Financial Manager

Summary

The Financial Manager serves as the senior financial expert for the James J. Peters VA Health Care System. This role oversees a complex integrated financial services system that supports effective management control across facility operations. Responsibilities include accounting, budgeting, and workload and cost analysis, along with contributing to organizational planning, financial analysis, and reporting. Preferred Experience: One year supervising and working in finance at a medical center.

Duties

Evaluate employee performance and provide advice, counseling, instruction, and career planning support. Identify training needs for all employees assigned to the Financial Management Service and ensure appropriate training is provided. Maintain personnel attendance records, coordinate leave schedules and adjust workloads and assignments to meet unexpected deadlines. Direct and promote the effective use, analysis, and implementation of advanced accounting techniques. Plan, organize, and manage an integrated finance and accounting system for the facility. Oversee operational accounting programs and controls within the facility. Maintain communication across the facility with VISN, VACO representatives and other independent agencies to clarify procedures and policies related to special accounts and reimbursable activities. Promote effective development and execution of the organization's operating budget. Conduct budget presentations and hearings, serving as the principal advisor to the Executive Leadership Team. Develop local policies to assist operating officials in preparing budget estimates business plans for their fund control points. Distribute funds to various fund control points, analyzing actual performance against the budget plan, and projecting to recommend necessary adjustments to the financial operating plan. Brief the Director and managers on actual progress against the program objectives and VA standards. Provide expert recommendations on innovative approaches and solutions to financial challenges. Participate in meetings and conferences on facility operations, advising on program status, with a particular focus on objectives, progress, accomplishments, and the potential effects of alternative actions. Conduct an annual certification to ensure the financial integrity of accounting records and financial statements. Internal and external audits are conducted to identify vulnerabilities, weaknesses in internal controls, and potential waste, fraud, or abuse within the organization. Perform other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM -4:30 PM Compressed: Authorized. Virtual: Authorized. This position may be filled at the facility where the position is located or virtual. Position Description/PD#: Financial Manager/PD009820 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/19/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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: 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.") OR 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: 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 A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; OR 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 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; AND 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 1; AND 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. In addition to meeting the individual occupational requirement described above, you must also meet the following specialized experience requirement below to qualify for this position at the GS-13 level. 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-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience establishing and maintaining a complex integrated system of financial service that provides major impact and control over facility operations; Developing local budget instructions and policies within the framework of mandatory requirements; Monitoring the operation of the data processing systems interface for information exchange between pay systems; Performing test audits to determine validity and accuracy of accounting records and application of accounting controls; Analyzing operating costs and distributing operating funds; Knowledgeable on budgeting principles and regulatory requirements to support informed decisions, ensure financial accuracy, and maintain compliance NOTE: Experience must be substantiated in your resume 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 indicat