Job Description
Associate Director, Defense Wide Programs (Program/Budget)
Department of Defense
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Summary
This position is in the Operations Directorate in the Office of the Deputy Comptroller (Program/Budget), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (USD(C)). The incumbent is responsible for all budgetary aspects of the Operation and Maintenance appropriations activities related to the Defense Agencies and other Defense-Wide activities.
Duties
The Associate Director, Defense-Wide Programs (Program/Budget) leads a select staff of professional budget analysts and performs the following major functions:
Responsible for all budgetary aspects of the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) appropriations activities related to the Defense Agencies and other Defense-Wide activities; reviews and analyzes extremely complex and variable Defense programs and applies comprehensive knowledge of budget policy and procedures so that the individual programs may be evaluated in relation to the overall Defense funding constraints for the optimal use of Defense resources.
Participates with the senior staff of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), the Under Secretary of Defense (Research and Engineering), the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence), the Director for Administration, and other DoD Principal Staff Assistants (PSA) as required, in the technical and financial evaluation of operating programs including budget formulation, budget execution and reprogramming of appropriated funds.
Develops and applies analytical tools (including statistical analyses, data analytics, etc.) to attempt to master a large volume of facts relating to each program and to interpret trends and conditions in the operating programs for numerous interrelated sources with no possibility of guidance from objective sources.
Maintains direct contact with senior officials of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) staff responsible for major programs (such as Environmental Restoration and Cooperative Threat Reduction) and in the Defense Agencies to ensure constant familiarity with the wide-ranging operating programs and budgets as they develop.
Provides additional information to the Comptroller, which may be significant, in presenting the budget before the OMB and Congress. The incumbent ensures close coordination with the OMB during the joint budget review.
Analyzes and evaluates budget estimates (including supplemental and budget amendments) and the financial execution of budgets and programs, including conducting such investigations and hearings as necessary to determine the relevance, importance, and necessity of various program funding proposals.
Maintains a continuing review of the financial execution of budget and programs to ensure their execution is in accordance with the direction of the Secretary of Defense and the intent of Congress.
Reviews and analyzes requests for the reprogramming of funds, which require the approval of the Comptroller and transmittal to Congress, taking into account the flexibility, character, and changing requirements of the individual programs.
Provides advice and guidance to a budget analyst staff responsible for developing analyses and recommendations concerning the various budget estimates and execution programs.
Develops and refers to the Director for Operations financial policy relating to the operating programs of the Department of Defense.
Prepares the Comptroller to participate in various program and policy reviews of extremely complex and critical Defense programs, including developing a recommended Comptroller position and justification of the recommendation in preparation for major decision-making meetings.