Director, Comptroller Office

Comptroller Position

The Director, Comptroller Office serves as the principal authority of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) accounting, finance, financial statements, and associated financial statement audit and corrective action of audit findings. The Comptroller oversees internal controls for all financial processes, property accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, intragovernmental payments/reimbursements, and various elements of related policy. The incumbent is a key advisor to senior leadership including NGA Director, NGA Deputy Director, the Chief Financial Executive, Key Component Directors, and other management officials.

The Comptroller is a critical member of the Financial Management senior leadership team and leads a staff of over 90 financial management professionals, both government and contractors, located in Springfield, VA and Arnold, MO.

Responsibilities include:

providing expert analysis and guidance on highly complex, controversial, or precedent financial matters which have critical bearing on the accomplishment of current or future operations; coordinating regularly with external oversight staff and other intelligence community financial managers; reviewing and approving process decisions that impact NGA's financial statements; participating in the development of annual priorities related to internal controls, accounting system enhancements, and financial statement audit remediation;

organizing and executing monthly audit committee meetings; recommending or approving changes to NGA financial processes that includes Comptroller organizational structure and resource alignment and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Comptroller-led functions; overseeing the hiring and performance evaluations for all employees serving in an accounting work role; reviewing and approving Office of the Secretary of War (OSW) financial management certifications and progress;

and serving as the NGA senior leader for the accountant and financial analyst work roles. This is a highly visible and challenging position that interacts directly with senior officers across NGA, Intelligence Community, Department of War, Office of Management and Budget, and Congressional staff.