Summary

The position is located within Veterans Health Administration in West Palm Beach, FL. This position is the primary financial expert (CFO) for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System as the Chief of Fiscal Service who is responsible for establishing and maintaining a complex integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to effective management control over facility operations. Services include but not limited to accounting, budgeting, collection oversight, and cost analysis.

Duties

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The Financial Manager has full responsibility and authority for the formulation, review, and execution of financial plans for the operation of the medical center. The CFO must be capable of establishing and administering an integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to efficient and effective management controls over the facility's operations and require complex analysts of essential statistical data that facilitates decision making by executive leadership. The financial staff services include budget management, general ledger management, funds management (agent cashier), payment management, receipt/collection management (MCCF, Non-MCCF, and Donated GPF), payroll management, DSS, VERA, travel program, and audit.

The CFO is responsible for supervision and control of financial functions and must be able to assure that financial transactions are in accordance with requirements of 0MB, the General Accounting Office, the Treasury and VHA directives and regulations. This position has high level authority and is responsible for maintaining , tracking, reconciling budgeting, accounting, various programs and activities; and analytical reporting of managerial financing and essential statistical data for executive leadership. Systems are in place to ensure the integrity of financial information that assists top management in the planning and decision making process while facilitating optimum use of all resources to support the mission of the VA/VHA and WPB VAMC vision and financial direction.

Additional Duties Include But Not Limited To:

• Providing timely financial advice to enable effective decisions and to provide for adequate program planning.
• Attends formal and informal management sessions for the purpose of contributing financial advice that is pertinent to all stages of planning, policy formulation and decision- making.
• Actively participates in both short and long term planning activities, and in this capacity influences decisions and actions that involve a broad scope of programs and overall policies and procedures of the healthcare system.
• Capable of establishing and administering an integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to efficient and effective management controls over the facility's operations.
• Oversees the daily operation of the fiscal service ensures that agency policies and priorities are being followed; develops position descriptions and performance standards. evaluates work performance and counsels employees whose performance is not meeting standards or is unsatisfactory.
• Gives advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Financial Manager (Chief Financial Officer)/PD026530

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates upon review and approval by management, available funding, and in accordance.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be authorized for highly qualified candidates upon review and approval by management, available funding, and in accordance.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/27/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR)

Basic Requirements:

Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.")

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Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:

1. Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; or
2. A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or
3. Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

Specialized Experience:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Utilizing VA Accounting Systems related to Veterans Health Information System Technology Architecture (VISTA), the automated Financial Management System (FMS), VHA Support Services Center (VSSC), 4Cast, PAID, Pyramid, Microsoft Office products (Access, Excel, PowerPoint), share points, etc.;
• Interpreting reports and other financial data for program review and analysis;
• Using advanced knowledge of budgetary procedures within Fiscal Service in a VA hospital environment, as well as other related duties;
• Preparing recommendations for program managers and committees, assessing the impact of payroll transactions on FMS and other related financial systems;
• Performing quality assurance reviews associated with financial or operations aspects of programs, and performing financial projections;
• Providing oversight of advanced features and management of accounting section.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Leadership: Inspires, motivates and guides others toward goal accomplishment; coaches, mentors, and challenges subordinates; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations; models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for the individual by applying these values to daily behaviors.
• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
• Decision Making: Specifies goals and obstacles to achieving those goals, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses the best alternative in order to make a determination, draw conclusions or solve a problem.
• Financial Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. There may be some walking throughout the Medical Center.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.