Departmental Budget Officer

1. Leads 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. Provides performance budgeting standards, procedures, and guidance to bureau heads and budgetary officials. Establishes standards, procedures, practices, and controls for the development of the Department's annual performance budget requests. Reviews proposed policies for soundness and alignment with other Treasury and OMB policies and directives.

2. Leads 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.

3. Works with the Deputy Chief Financial Officer to deliver sound budgetary reporting including DATA Act reporting. Provides strong oversight for budget execution across the Department and manages the apportionment process. Manages high intensity, short duration projects directed at rapid problem solving, data collection, analysis and recommendations for senior level management.

5. Directs 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. Reviews work products for technical adequacy, consistency and adherence to directions. Provides guidance and feedback to the staff examiners concerning the budget oversight/monitoring role they play for their respective bureau accounts.

6. Assists in preparing the Secretary for appropriations hearings. Works closely with Legislative Affairs to represent the Department before the appropriations committees. Provides advice and assistance to Treasury officials on matters relating to appropriation systems and procedures.

7. Maintains liaison with other federal Departments and agencies. Represents the Department on performance-budgeting matters before the Office of Management and Budget, and committees of both houses of the Congress. Represents the Department on interagency groups and conferences.

8. Assumes a leadership role in support of affirmative action, diversity and ethics programs.