This position is located in Office of Chief Financial Officer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal candidate for this position will be a seasoned financial policy professional with strong written and oral communication skills, proven team management and leadership experience, and expertise in independently researching policies, regulations, and legislation to interpret requirements and draft new policies, standards, and guidance aligned to agency priorities.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as Chief, Financial Policy Branch within the Financial Management Division in FEMA's Office of the Chief Financial Officer. You will provide leadership, technical guidance and expertise on a wide range of financial and travel policies. .
Typical assignments include: Directing staff to develop a mixture of routine and challenging financial and travel policy guidance based on organizational goals and objectives. Directing and overseeing daily work assignments, setting priorities, and determining resource requirements Determining short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinating with other organizations to accomplish goals and objectives. Monitoring progress and evaluating outcomes.
What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites.
All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description.
Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
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jacklene.brown@fema.dhs.gov · 202-425-2516
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $169279 – $197200/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-12.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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