Departmental Budget Director

Summary Treasury Departmental Budget Director leads Department-wide budget formulation, execution and reporting, implementing the Department's strategic plan through performance-based budgeting and ensuring compliance with applicable budget laws and regulations. Reporting to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, the Director supervises analysts and works closely with Treasury bureaus, policy officials, OMB, and Congress to formulate, recommend, and implement financial policy actions. Responsibilities As the Departmental Budget Officer, you will: Lead budget formulation for the Department. Advises and assists senior Treasury officials, including the Assistant Secretary (Management)/Chief Financial Officer, Assistant Secretaries, the Deputy Secretary, and the Secretary in the formulation of budgetary policy and performance budgeting processes. Provide performance budgeting standards, procedures, and guidance to bureau heads and budgetary officials. Establish standards, procedures, practices, and controls for the development of the Department's annual performance budget requests. Review proposed policies for soundness and alignment with other Treasury and OMB policies and directives. Lead the Department's efforts to implement the strategic plan through performance-based budgeting and quarterly performance reviews. This includes integrating performance with the budget, presenting the Department's outcome goals, output targets, and resource requests in the context of past performance results, aligning budget accounts and program/activities to support achieving program targets, fully costing out budget resources to mission accounts and activities, clearly documenting program effectiveness and relationship to budget decisions, and leading the development and delivery of regular quarterly performance reviews. Work with the Deputy Chief Financial Officer to deliver sound budgetary reporting including DATA Act reporting. Provide strong oversight for budget execution across the Department and manages the apportionment process. Manage high intensity, short duration projects directed at rapid problem solving, data collection, analysis and recommendations for senior level management. Direct staff in analyzing appropriations for accomplishment of program objectives, such as program goals, methods of operation, organization, staffing, utilization of facilities and equipment, and other considerations, with a key focus on performance results. Review work products for technical adequacy, consistency and adherence to directions. Provide guidance and feedback to the staff examiners concerning the budget oversight/monitoring role they play for their respective bureau accounts. Assist in preparing the Secretary for appropriations hearings. Works closely with Legislative Affairs to represent the Department before the appropriations committees. Provide advice and assistance to Treasury officials on matters relating to appropriation systems and procedures. Maintain liaison with other federal Departments and agencies. Represent the Department on performance-budgeting matters before the Office of Management and Budget, and committees of both houses of the Congress. Represent the Department on interagency groups and conferences. Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship is required. A one-year SES probationary period is required, if not previously completed. An initial SES career appointment becomes final only after the individual successfully completes a 1-year probationary period. Must successfully complete personnel security vetting (e.g., investigation, evaluation, and adjudication). Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency. Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so. Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S. File a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually from then on. Disclosure of Political Appointments. Veterans' preference is not applicable to the Senior Executive Service. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations. Please read and retain these documents: Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights, for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation), and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov), (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information)

Created: 2026-02-06