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In collaboration with the CFO and Deputy Commissioner / Chief Operating Officer, the DCFO exercises bureau-wide responsibilities for the development, administration, and oversight of policies and programs for the budget, cost accounting and financial reporting, risk management, audit, and internal control areas. The DCFO also serves as the Chief Risk Officer, responsible for ensuring that risk management and internal control programs are implemented to enable the bureau to make timely and collaborative risk decisions, provides executives with visibility into enterprise risks, and support the development of a risk-aware culture.

• Directs, through a staff of subordinate supervisors, all enterprise-wide budget, cost accounting, financial reporting, risk, audit, and internal control activities, ensuring that resources are effectively and appropriately used for maximum benefit to the accomplishment of program goals.
• Leads the BFS's enterprise risk management program by establishing risk governance, defining risk appetite, and ensuring the integration of risk identification, assessment, and mitigation strategies across all programs and operations.
• Determines, in consultation with the CFO, the objectives and policies of BFS's budget, financial management, risk management, audit, and internal controls programs to support organizational goals and objectives.
• Analyzes the Bureau's programs and activities in terms of resource requirements, alignment to strategic and operational plans, degree of cost effectiveness, progress against program goals and metrics, and risk mitigations and controls necessary to achieve objectives.
• Serves as a key financial advisor to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner/COO, CFO, and other senior executives. As a member of the bureau's Enterprise Governance Boards, the incumbent provides executive level advice, guidance, and support on all resource and risk management matters.
• Leads the formulation, presentation, and execution of the budget for BFS by developing and implementing budget policy within established guidelines, providing advice and assistance to executives and program managers on matters concerning the use of resources, and preparing budget justifications and multi-year resource plans.
• Directs the Bureau's internal control program, managing the annual review process and advising leadership on review findings. Institutes methodologies, organizational practices and processes to ensure audit readiness and accuracy, consistent with applicable U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and prescribed Departmental accounting policies and procedures.
• Supports the implementation of BFS's strategic management framework to improve outcomes for our customers through an aligned set of activities including strategic and enterprise planning, program and risk management, performance management, and audit.