Manager, Financial Statements - Information Technology

• Plans, assigns, monitors, leads, and directs all unit activities, and ensures that all deadlines are met and service level objectives satisfied.
• Conducts regular reviews of the performance of unit staff and provides on-going coaching, feedback, and training as required.
• Prepares and monitors unit budget and operating plan; matches expenses to budget and income recovery; makes contributions to preparing branch budget and operating plan.
• Maintains excellent regular communications with clients, peers and IT senior management; keeps them informed in a timely manner of items appropriate to the unit such as project status, schedule, budget, and relevant issues.
• Understands client missions and business functions; develops and implements client requirements and provides status to Assistant Director.
• Serves as technical expert, developing solutions for complex problems.
• Serves on IT committees and may lead ad hoc task forces; may serve on System and federal agency committees.
• In coordination with Assistant Director, develops requirements for outside contract work; selects contract personnel and monitors performance.
• May conduct internal reviews of unit/branch operations as assigned.
• Maintains an extensive knowledge of evolving automation and computer technologies through professional publications, internal research, and training and conferences.

Position Requirements

FR-27 Minimal Qualifications:

Requires a bachelor’s degree preferably in computer science, telecommunications, information systems, accounting, economics, finance or a related discipline and six years of experience or equivalent experience. Technical and analytical skills. Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of Board and System's automation environment, client business functions, and System use of central and distributed environmental software and series processing. Demonstrates strong technical management experience, and strong knowledge of the technologies and management practices employed by IT and the Board are required. Demonstrates thorough knowledge of own area of responsibility and a comprehensive knowledge of all IT functions, activities, technologies including cost/benefit analyses and SDM. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing professional and technical staff and projects.

Three or more years of experience leading projects preferred.

FR-28 Minimal Qualifications:

At the FR-28 grade level, the incumbent must have a bachelor’s degree and eight years of experience and two years of management experience. Requires technical and analytical skills. Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of the Board and System's automation environment, client business functions, and System use of central and distributed environmental software and series processing. Demonstrates strong technical management experience, and strong knowledge of the technologies and management practices employed by IT and the Board are required. Demonstrates thorough knowledge of own area of responsibility and a comprehensive knowledge of all IT functions, activities, technologies including cost/benefit analyses and SDM. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing professional and technical staff and projects.

FR-29 Minimal Qualifications:

At the FR-29 grade level, the incumbent must have a bachelor’s degree and nine years of experience and three years of management experience. Requires technical and analytical skills. Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of the Board and System's automation environment, client business functions, and System use of central and distributed environmental software and series processing. Demonstrates strong technical management experience, and strong knowledge of the technologies and management practices employed by IT and the Board are required. Demonstrates thorough knowledge of own area of responsibility and a comprehensive knowledge of all IT functions, activities, technologies including cost/benefit analyses and SDM. Demonstrates strong leadership in managing professional and technical staff and projects. Expert in coaching and developing staff.

Remarks:

The ideal candidate must demonstrate effective project team and client-business relationship management as well as demonstrated effective relationship management skills for staff at all levels. Strong leadership or management experience in the planning, development, and implementation and support of custom developed applications, collaboration solutions, business solutions, data management solutions, data analysis techniques, and/or strategic plans.

Demonstrated experience in financial data analysis, data collection design, data editing methodologies, and experience working in and leading cross-functional teams with staff at all levels. Excellent written and verbal communication. Innovative thinking, complex problem-solving skills, and ability to transform abstract problems into actionable plans. The ability to work directly with unit staff, project teams, clients at all levels, Interagency staff at all levels, Reserve Bank contacts at all levels, and senior IT management. Demonstrated negotiation skills; decision quality; drive for excellence; analysis; initiative and resourcefulness; ability to learn; technical knowledge; tolerance for stress; leadership ability; ability to develop collaborative relationships; planning, organizing, and controlling skills; and a customer and service orientation.

To successfully execute Statistics function priorities, candidates must also have demonstrated regulatory reporting knowledge, Reserve Bank leadership experience, political savvy, and a strategic mindset.

U.S. citizenship required. Position is located in Washington DC, and on-site presence required.