Duties
The Chief Financial Officer:
- Assures reliability and accuracy of financial management activities and records, implementing all aspects of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) and other applicable financial management regulations.
- Collaborates and partners with OCFO enterprise leadership at headquarters and at each of the NASA Centers to identify and address challenges and opportunities, at the Center, regional, and enterprise level. Represents the OCFO at senior management councils responsible for setting strategic goals and planning and executing resources.
- Serves as the local leader and point of contact for all OCFO enterprise services that are delivered at MSFC. Provides strategic and innovative leadership to integrating and advancing the MSFC OCFO organization and its processes, as part of the OCFO enterprise, including development of employees and succession planning.
- Leads teams that formulate and execute the Center's budget as required by the Center Director, including serving as strategic advisor to the Center Director and leadership and delegation of fiscal and fiduciary authorities.
- Provides overall direction of Center resource including planning, programming, budgeting, and accounting. Develops and approves a comprehensive Center plan for budget control and effective utilization of resources in accordance with CFO policies and guidance to achieve Program/project missions.
- Provides the integration, analysis, oversight, and financial management of Center resources. Provides overall direction for overview and analysis of the Center's financial workforce requirements.
- Supervises the OCFO team located at the Center along with associated resources for labor, procurement, and travel.
- Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.