job Details

Position Overview

Duties

• Managing the development of accounting standards and principles for the federal government.
• Overseeing all administration actions related to the Board's operations.
• Implementing and carrying out the directions of the Board.
• Leading and developing the Board's senior professional accounting staff and administrative staff.
• Assuring that all matters related to the Board and its operations are handled effectively and in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
• Working with the chair of the Board to ensure efficient and effective Board meetings.

Qualifications & Requirements

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs):
The ECQs assess executive experience and potential. They measure whether you have the executive skills needed to succeed in a variety of Senior Executive Service positions. ECQs can be submitted outside of the resume as additional documentation. Please address the following ECQs listed below.

The Executive Core Qualifications are required for entry to the Senior Executive Service. Narrative based ECQ's are required to be submitted as supporting documentation.

*NOTE* For current SES applicants or applicants who have previously held an SES appointment, ECQs can be resume based.
For applicants who has never held an SES appointment, narrative based ECQ's are required to be submitted as supporting documentation.

The required ECQ's to be addressed are listed below.

• Leading Change: This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
• Leading People: This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organizations vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• Results Driven: This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• Business Acumen: This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically.
• Building Coalitions: This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals.

Education

1. Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")

   OR

2. Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
   1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
   2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
   3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

Requirements

Evaluations

If you meet the qualification requirements stated above, you will be further rated based on your responses to the assessment questions. Please make sure that your responses to the assessment questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrative response to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your rating may be affected, or you may be determined ineligible.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

• Comprehensive knowledge of and experience with financial accounting and reporting concepts and principles.
• Experience effectively communicating technical problems and solutions to audiences such as members of boards, administration officials, Congressional staff, and citizens.
• Experience assembling and leading a diverse team of individuals to solve business or research issues.
• Experience contributing to accounting or auditing standards development, such as drafting proposed standards, responding to exposure drafts, serving on task forces, or participating in deliberations.

Required Documents

How to Apply