Financial Manager

Full Job Description

The incumbent serves as a Financial Manager in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Management (OM), Financial Management Business Transformation Service (FMBTS).

The incumbent coordinates with peer supervisors and senior managers both internal and external to FMBTS to develop an effective financial management program.

Manages the financial operations of a Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS)-level organization.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/30/2026.

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.

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 and/or education 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.

Specialized Experience: Experience that has provided you with knowledge of theory, principles, and practices of financial management; serving as a finance manager; ensuring organizational accountability and compliance with national finance policies, regulations, and laws; developing alternative proposals concerning budget and long-term funding levels; developing and recommending financial policies to senior management; Education: 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; 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.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Reasoning Analytical Thinking Critical Thinking Financial Management Manages and Organizes Information 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 principally sedentary and performed primarily while seated, however the incumbent is required to do a mild amount of standing and walking between locations within and between buildings.

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 VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job.

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 Austin, Texas. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from .

OR The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC. This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from . Major Duties:

Major Duties Provides broad advisory and decision-making authority about the business operations within FMBTS.

Develops and executes a comprehensive program of financial policy and controls integral to the management of FMBTS operations.

Provides FMBTS office executives and program managers' financial advice and performs financial assistance work for internal office operating programs.

Examples of such programs include payment processing, travel administration, purchase card operations, enterprise program management, FMBT VHA program management, and FMBT NCA and VBA program management.

Incumbent provides analysis and advice on financial matters to the DAS for FMBTS (an SES), FMBTS Associate DASs (2 SESs), program managers, and resource administrators.

Develops, coordinates, and maintains an integrated system of financial services including budgeting, forecasting, development of cost-benefit analyses, and analysis of broad alternatives while exercising effective control over FMBTS's financial resources.

Provides senior managers with a recommended financial planning strategy for formulation, monitoring, updating, and forecasting of appropriated and non-appropriated budgets (revolving funds).

Prepares and supports FMBTS briefings to Congressional committees on a quarterly and ad-hoc basis.

Incumbent supervises the overall FMBTS budget/funding operation and is knowledgeable in all financial requirements for the budget maintained by FMBTS.

Funding responsibility includes oversight of FMBTS General Operating Expense Funds, Franchise Funds, IT Appropriation and Supply Funding in support of the program.

Incumbent oversees the funds control/allocation process. Plans specific milestones to permit successful monitoring and control of program activities.

Sets realistic long-term and short-term program objectives to effectively and efficiently carry out FMBTS Program goals.

Ensures adequate resources are planned for and provided to perform functional responsibilities.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm M-F Duty Location: Applicant will need to pick either Austin, Texas or Washington, DC Compressed/Flexible: Available with supervisory approval.

Telework: Ad-hoc, as determined by the agency policy.

Virtual/Remote: This is not a virtual/remote position, employee will report to the duty location listed above Position Description/PD#: PD188410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required