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Job Opportunity: Chief Financial Officer


Posted: 11/2/2026

The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation), an independent executive branch agency, is hiring a Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The position is a permanent, full-time, Excepted Service appointment.

The CFO manages the financial operations of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation. The CFO formulates, implements, and ensures compliance with agency and Federal fiscal policies, internal controls, and audits; oversees budget formulation, interagency agreements, and agency acquisitions, including contracts; monitors, forecasts, and reports on agency fiscal positions; and contributes financial expertise to agency operations and strategic planning.

This position leads the Udall Foundation’s Finance unit, overseeing all aspects from day-to-day operations to strategic planning, and applies proven project and program management techniques to ensure financial services are efficient and effective. The incumbent maintains expert knowledge of Federal rules, regulations, and policies in order to plan, direct, review, and approve all agency financial operations and actions; provides oversight to agreement and contracting actions; and ensures robust internal controls including compliance with external financial audits.

The position is located at the agency's Tucson, Arizona, headquarters. Relocation expenses are authorized; you may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy. Occasional travel may be required.

All application materials must be received by November 16, 2026.

Application instructions and full position requirements are available at USAJOBS.

About the Udall Foundation

The Morris K. Udall Foundation was established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 as an independent executive branch agency to honor Morris K. Udall's lasting impact on this Nation’s environment, public lands, and natural resources, and his support of the rights and self-governance of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation to also honor Stewart L. Udall, Morris K. Udall’s brother, for his more than 50 years of distinguished national leadership in environmental and Native American policy. The agency is known today as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation) and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.

The Udall Foundation is authorized by Congress to:

  • Award Scholarships, Internships, and Fellowships to eligible individuals for study in fields related to the environment and Native American and Alaska Native health care and Tribal public policy.
  • Through the Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus Program, invite youth to participate in education programs and provide training and education programs to professionals who work with youth to (1) increase awareness of the importance of and promote the benefit and enjoyment of the Nation’s natural resources and (2) foster greater recognition and understanding of the role of the environment, public lands, and resources in the development of the United States.
  • Provide funding to the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy to conduct policy research and outreach on the environment and related themes.
  • Provide funding and other assistance to the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy, a program of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, for research, education, and training on Native American and Alaska Native health care issues and Tribal public policy issues.
  • Provide funding to Special Collections at the University of Arizona Libraries to serve as the repository for the papers of Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall and other such public papers as may be appropriate and assure such papers' availability to the public.
  • Provide assessment, mediation, collaboration, training, and other related services on a wide range of environmental, natural resources, Tribal, and public lands issues, conflicts, disputes, and potential disputes involving the Federal Government through the John S. McCain III National Center for Environmental Conflict Resolution.
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