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Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer

Assistant Secretary for Management/Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury
Responsibility
Management Scope

The ASM/CFO oversees the financial management of the entire department. In fiscal 2015, the department had $485,623 million in outlays and 84,050 total employment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains integrated accounting and financial management systems
• Oversees the recruitment, selection and training of personnel to carry out agency financial management functions, manages, trains and provides policy guidance and oversight of these personnel and their activities
• Implements agency asset-management systems, including systems for cash management, credit management, debt collection, and property and inventory management and control
• Develops budgets that support all agency missions
• Manages the financial execution of the agency budget and actual expenditures
• Provides financial and performance reports to staff, overseers and stakeholders
• Ties the budget and performance to outcomes
• Takes the lead role in enterprise risk-management

Strategic Goals and Priorities
[Depends on the policy priorities of the administration.]
Requirements

• Strong background in federal financial management
• Executive leadership experience
• Experience working in a large organization
• Risk-management experience
• Knowledge of the department’s functions and policies
• Knowledge of federal budget formulation
• Familiarity with cyber technology a plus
• Background in data analytics a plus

Competencies

• Ability to collaborate with the chief information officers, under/assistant secretaries for administration/management, as well as other CFOs and the Office of Management and Budget via the CFO Council
• Knowledge of, and relationships with, Congress or ability to develop them

Past Appointments
  • Kody Kinsley (2016-2017) – Served in several roles in the Treasury prior to his appointment; Policy Analyst with the White House Domestic Policy Council; Director of Policy and Program Support at the District of Columbia Department of Health and Human Services
  • Brodi Fontenot (2015-2016) – Assistant Secretary for Administration, Chief Human Capital officer, and Senior Sustainability Officer for the Department of Transportation; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget at the DoT; staff member of the Senate Budget Committee
  • Dan M. Tangherlini (2009-2013) – Washington, DC’s City Administrator and Deputy Mayor; Director of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation; Interim General Manager, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; CFO, Metropolitan Police Department; Worked in the Policy Office of the Secretary of Transportation; worked in a variety of capacities during six years of service with the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President
AGENCY

Department of the Treasury

Mission: The Treasury Department is the executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States.

COMPENSATION

Level IV $161,900 (5 U.S.C. § 5315)2

REPORTS TO

Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Treasury

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Footnote
  1. CRS report: Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations, 2016
  2. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31, May 5, 2017), contains a provision that continues the freeze on the payable pay rates for certain senior political officials at 2013 levels during calendar year 2017.
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