Supervisory Financial Analyst (Deputy Director)

This position is to serve as a Deputy Director in the Office of Investment Security ("OIS"), within the Office of International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury. OIS fulfills Treasury's responsibilities as chair of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or the "Committee"), an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security.

Qualifications:

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-15: Specialized experience for the GS-15 is one year (52) weeks of experience at the GS-14 level or equivalent in either public or private sectors, that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience:

- Planning and conducting financial research and analysis used by senior officials/executives to help develop policies or strategies regarding international investment issues; AND
- Developing recommendations for senior officials/executives regarding the various legal, financial, national security or policy implications of particular financial transactions.; AND
- Developing policy/strategy legal recommendations for senior officials/executives regarding corporate merger and acquisition or other corporate transactional and governance documents.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-14: Specialized experience for the GS-14 is one year (52) weeks of experience at the GS-13 level or equivalent in either public or private sectors, that is directly related to the position as listed in this announcement and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience:

-Planning and conducting financial research and analysis used by senior officials/executives to help develop policies or strategies regarding international investment issues; AND
-Developing recommendations for senior officials/executives regarding the various legal, financial, national security or policy implications of particular financial transactions.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will work on cutting-edge policy, legal, and operational issues at the nexus of national security, emerging technologies, and international economics and finance. Applicants to this announcement can be selected to manage teams in one of Office of Investment Security's three offices: the Office of Review & Investigation, which reviews and investigates transactions to identify and mitigate national security risks; the Office of Monitoring & Enforcement, which oversees and enforces compliance with mitigation agreements and in searching for and identifying non-notified transactions; and the Office of Policy & International Relations, which leads rulemaking activities, private and public sector stakeholder engagement, and coordination with U.S. allies and partners to promote investment screening and national security.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-15 level. If you are selected at a lower grade level (GS-14), you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you develop in this position. Duties of a Deputy Director in the Office of Investment Security may include:

• Assisting the Director in all aspects of managing CFIUS cases, including working closely with Investment Security staff, Treasury legal counsel and other Treasury program offices, other agencies, and parties to transactions, to ensure timely progression of cases;
• Providing senior-level coordination, review, and analysis, as necessary, on specific cases. This may include in-depth analysis and recommendations in certain cases concerning: the authority of CFIUS to review the transaction, the national security risks posed by the transaction, or the options available to mitigate national security risks posed by the transaction.
• Continually assessing the rules and internal procedures governing the CFIUS process and proposing refinements and improvements, as appropriate, and overseeing special projects, as delegated, on process and policy matters that arise from time to time.
• Playing a key role in Treasury's Open Investment Initiative to communicate the U.S. open investment policy and information about the CFIUS process through various channels to foreign governments and investors and other relevant foreign and domestic stakeholders.
• Establishing and implementing strategies to ensure foreign inward investment policies are consistent with international norms, including through coordination with other offices in the International Affairs division of Treasury.

Salary : $139,395