Chief Risk Officer

Summary

The CHIPS Program Office at NIST is seeking a Chief Risk Officer to join its senior leadership and lead execution of the CHIPS Incentives Programs risk management strategy. The CRO provides strategic leadership across enterprise financial operational regulatory reputational and transaction-level risks. This position may be filled at either ZA-0340-V ($169279-$197200 annually) or CHIPS 25 AD($220000-$292300 annually) based on qualifications and organizational needs.

Duties

• Serving as a principal advisor to CHIPS leadership on risk governance transaction risk assessments risk analytics and organizational risk management
• Collaborating with investment legal financial and program teams to evaluate and manage risk
• Advising the CHIPS leadership team on emerging risks risk exposures and mitigation strategies to support informed investment decisions and achievement of mission priorities
• Leading the Risk Management Office a team of risk and compliance analysts dedicated to identifying assessing reporting and monitoring risk at CPO
• Overseeing a comprehensive enterprise risk management framework and strategy that aligns with CPO implementation goals and objectives
• Overseeing the identification assessment and management of enterprise-wide risks including financial operational regulatory and reputational risks
• Leading CHIPS compliance efforts which includes managing the internal controls program
• Managing communication with CHIPS oversight entities including OIG GAO and Congress
• Collaborating with business units and CPO senior leadership to integrate risk management into the CPOs decision-making process and ensure risks are effectively managed
• Providing regular briefings to both CPO and Department Leadership to ensure effective risk oversight

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship
• Males born aftermust be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Ethics pre-clearance
• You must be able to successfully pass a background investigation. TS/SCI security clearance required following onboarding
• Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure Form OGE-450 or OGE-278 Public Financial Disclosure Report as applicable

Qualifications

Extensive experience in enterprise risk management investment risk credit risk portfolio management compliance financial analysis transaction structuring corporate finance investment banking private equity consulting or related fields

Education

No Education Requirement

Additional information

• • This position will be in the excepted service as a non-competitive appointment under the CHIPS Act authority. This position is covered under the APMS pay scale.
  • This is a term position; the term is negotiable up to 4 years.
  • This position does not confer non-competitive conversion to the competitive service.
  • Acceptance of an excepted service appointment from applicants in the competitive service will require a written statement of understanding when voluntarily leaving the competitive service.
  • A trial period may be required.
  • This position requires the passing of a drug test
  • This position requires the filing of an OGE-450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report or OGE-278 Public Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of onboarding and annually thereafter

All applicants will be forwarded to the selecting official for consideration. This public notice is a mechanism to collect applications. You will not receive notification of referral selection/non-selection. Once a selection has been made it will be submitted separately from this announcement and then this announcement will be cancelled. Under this CHIPS hiring authority applicants are not rated and ranked and veterans preference does not apply.

NIST strives to build a flexible and encouraging work environment to bring out the best in our employees. To help our employees balance responsibilities at home and at work NIST offers a variety of work-life flexibilities such as:

• Telework
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid parental leave
• Paid vacation
• Sick leave
• Family-friendly leave
• Child and elder-care resources
• On-site childcare center
• Lactation spaces
• Wellness programs
• Fitness center
• Employee assistance programs

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Required Experience:

Chief