Supervisory Financial Analyst

Summary

This position serves as a Supervisory Financial Analyst in the Office of Finance (OF) Improper Payments Remediation and Oversight Office (IPRO) at the full performance level supervising one of the payment oversight divisions. The incumbent will supervise a team of auditors and analysts performing at the GS13 and/or GS14 performance levels within IPRO and is responsible for the management and execution of required payment activities for programs assigned.

Duties

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This is a non-bargaining unit position. The initial cut-off number for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications will receive first consideration. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for the management and execution of required payment integrity activities for programs assigned. Management and execution include the prevention, identification, reporting, remediation, and recoupment as well as required reporting in accordance with applicable laws and regulations to include working with the OIG in their annual review of VA's compliance with payment integrity legislation.
• Works with programs to correctly prevent improper and unknown payments as well as recover overpayments to the maximum extent allowed by law while still ensuring VA's mission is met.
• Responsible for the work performed to ensure programs:
  1) Complete legislatively required activities pre-payment to prevent overpayments,
  2) Determine root causes of errors and develop effective corrective actions to prevent future improper and unknown payments
  3) Perform recovery of overpayments and disposition of recovered funds in accordance with legislative requirements, and
  4) Complete all reporting (to include annual, quarterly, and ad hoc) to all legislatively required offices - OIG, GAO, OMB, Congressional Committees, and the public.
• Resolves incomplete or controversial responses from programs to facilitate completion of ad hoc as well as required reporting to Congress, OMB, OIG, and others.
• Provides professional accounting, finance and reporting services, management advice, and assistance to support customers in the application of accounting theories, concepts, principles and standards to independently negotiate solutions to the most complex issues related to payment integrity at VA.
• Prepares various types of verbal and written reports and briefings such as but not limited to briefing charts, memorandums, letters, detailed analysis resulting in talking points or white papers, or articles for newsletters covering all major functional areas, financial and management aspects of a variety of VA programs. Conclusions reached must be thoroughly and logically documented to withstand scrutiny, including tie-back to specific legislative, executive, or VA financial policy requirements to improve compliance.
• Use risk analysis and a high level of professional judgment to develop and review test plans/corrective actions and ensure compliance of assigned sections of external reporting in preparation of OIG's determination of compliance for each of the following, annually, in accordance with legislation:
  1) Publish Payment Integrity information with the AFR and accompanying materials for the most recent fiscal year
  2) Evaluate the risk of significant improper payments in programs
  3) Publish improper and unknown payment estimates for all programs and activities identified by risk assessment as susceptible to significant improper and unknown payments
  4) Publish corrective action plans
  5) Publish reduction targets for each program assessed to be at risk and measured for improper and unknown payments, develop a plan to meet the reduction target, and demonstrate improvements
  6) Report a gross improper and unknown payment rate of less than 10 percent of each program and activity for which an improper and unknown payment estimate was obtained and published in the AFR.
• Performs assessments of the effectiveness of internal controls related to corrective actions that have been implemented to reduce improper and unknown payments and determines if there are opportunities for improvements.
• Develops and implements methodologies to collect additional quantitative data, such as probe testing or judgmental sampling, to inform the accuracy of risk assessment results and avoid false positive in support of VA's annual risk assessment requirements.
• Performing payment audit activities to include reviewing documentation to ensure appropriate databases are checked prior to a payment being made to prevent improper payments, reviewing sampling plans, developing test plans, performing testing and drawing conclusions on the propriety of payments with supporting documentation, and reviewing projections for accuracy and completeness.

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

Compressed/Flexible: Available

Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in person work unless they have an approved exemption.

Telework: Ad-hoc telework (situational telework) available as determined by the agency policy.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD002660

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• 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.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a one year probationary period or two 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 one year probationary period or two year 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, 11/04/2026.

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 some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• 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:
  
  • Direct experience in working to implement payment integrity legislatively required activities.
  • Direct experience processing claims or providing training/oversight/auditing of claims processed for VBA benefit programs.

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: Resume must include job title and employer name, number of hours worked per week, start and end dates (including month and year), list of duties and responsibilities for each position held. In addition, if the experience was a federal position, you must list the grade for each position held. Failure to include this information may result in an ineligible rating. A full year of work is considered to be 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: This work is principally sedentary although there is some walking, bending, and or carrying of light items such as files, computer reports, or office supplies. The work can also require long periods of concentrated effort working with detailed data. Occasional travel may be required.

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

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

• Knowledge and application of the statutes, regulations, and OMB guidance on implementing required annual activities for improper payment risk assessments and testing and reporting on program improper and unknown payments OR Knowledge of the statutes, regulations, and policies that govern VBA benefit programs.
• Experience liaising with external auditors on payment and/or benefit issues.
• Experience in providing legislatively required reporting by required dates on an annual, semi-annual, and ad-hoc basis.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC, Austin, TX, Saint Paul, MN. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20420, or 1619 Woodward St., Austin, TX 78741, or 1 Federal Dr., Suite 4500, Saint Paul, MN 55111.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Additional information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration (HRA) at The Fair Chance Act.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.